Supplementary Notice to the Wongkumara People (defined below) in Relation to Wongkumara People Native Title Claim Meeting

Supplementary Notice to the Wongkumara People (defined below) in Relation to Wongkumara People Native Title Claim Meeting.

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Only members of the native title claim group will be entitled to participate in the meeting being those persons who fit within the following description proposed for the determination: 

The Wongkumara People are the descendants of ancestors who are recognised as having had a connection to the Determination Area in accordance with the laws and customs of the regional society described by Professor A P Elkin as “the Lakes Group”, and who are recognised and accepted by other Wongkumara People as being native title holders. 

Those ancestors include:

(a) Charlotte (mother of Jack, Queenie and May Hines, Rosie Jones and Willy Dutton);

(b) Siblings Polly (mother of Albert Ebsworth, Same and Tommy Burgamar) and Charlie Nockatunga;

(c) Maggie and Tommy (parents of Nellie Flash and Angelina);

(d) Kutji (mother of George Dutton);

(e) Tarella and her children Elizabeth and Harry (Fred) Hartnett;

(f) Norman Harding;

(g) Siblings Nellie (mother of Lucy Harding) and Judy (mother of Donald David Gillis);

(h) Jenny (mother of Alf Barlow); and

(i) Neddie and Nancy (grandparents of Jimmy Sedeek).

The Wongkumara People include persons who are adopted into the families of the Wongkumara People in accordance with traditional laws and customs, and who are recognised and accepted by other Wongkumara People as being native title holders.

Appeared in the Koori Mail dated May 27, 2024.