Ancient Nuclear Genomes Enable Repatriation of Indigenous Human Remains article

An interesting article (available here)

Ancient Nuclear Genomes Enable Repatriation of Indigenous Human Remains
(Joanne L. Wright, Sally Wasef, Tim H. Heupink, Michael C. Westaway, Simon Rasmussen,
Colin Pardoe, Gudju Gudju Fourmile, Michael Young, Trish Johnson, Joan Slade,
Roy Kennedy, Patsy Winch, Mary Pappin Sr, Tapij Wales, William “Badger” Bates,
Sharnie Hamilton, Neville Whyman, Sheila van Holst Pellekaan, Peter J. McAllister,
Paul S.C. Taçon, Darren Curnoe, Ruiqiang Li, Craig Millar, Sankar Subramanian,
Eske Willerslev, Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, Martin Sikora, David M. Lambert)
Science Advances  19 Dec 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 12, eaau5064
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5064

Abstract
"After European colonization, the ancestral remains of Indigenous people were often collected for scientific research or display in museum collections. For many decades, Indigenous people, including Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians, have fought for their return. However, many of these remains have no recorded provenance, making their repatriation very difficult or impossible. To determine whether DNA-based methods could resolve this important problem, we sequenced 10 nuclear genomes and 27 mitogenomes from ancient pre-European Aboriginal Australians (up to 1540 years before the present) of known provenance and compared them to 100 high-coverage contemporary Aboriginal Australian genomes, also of known provenance. We report substantial ancient population structure showing strong genetic affinities between ancient and contemporary Aboriginal Australian individuals from the same geographic location. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of successfully identifying the origins of unprovenanced ancestral remains using genomic methods."

Tingha Cemetery Burials and the AUS-KOORI Mailing List

Back in November 2003 I added the following entry to correspondence referring to Tingha burials on the AUS-KOORI mailing list

"Tingha Cemetery Burials by Paul Mackett
Burials at the Tingha Cemetery, New South Wales are listed at the following site
http://guyra.local-e.nsw.gov.au/community/13/1037158961_23481.html
 
Some or all of the following are recorded for each burial Section, Row, Lot, Surname, Christian Name, Age,  Burial Number, Date of Death. The date range is approximately
1886 to 1999.
 
There are 1537 burials recorded as follows

Section , My interpretation , Graves
 
Ang/SA , Anglican/Salvation Army , 340
Old Ang, Old Anglican , 155
Cath , Catholic , 108
Old Cath , Old Catholic , 70
Uniting , Uniting  , 47
New Gen , New General , 227
O Abor , Old Aboriginal , 171
N Abor ,  New Aboriginal , 90
Unsect ,  , 328
No Section ,  , 1

The document can be downloaded from the above site as a Word document."

As this URL no longer exists you can access the document here .

Ngajurlangu - 'Me Too'

An interesting article titled "Ngajurlangu - 'Me Too'" by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price appeared in the Summer 2018 edition of Meanjin. An edited version appeared in the Weekend Australian dated December 1-2, 2018.

Kabi Kabi Native Title Authorisation Meeting

The Kabi Kabi First Nation Traditional Owners Native Title Authorisation Meeting

The claim area is roughly bounded by Childers, Kilkivan, Nanango, Caboolture, Noosa Heads and Maryborough.

The Kabi Kabi First Nation Traditional Owners are those people:
(a) Who are descendants of the following apical ancestors:
1  Maggie Cadenti/Cadente/Cantidi: “Maggie”
2  George Parson
3  Albert Williams
4  Ngimburum
5  Kaloma-kuta/Galmaguda/Haloma-kuta/Kal-ma-kuta
6  Mother of Albert Smith and Peter Graham
7  Willie Kina
8  Susan Andy
9  Jacky Ball (or Baul)
10 Maggie Cain/Caine
11 James Crow/Crowe
12 Maggie Palmer
13 Emma Dunne
14 William/Billy Glenbar
15 Annie Laurie
16 May Burnett
17 Tuppernywoe / “King” Tommy of Noosa
18 Dundalli
19 Cob
20 Sarah Di:naba Moreton
21 Marian/Mary Ann Thompson
22 Dil:l
23 Edward Ross
24 Menvil Wanmuarn/Jackie Delaney
(b) Who identify as and are recognised as members of the Kabi Kabi First Nation Traditional Owners in accordance with the system of laws and customs.

