Barada Barna Native Title Meeting

The Native Title area is roughly around Moranbah, Dysart and Nebo.

Currently the Barada Barna People are currently described as the descendants of the following apical ancestors:

Bob Lotus
Lizzy Payne
Daisy (wife of Booyah McDonald)
Maggie (wife of Toby Barker & Peter Darwin & Michael Angus)
'Polly' Mary (wife of Robert Noble and Bert Fox)
Robert Noble
Lizzie (wife of Paddy Flynn)
Polly (wife of Thomas Mitchell)
Lucy Ross

The meeting is to authorise the apical ancestors to be amended to the following -

The Barada Barna People are the descendants of:

Bob Lotus
Lizzy Payne
Daisy (wife of Booyah McDonald)
Maggie Barker (wife of Toby Barker & Peter Darwin & Michael Angus)
'Polly' Mary (wife of Robert Noble and Bert Fox)
Lizzie (wife of Paddy Flynn)
Polly (wife of Thomas Mitchell)
Lucy Ross
Laura (wife of Duke/George Barker, Neddy/Teddy Sauney and Adam Bowen)
Charles Budby (father of George ‘Saltbush’ Budby)

Appeared in the Courier Mail of October 10, 2015

Some notes of interest

Thomas Tiger Mitchell, aged about 60 years in 1938, born Talawanta Stn, Alexander River, Qld.
Polly Mitchell, born round 1875 - 1885  Nebo, Qld

Michael Angus died on 10.10.1933 at Suttor Creek, Nebo, aged 38 years and single.

His father is Michael Angus snr at Mirani,  mother was Kitty who died at the birth of Michael at
Eungella Stn.Protector of Aborigines, Nebo,  Wages Register 1916 - 1946 shows Michael Angus died in 1939 and his bank account went to his wife Maggie Darwin.