Public Notice of Mitakoodi People #5 Native Title Authorisation Meeting

Who may attend the Authorisation Meeting - The Authorisation Meeting is open to all persons in the current Mitakoodi # 5 native title claim group, who:

(1) principally identify as Mitakoodi People and as belonging to the traditional country of their Mitakoodi forebears;

(2) are recognised by other Mitakoodi People as the biological descendants of deceased Mitakoodi People;

(3) are the descendants of the following deceased aboriginal people - 

Minnie

Thomas ‘Tiger’ Mitchell

Dinah

Topsy and 

Sophie 

in accordance with Mitakoodi traditional laws and customs (current Mitakoodi People # 5 claim group).

Appeared in the Koori Mail dated September 8, 2021 

Some items of interest -

Tiger Mitchell F/B, born c1870 Tullawanta Stn, mother Kitty (born c1855-1865 Lorraine Station), wife Polly Mitchell F/B (born c1875-1885 Nebo, Qld), married Palm Island, removed to Palm Island in 1928 from Cloncurry

(NB Tindale - Aged 60 yrs in 1938)

Polly Mitchell F/B, born c1870 Croydon, died 11.10.1941, parents Mungi Mungi F/B and Nellie F/B, removed to Palm Island 1924, husband Tiger Mitchell F/B, married Palm Island

NB Dates vary in different records