The purpose of Authorisation Meeting #1 is to consider authorising the following amendments to the claim group description:

a. that the following apical ancestors no longer be included in the claim group description:
1 Menvil Wanmuarn/Jackie Delaney
2 Edward Ross
3 Dil:l
4 Cob
v. Mother of Albert Smith and Peter Graham
b. That the following proposed apical ancestor be added to the claim group description
1 Towcha.

If authorised, the newly described claim group for the Kabi Kabi First Nation Traditional Owners’ application will be as follows:

The Kabi Kabi First Nation Traditional Owners are those people:
(a) Who are descendants of the following apical ancestors:
1.  Maggie Cadenti/Cadente/Cantidi: “Maggie”
2.  George Parson
3.  Albert Williams
4.  Ngimburum
5.  Kaloma-kuta/Galmaguda/Haloma-kuta/Kal-ma-kuta
6.  Willie Kina
7.  Susan Andy
8.  Jacky Ball (or Baul)
9.  Maggie Cain/Caine
10. James Crow/Crowe
11. Maggie Palmer
12. Emma Dunne
13. William/Billy Glenbar
14. Annie Laurie
15. May Burnett
16. Tuppernywoe / “King” Tommy of Noosa
17. Dundalli
18. Sarah Di:naba Moreton
19. Marian/Mary Ann Thompson
20. Towcha
(b) Who identify as and are recognised as members of the Kabi Kabi First Nation Traditional Owners in accordance with the system of laws and customs.

Appeared in the Koori Mail dated 28 November 2018

Cape Bedford Mission Thesis

An interesting Thesis on the Cape Bedford Mission:

Close, K. L. (2009). Invisible labourers: Cape Bedford (Hopevale) Mission and the 'paradox' of Aboriginal labour in the Second World War. Masters Coursework thesis, Arts - School of Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne. Available here.

The first paragraph of the Abstract states
"This thesis examines the role of labour in the history of the Cape Bedford Aboriginal
community, from its establishment in 1886 to 1950. It focuses on period around the
Second World War when the community was evacuated south to the government reserve
at Woorabinda. This community’s history offers a lens through which to view the
application of Queensland’s protectionist and wartime legislations. The Cape Bedford
community’s absorption into the Manpower Directorate during the Second World War,
after they were removed to Woorabinda, was among the most extreme examples of
government control over Indigenous labour. This study is the first work to clearly outline
the extent of collaboration between the Queensland state government and Aboriginal
settlements with the Manpower Directorate."

The Table of Contents follows
Introduction 7-23.
Chapter One: Land and Labour at Cape Bedford Mission: 1886 until the Second World War 24-45.
Chapter Two: The Mission’s Evacuation to Woorabinda 46-63.
Chapter Three: From War’s End until the Return to Cape Bedford in 1950 64-78.
Conclusion 79-82.
Bibliography 83-95.

See here under Queensland / Settlements and Missions for names of people and involved and some further details.

NNTT Waanyi People #2

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2018/004 available here entered on the Register 9/11/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment B2 - Areas Excluded from the Claim area here
Attachment C - Map showing Boundaries of the Area Covered by the Application here
Attachment B1 - External Boundaries of the Claim Area here

A person is a Waanyi person if and only if:
1. the other Waanyi people recognise that he or she is descended (which may include by adoption) from a person who they recognise as having been Waanyi; and

2. the person identifies himself or herself as a Waanyi person. It is accepted that adoption may take place and that where adoption has occurred it confers upon the adoptee the right to identify as being a Waanyi person.

The following deceased persons are recognised as having been Waanyi people from whom living Waanyi people may be descended:

