Woppaburra People (QUD 16/2019) Native Title Meeting

Woppaburra People (QUD 16/2019) Native Title Authorisation Meeting and Information Session

The claim area comprises the Keppel and other islands east of Yeppoon and Emu Park, Queensland

The Woppaburra People native title claim group is described as the descendants of the following apical ancestors:
1. Yulowa “Weerobilling”
2. Nellie “Ooroong-ooran”
3. Oyster Maggie
4. Fanny Lohse/Singh

Appeared in the Koori Mail of August 11, 2021

Some items of interest.

Native Housing, Hervey Bay
Letter dated 5. 9.1962 lists some families at Hervey Bay includes
Frederick Ross, 77 yrs, born Emu Park, father white, mother Fanny Lohse (Aborigine)
Maidie Ross, wife, 67 yrs, father Garry Owen (Black Tracker at Woodford), mother Jenny Bowman (European)
Albert Ross, son, 32 yrs, single
Garry Ross, grandson, 13 yrs, son of daughter Joyce Smith, wife of Ronald Smith (white man),
Douglas Curry, grandson, 15 yrs, son of daughter Audrey Curry, wife of Frank Curry H/C

Myths and Non-Myths: Frontier ‘Massacres’ in Australian History — The Woppaburra of the Keppel Islands
Michael Rowland
Journal of Australian Studies Vol 28, Iss 81, 2004
(Available here )

Durundur Correspondence 1902 - 1904
Lourie, Native Name not given, male aged 61y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Goobooroo
Albert , Native Name Monquarran , male aged 16y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Goobooroo
Freddy , Native Name not given, male aged 12y, Native of Keppel Island, Class Woongoo
Mary Ann , Native Name not given, female aged 27y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Bunburri
Annie , Native Name Alkirran , female aged 32y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Bunburri
Nellie , Native Name not given, female aged 34y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Bunburri
Conomie , Native Name Conomie , female aged 17y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Woongoo
Annie Lucas , Native Name not given, female aged 1y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Goobooroo
Lula , Native Name Lula , female aged 14y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Woongoo
Paddy , Native Name not given, male aged 25y, Native of Keppel Island, Class Goobooroo
Old Woman , Native Name not given, female aged 63y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Bunburri
May , Native Name not given, female aged 5y, Native of Keppel Is, Class Goobooroo

Jessie Stanley H/C of Yarrabah, born c1893 North keppel Island, parents Charles Ron (white man) Maggie F/B, husband Luke Stanley H/C (deceased)

Nellie Level of Barambah Aboriginal Settlement, aged 48 yrs, born Keppel Island, Queensland married Dick Moffitt in 1916 at Barambah