Bidjara People #7 Claim

Advertisement for a meeting for the Bidjara #7 native title claimants.

The area is approximately bounded by Barcaldine in the north, Roma in the east, Wyandra in the south and Adavale in the west.

The apical ancestors of the Bidjara People are as follows

Jemima
Alick Bosun
Harry Gadd
Mother of Ada, Lucy, Billy and Archie Lang
Mother of George, Ada and Georgina Turner
Willie and Minnema Colonel
Paddy Murphy
George Mother and Roy Murphy
William 'Snapper' Barnes
Harry Brown and Alice
Jo and Dixie
Jemima Tindale and Jim 'Toby' Lawton
Isabel Florence Bailey
Charlie Victor
'Gyima' Lucy
Maggie
Kate Johnson – Mother of Lucy Long
Lisa Fraser aka Eliza Peters
Billy Langlo
Dinah Lena
Edward 'Charlie' Prince
Hector Watson
Nellie Combo (mother of Billy Geebung) and Lucy Combo
Celina Grey
Ada, Fred and Mick Tatten
King Chooky Hunt
Burt Bundle
Eddie Bundle
Rita Huggins (nee Holt)
George Fraser
Fogartys
Johnny Richardson
Reggie Richardson
Darcy Richardson
Bob Martin
Sydney King
Beatle Thompson
Walter Saunders
Rubena Smith
Ruby Johnson

Appeared in the Koori Mail of April 9, 2014.

Bidjara People #6 Claim

The claim area is approximately bounded by Barcaldine in the north, Roma in the east, Wyandra in the south and Adavale in the west.

Bidjara apical ancestors are listed as

Jemima
Harry Gadd
Mother of George, Ada and Georgina Turner
Paddy Murphy
George Mother and Roy Murphy
Harry Brown and Alice
Jemima Tindale and Jim ‘Toby’ Lawton
Charlie Victor
'Gyima' Lucy
Maggie
Lisa Fraser aka Eliza Peters
Dinah Lena
Hector Watson
Celina Grey
Alick Bosun
Mother of Ada, Lucy, Billy and Archie Lang
Willie and Minnema Colonel
Rubena Smith
William ‘Snapper’ Barnes
Jo and Dixie
Isabel Florence Bailey
'Gylma' Lucy
Kate Johnson – Mother of Lucy Long
Billy Langlo
Edward 'Charlie' Prince
Nellie Combo (mother of Billy Geebung) and Lucy Combo Ada, Fred and Mick Tatten

This notice appeared in the Koori Mail of April 9, 2014.

Some notes

1. There is a Lucy Mailman who died on 23. 5.1937 at Augathella aged 70 yrs whose father was W Long and mother was Kate Long (nee Johnson).

2. The Mitchell Police Letterbooks have an entry dated 6. 9.1920 as follows - Police Tracker Sandy discharged. A suitable replacement is Hector Watson who is about 30 years old and has recently been employed at Forest Vale. He is a native of Warrego. He has a H/C gin named Annie, recently employed at Forest Vale. Annie has a H/C boy aged 10 years.

3. Minnema an old woman, Willie Colonel an old man and Jessie and Pansy Colonel were removed from Bogarella to Cherbourg in 1931.

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