1. King George (Gundawarinya), Mary Starr (Namura), Marrandu
2. Johnny Rockland (Guyanda)
3. Wuragaga (including his sons Toby Daly and Charlie Walden)
4. Wirduga (including her sons King Pedro and Fred Mangala), Yurumburinya, Gudurju, Jagijagi (including her children Left-hand Dick, King Darby, Violet Darby), Lagayi, and Brenda Munara (including her children Duncan Hogan, Julie Darby, Dan Darby, Clara Darby, Frank Hogan, Arthur Peterson)
5. Jack Riversleigh (including his children Doris Aplin and Vera Johnny, Annie King and Elaine Cairns)
6. Diana (Dina) Jackson
7. Fred Mangala (including his children Jimmy Doolan, Tommy Doolan, Oscar Gregory and Queenie Bell) and King Pedro (including his children Dinny, Jock and Cubby Pedro)
8. Janggali (including his son Yarribija's children: Duncan Hogan, Julie Darby, Dan Darby, Clara Darby, Frank Hogan, Arthur Peterson; and his daughter Muranji's daughters: Jamuyu and Lidi Wayawarrinya)
9. King Darby, Left Hand Dick and Violet Darby
10. Ruby Lilwayi (including her daughter Elsie Foster), Polly Nganduyu (including her children: Nancy Carlton, Ned George, Sally O'Keefe, Bubi Dick, Netty Malbow and Nuts Logan), May Black Nijirijbina (including her children Nancy Wilson, Nora Black, Dora Doolan nee Black and Archie Black), Ruby Gijaya (including her children Mavis Carlton, Junie Clay, Maurice Carlton, Marina Dick, Mick Miller, Murray Donaldson), and Mailman Dick Gungayamaji (including his child Ivy George Ngayaya)
11. Smiler Diamond (including his children: Mick Diamond Nguyjbirri and Jack Diamond Bandangala and Sydney Punjaub and Ruby)
12. Mailman Jack Libaninji (including his son Fred Carlton Gajangga, daughter Rosie and her daughter Betty Lloyd Jayinbalina, and son Ned Ngaragulanji and his children Bessie Holt and Colin Holt)
13. Rosie (including her daughter Lena Saville)
14. June Jacob
15. Opal

Some Notes

Nicholson River (Waanyi/Garawa) Land Claim (here)
Report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner, Mr Justice Kearney, to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Administrator of the Northern Territory Australian Government Publishing Service
Canberra 1985
[The Claim Book by David S. Trigger is available here .]

Bessie, Jimmy, Colin and Nettie Holt are the adopted children of Ned (Ngaragulanji).
A number of other people are mentioned in the Land Commissioner and Trigger Reports.
.

VICNET and www.cifhs.com

I was using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine for some research and thought I would see if the VICNET version of my site www.cifhs.com was there. I was amazed to find the earliest version was dated 2004 and the last version on VICNET dated 2012 when VICNET was phased out and I moved and renamed the site. I downloaded the 2004 and one of the 2012 versions to keep for history. It was quite a surprise to see that some 14 years has passed since its inception.

The following image is the first page of the VICNET site in 2004 :-

Wakka Wakka #3 and #4 Native Title Meeting

The Claim area roughly includes Mundubbera, Gayndah, Murgon, Goomeri, Cherbourg, Kingaroy, Nanango and Yarraman.

Apical ancestors are listed as
Jenny and David Carlo (parents of Princess Carlo)
Minnie Bly (mother of Thomas Simpson), Ethel and Bill Button
Maggie Hart (mother of Crabbie Chapman and Henry Hart)
Mother of Willie Boy Pickering
King Billy and Maria of Boondooma (parents of Tommy Dodd of Taabinga)
Maggie West
Kitty of Boonara
MiMi
Kitty (mother of Jack Bulong)
John Bond
Kitty (mother of Jenny Lind), Jenny Lind and Mick Buck
Boubijan Cobbo
Stockman Bligh and Aggie Bligh
Tommy (aka Boondoon) and Maggie (parents of Willie Bone), Billy McKenzie (father of Chlorine McKenzie), Chlorine McKenzie
Kate/Katie/Kitty Law
Emily of Degilbo, mother of Annie.

The purpose of Authorisation Meeting #1 is to:
1. CONSIDER anthropological materials and legal advice relating to an individual described as ‘Taabinga Harry’ and his descendants;
2. CONSIDER legal advice regarding the format of the claim group descriptions for the Native Title Claims;
3. Subject to #1 and/or #2 above, AUTHORISE the amendment of the claim group description for the Native Title Claims to:
a) include the descendants of Taabinga Harry; and/or
b) reformat the list of apical ancestors so that each Wakka Wakka apical ancestor is listed individually and in alphabetical order by first name.
If the proposed amendments to the current claim group descriptions for the Native Title Claims are authorised, then the amended description of the Wakka Wakka People for each of the Native Title Claims will be:

The Wakka Wakka People are those people who identify as Wakka Wakka People and are descended from the following ancestors:
Aggie Bligh;
Billy McKenzie (Father of Chlorine McKenzie);
Boubijan Cobbo;
David Carlo;
Emily of Degilbo (Mother of Annie);
Jenny Carlo;
John Bond;
Kate/Katie/Kitty Law;
King Billy of Boondooma;
Kitty (Mother of Jack Bulong);
Kitty (Mother of Jenny Lind);
Kitty of Boonara;
Maggie (Mother of Willie Bone);
Maggie Hart;
Maggie West;
Maria (Mother of Tommy Dodd of Taabinga and Alick Little);
Mick Buck;
MiMi;
Minnie Bly;
Mother of Willie Boy Pickering;
Stockman Bligh;
Taabinga Harry;
Tommy (aka Boondoon).

Appeared in the Koori Mail of October 31, 2018

NNTT Jinka Jervois Pastoral Leases

National Native Title Tribunal File DC2018/002 available here entered on the Register 7/9/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment A - Map of Area available here
Schedule A - Native Title Claim Group Description available here

 

This claim is interesting in the amount of detail provided in the Claim Group Description. Searches of the CIFHS web site will produce a large amount of information about those mentioned in the Claim Group list plus further information on other descendants.

NNTT Rainbow Valley

National Native Title Tribunal File DC2018/004 available here entered on the Register 2/10/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment A - Map of Area available here
Schedule A - Native Title Claim Group Description available here

 

This claim is interesting in the amount of detail provided in the Claim Group Description. Searches of the CIFHS web site will produce a large amount of information about those mentioned in the Claim Group list plus further information on other descendants.

Native Title Authorisation Meeting Widi People

The Native Title Claim Group is described as those Widi People (Widi language People of the Nebo Estate) who are the biological or adopted descendants of the following people:

1.  Jean White, mother of Albert Butterworth;
2.  Mr Clark (‘of Sutter Station’) & Jinny (‘of Stockton Station’) whose know children are Charlie Clark and Dick Clark
3.  Jinny (‘of Stockton Station’) whose know child (with Mr Watson) is Charlie Watson;
4.  Siblings Tommy Emmerson/Iffley and Arthur Emmerson;
5.  Roger (‘of Nebo district’), whose know child is Emily Rogers;
6.  Ned Thorney, whose know child is Sarah Mate Mate nee Throney/Sauney;
7.  Sophie (“of Nebo”), whose known children are Jack Skeen, William Skeen and Norman Skeen;
8.  Dick (‘of Nebo’), whose known child is Sam Murray;
9.  Billy (‘Nebo’) & Molly (‘of Oxford Downs Station’), whose known children are Jessie and Billy Sullivan;
10. Harry Monsell Snr (‘ of Lake Elphinstone’) whose known children are Lily Sullivan, Flora Doyle and Harry Monsell Jnr;
11. King (‘of Fort Copper’) & Meg (‘of Fort Copper’), whose known children are Johnny, Mick, Mitchell Dalton, Paddy, Emma and Annie;
12. Ida (‘from Mackay’), whose known child is Rene Hess;
13. Maggie, whose known children are Norman Brown Snr, George ‘Duke' Barker and Ina Darwin.

Appeared in the Courier Mail of September 8, 2018

Muriata on behalf of the Girramay People #2

Muriata on behalf of the Girramay People #2 v State of Queensland [2018] FCA 1120 is available here .

The native title holders are the Girramay People. The Girramay People are the descendants of one or more of the following people:
(a)    Charles Williams;
(b)    Bella Williams (Yurbil);
(c)    Rosie Williams (Djarrmay) (aka Rosie Runaway);
(d)    Clara Williams (aka Clara Boogal);
(e)    Clarke Kennedy (Blencoe);
(f)    Jimmy Beeron (Yalbiri);
(g)    Jimmy Bugal (Nganygarru);
(h)    Jimmy Henry (Manidjunayi);
(i)    Jimmy Wallaby (“Billycan”) and his wife Maggie (Ridjar);
(j)    Walter Cardwell (aka Simpson) (aka Blackman) (Djubarriny);
(k)    Tommy Dickman (Dubulmanu) (aka Tommy Digman);
(l)    Louisa Balli, the wife of Tommy Dickman (Dubulamanu) aka Tommy Digman;
(m)    One Arm Jack (Manguburur);
(n)    Cissy (Ganabulan);
(o)    Claire (mother of Lily Murray nee Wade);
(p)    Billy and his wife Jenny (including Charlie Clark Kennedy);
(q)    Polly Wyle(s);
(r)    Tommy Djingadjinga (Budalayiny);
(s)    Charlie Nolan (lbirri);
(t)    Charlie Nolan’s mothers sister Ngawu (Marnie);
(u)    Jimmy Jacobs (Rindin);
(v)    Toby McAvoy;
(w)    Johnny Dallachy;
(x)    Billy Murray (Walguy aka Walguyi) and Nellie Murray (Mudjunin);
(y)    Frank McLean (aka Frank Barry) (Gandigurrungu) and his wife Nellie; or
(z)    Mailman.

Wakka Wakka People #3 and #4 ILUA Meeting

The ILUA area roughly includes Mundubbera, Gayndah, Murgon, Goomeri, Cherbourg, Kingaroy, Nanango and Yarraman.

Apical ancestors are listed as

Jenny and David Carlo (parents of Princess Carlo)
Minnie Bly (mother of Thomas Simpson), Ethel and Bill Button
Maggie Hart (mother of Crabbie Chapman and Henry Hart)
Mother of Willie Boy Pickering
Maggie West
Emily of Degilbo, mother of Annie.
King Billy and Maria of Boondooma (parents of Tommy Dodd of Taabinga)
Kitty (mother of Jack Bulong)
MiMi
Kitty of Boonara
John Bond
Stockman Bligh and Aggie Bligh
Tommy (aka Boondoon) and Maggie (parents of Willie Bone), Billy McKenzie (father of Chlorine McKenzie), Chlorine McKenzie
Kitty (mother of Jenny Lind), Jenny Lind and Mick Buck
Kate/Katie/Kitty Law
Boubijan Cobbo

Appeared in the Koori Mail of June 13, 2018

Barkandji People Proposed IULA

Barkandji People Proposed ILUA

Proposed ILUA area roughly centred on Menindee and includes Broken Hill, Wilcannia, Ivanhoe and Mildura.

The apical ancestors are listed as follows
Manfred Mary / Mary Johnson / Mary Brodie
Manfred Tommy
Louisa Brown
Cuthero Jack Brown
Susan Webster also known as Annie Webster
Bill Webster
Harry Whyman
Kate Whyman
Louisa McLean
Alec McLean
Nganya
Sarah Cabbage
Harry Mitchell
Daniel McGregor
Lucy Benson
Jack “Doctor” Benson
Crancey
Jack Tyler
Taylor Matjulum Gibson
Tottie Gibson
Kutyi
Cate Newton / Maggie Tyler
Albert Bates
Fanny Bates
Yancannia Kitty
Judy Quayle
Nancy Watts
Topsie Crowe
Alec Bridge
Olive Barton
Margaret Payne
Kitty Knight
Jacky Knight
Matilda Murray
Paddy Black
Hero Black
Tall Boy Keegan
Kitty Keegan
Fanny Buugali Williams

Appeared in the Koori Mail of June 13, 2018

Some items of interest are

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage of the Menindee Lakes Area
Part 1 Aboriginal Ties to the Land
Sarah Martin 2001

Corner Talk - An Annales Influernced Narrative from the Corner Country of NSW
Sarah Martin 2004

Humpy, House and Tin Shed
Aboriginal Settlement History on the Darling River
Paul Memmott, Published I B Fell Research Centre, University of Sydney, 1991

Menindee Mission Station 1933 – 1949 and Carowra Tank Aboriginal School
Beverley and Don Elphick 2000

The Tin Camp - A Study of Contemporary Aboriginal Architecture in North Western NSW
Stephanie Diana Smith
Master of Architecture Thesis, University of Queensland, 1996

Mutawintji
Aboriginal Cultural Association with Mutawintji National Park
Dr Jeremy Beckett, Dr Luise Hercus, Dr Sarah Martin
edited by Claire Colyer 2008

NNTT Wakaman #5 Native Title Claim

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2018/001 available here entered on the Register 2/5/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment B - Area Description available here
Attachment C - Map of Area available here


The Wakaman People native title claim group is comprised of the descendants (including through adoption or raising up in accordance with traditional laws and customs) of the following apical ancestors:
a. Jimmy and Winnie, parents of Maude Byrne and grandparents of Jinnie Pearson, 
    Joe Dosetta Jnr  and Rita Hall;
b. Mick McTavish Snr, father of Jessie Chong and Fred Fulford,
    and grandfather of Daisy Thomas;
c. William and Emily Fulford, parents of Henry Fulford;
d. Spider and Kitty, parents of Maggie grandparents of Harold Jackson, Jubilee Jackson,
    Phoebe Jackson and Maggie Fox;
e. Pluto Brumby, father of Jack Brumby, Mabel Kew and Maude Robin;
f. Jinnie Denford, mother of Alick Brown and May Ezzy aka May Brown;
g. Micky Atherton, father of Roley Cameron;
h. Billy Garbutt and Lucy aka Lizzie, parents of Margaret Maude and
    grandparents of Albert Thomas, Louise Malthouse, Maude Ludwick and Agnes Henry;
i. Kandjuldi and Ngululinjeir, parents of Charlie Oak Park aka Charlie Leftbridge
j. Bujulimba, mother of Phil Alpin Snr and grandmother of Phil Alpin Jnr;
k. Nellie, mother of Ruby Riley nee Alpin, Phil Alpin Jnr and Herbert Alpin aka Herbert Brown;
l. Harry Croydon, father of Jerry Croydon;
m. Darby and Dick, parents of Jessie Croydon and grandparents of Jerry Croydon;
n. Jaingkali aka Nellie Hackett aka Minnie Chillagoe and her partners Geramutami and
    Bomarana,  parents of Frank Hudson, Minnie Sandy and Lucy;
o. Jenny and Billy, parents of Rosie Rosendale (wife of Louis Rosendale and
    William Maytown aka William Dolo);
p. Lizzy Marr, mother of Elma Marr (wife of Leo Rosendale);
q. Maggie, mother of Charlie Brown and Bob Brown;
r. Pearl and Charlie Chillagoe, parents of Alex Chillagoe and grandparents of Bethel Andrews,
    Jane Wallace, Mildred McLeod and Jessima York;
s. Mitchell Dodd;
t. Charlie and Polly, parents of Larkin aka Larkie Ferguson and Jackie Hackett;
u. Siblings Kathleen and Nancy Robinson.

Nywaigi People Native Title Determination

Lightning on behalf of the Nywaigi People v State of Queensland [2018] FCA 493 here


The Nywaigi People are those people who are the descendants of one or more of the following people:
(a) Billie and Jennie, whose known child is Rosie Addo, whose known child is Nellie/Clara Cassidy/Clara Quetta, whose known child is Ernest Addo Snr;
(b) Rosie Tootoolie, whose known children are Jack Addo and Charlie Addo;
(c) Dora, whose known child is Emily King, whose children are Tommy Anderson Jnr, Frank Anderson Snr and Ellen Anderson;
(d) Tooya, whose known children are Amy Bligh, Kitchener Bligh, Reginald Bligh Snr/Roberts and Warren Bligh;
(e) Billy and Jennie, whose known child is Rosie, whose known child is Billy Cassady;
(f) Rosie Halifax, whose known children are Thomas Curley Snr and Peter Wallace;
(g) Heron and Alice, whose known child is Rosie Dennis, whose known children are Roy Heron, Jimmy Dennis, Henry Dennis Snr, Evelyn Dennis and Alexander Dennis;
(h) Mungi, whose known child is Paddy Payne;
(i) Charlie Lewis Snr/Henry and Rosie Lewis/Mingabi, whose known children are Daphne Lewis/Roach, Joan Lewis/Tiers, Freddie Lewis and Charlie Lewis Jnr;
(j) Dyilni, whose known child is Mary/Dyinbayi, whose known child is Willie Seaton Snr/‘Bunurra’;
(k) Tommy Roach and Nora, whose known children are Peter Roach and Jack Roach/Wargurdal (an old ‘Nywaigi King’);
(l) Billy Erin and Jeannie, whose known children are Long Erin/Long Heron, Charlie Roberts/Lambert, Bob Roberts/Robert Ingham, Rosie Roberts and Louisa Roberts;
(m) Jimmy Kerr and Annie, whose known child is Tippo Ingham;
(n) Brothers Maturra, Nitoo (also known as Ditchurogoo), Gilman (also known as Tommy Landerson), or Dilgorru (also known as King Bill); or
(o) Elizabeth Bellyarre/Lizzie Balyarri, whose parents are Billy and Kitty.

NNTT Gamilaraay People Claim

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2017/006 available here entered on the Register 20/11/2017.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment B - Area Description available here
Attachment C - Map of Area available here

The Gamilaraay People are those persons who are descendants of the following Apical Ancestors and who identify and are recognised under the traditional laws and customs of the native title claim group as Gamilaraay:

1.  Beeswing and his daughter Lucy Long
2.  Kitty, mother of Charles, Jack and Alice Dennison
3.  Kitty [Dunn]
4.  Mary Ann mother of William Arnold
5.  Mary Ann and Murray parents of George and Ada Murray
6.  Reuben Bartman
7.  George Bennett and Mary Moodie
8.  Charles Cubby and Lucy Ann
9.  Harry Denham
10. Maude Dixon/Hill
11. Billy Edwards
12. Jonathan Flick and Mary Ann
13. Charlie Hippi
14. Eliza Kirk
15. Walter/William Marley
16. James McGowan father of Aggie, Annie and Kate McGowan
17. Mary McGrady
18. Phoebe Munday
19. William Hilbert Saunders
20. Lennie Jane Smith/Rodwell
21. William Trapman/Troutman
22. Whalen Johnny
23. William (Billy) Wightman
24. Sarah Witon aka Witson/Wilson/Murphy
25. Eliza Weatherall

NNTT Wulli Wulli People #3 Claim

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2017/011 available here entered on the Register 23/02/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment B - Area Description available here
Attachment C - Map of Area available here

The claim group are persons:

1. who are recognised by other members of the claim group as being descended (which may include by adoption) from a deceased person who they recognise as having been a member of the Aboriginal landholding group for the application area depicted in ATTACHMENT “C” (“an apical ancestor”); and

2. who identifies himself or herself as being a descendant of an apical ancestor.
It is accepted that adoption may take place and where adoption has occurred it confers upon the adoptee the right to identify as a member of the claim group.

The following deceased persons are recognised as having been apical ancestors from whom claim group members are descended:

Tommy, father of Wonga Pope
Mergwin Blay
Amy, wife of John Bond
Ginalene, mother of Ernest Pope
Jessie Fuller
Billy and Selena, parents of Jacob
Tilly, mother of Harry Blucher
Grace, mother of Fanny Joyce
Thomas Clancy
Maria, mother of Isabella Hooper
The unnamed adoptive father of Maggie McLean
Jackanapes
Jack Hornet Senior, father of Jack Hornet
Rosie, the mother of John Barra
Jinnie, wife of George Logan
Alec Barney
Bessie Rawbelle

NNTT Gangalidda People (Konka) Claim

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2017/012 available here entered on the Register 27/02/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment B - Area Description available here
Attachment C - Map of Area available here

The native title claim group (hereafter the 'claim group') on whose behalf the application is made is the Gangalidda People.vThe Gangalidda People are all of the descendants of the following people:
Greg Thompson,
Sophie Thompson,
Ernest Thompson,
Walter Thompson,
Jimmy,
Dawudawu Jimmy (King),
Grant,
George Nark Mirrabaliyajari,
Bob Scoles Gunyarbadijarri,
Lirrgagujarri,
Bob Weber Milgalajarri,
Maggie (or Minnie),
Kitty,
Kitty Wulnanda,
Kitty Lirrgagujarri,
Dolly,
Old Nim,
Stumpy Paddy,
Mickey Charles,
Barny Guldangara,
Limilimilda,
Johnny Balawayinda,
Daisy Lirrgawanjinda,
Sandy,
Gunalumbu,
Ngarilgudu,
Malurgudu,
Myrna Malalairunanda,
Didmanja,
Sandy,
Garruwala
Charly (Gundirrirri/Ngarrguyumbu/Gulawi)
and, who identify and are identified by other Gangalidda People as belonging to the Gangalidda People according to Gangalidda traditional law and custom. "Descendants" for the purposes of this description includes those individuals who have been adopted by the Gangalidda People.

NNTT Gangalidda People (Pendine) Claim

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2017/013 available here entered on the Register 16/03/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment B - Area Description available here
Attachment C - Map of Area available here

The native title claim group (hereafter the 'claim group') on whose behalf the application is made is the Gangalidda People.vThe Gangalidda People are all of the descendants of the following people:
Greg Thompson,
Sophie Thompson,
Ernest Thompson,
Walter Thompson,
Jimmy,
Dawudawu Jimmy (King),
Grant,
George Nark Mirrabaliyajari,
Bob Scoles Gunyarbadijarri,
Lirrgagujarri,
Bob Weber Milgalajarri,
Maggie (or Minnie),
Kitty,
Kitty Wulnanda,
Kitty Lirrgagujarri,
Dolly,
Old Nim,
Stumpy Paddy,
Mickey Charles,
Barny Guldangara,
Limilimilda,
Johnny Balawayinda,
Daisy Lirrgawanjinda,
Sandy,
Gunalumbu,
Ngarilgudu,
Malurgudu,
Myrna Malalairunanda,
Didmanja,
Sandy,
Garruwala
Charly (Gundirrirri/Ngarrguyumbu/Gulawi)
and, who identify and are identified by other Gangalidda People as belonging to the Gangalidda People according to Gangalidda traditional law and custom. "Descendants" for the purposes of this description includes those individuals who have been adopted by the Gangalidda People.

NNTT Wakaman People #4 Native Title Claim

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2017/014 available here entered on the Register 22/03/2018.

The attachments are as follows :-
Register extract available here
Attachment C - Map of Area available here
Attachment B - Area Description available here

 

This claim is interesting in the amount of detail provided in the Claim Group Description. Following is a list of the apical ancestors from the Register extract

The Wakaman People native title claim group is comprised of the descendants (including through adoption or raising up in accordance with traditional laws and customs) of the following apical ancestors:

a. Jimmy and Winnie, parents of Maude Byrne and grandparents of Jinnie Pearson, Joe Dosetta Jnr and Rita Hall;
b. Mick McTavish Snr, father of Jessie Chong and Fred Fulford, and grandfather of Daisy Thomas;
c. William and Emily Fulford, parents of Henry Fulford;
d. Spider and Kitty, parents of Maggie grandparents of Harold Jackson, Jubilee Jackson,
Phoebe Jackson and Maggie Fox;
e. Pluto Brumby, father of Jack Brumby, Mabel Kew and Maude Robin;
f. Jinnie Denford, mother of Alick Brown and May Ezzy aka May Brown;
g. Micky Atherton, father of Roley Cameron;
h. Billy Garbutt and Lucy aka Lizzie, parents of Margaret Maude and grandparents of
Albert Thomas, Louise Malthouse, Maude Ludwick and Agnes Henry;
i. Kandjuldi and Ngululinjeir, parents of Charlie Oak Park aka Charlie Leftbridge;
j. Bujulimba, mother of Phil Alpin Snr and grandmother of Phil Alpin Jnr;
k. Nellie, mother of Ruby Riley nee Alpin, Phil Alpin Jnr and Herbert Alpin aka Herbert Brown;
l. Harry Croydon, father of Jerry Croydon;
m. Darby and Dick, parents of Jessie Croydon and grandparents of Jerry Croydon;
n. Jaingkali aka Nellie Hackett aka Minnie Chillagoe and her parents Geramutami and Bomarana, parents of Frank Hudson, Minnie Sandy and Lucy;
o. Jenny and Billy, parents of Rosie Rosendale (wife of Louis Rosendale and William Maytown aka William Dolo);
p. Lizzy Marr, mother of Elma Marr (wife of Leo Rosendale);
q. Maggie, mother of Charlie Brown and Bob Brown;
r. Pearl and Charlie Chillagoe, parents of Alex Chillagoe and grandparents of Bethel Andrews, Jane Wallace, Mildred McLeod and Jessima York;
s. Mitchell Dodd;
t. Charlie and Polly, parents of Larkin aka Larkie Ferguson and Jackie Hackett;
u. Siblings Kathleen and Nancy Robinson.

 

Jagera / Yagera People Native Title Claim

The claim area is roughly bounded by Toowoomba, Warwick and Brisbane.

The apical ancestors listed are

Roger Bell
Stanley Bell
William Hatton
Mary Hatton
Johnny Tarampa
Maggie, wife of Johnny Tarampa
Jane Collins

Appeared in the Courier Mail dated March 24, 2018

Details of Roger and Stanley Bell appear in the book Remembering the Forgotten - Deebing Creek by Bill Thorpe and published by Seaview Press in 2004.
Chapter 3 listing the Bells amongst others is here .

Tindale Cherbourg Sheets 10 and 50

Sheet 10 dated 29.11.1938 and 5.12.1938 lists the following people
Mary Hatton (Mary Morton)
William Turner
Mona Morton
Mr Mitchell
Stoker Currie
Derek Morton
Eric Morton

Sheet 50 dated 2.12.1938 and 5.12.1938 lists the following people
Sarah Smith
Diver Mitchell
Albert Mitchell
Mona Morton
Mary Hatton
Stoker Currie
Derek Morton

The Sheets list the relationships between these people.

Indexes to correspondence relating to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, 1894-1905

– Deebing Creek.

This index has been compiled from Queensland State Archive Item ID 716219 Papers (Parts 1- 9), 1/1/1894 – 31/12/1905. Queensland State Archives.

 

17.12.1901. Memorandum from Superintendent Ivins to Home Secretary noting Trampa Johnny F/B died at the Home on 17.12.1901 from consumption, aged about 75 years. He was born at Trampa and belonged to the Yackara tribe. [Indexer’s note: Handwritten "Tarampa Johnny died on 17th inst." – note different spelling of Trampa.]