Saturday, 24 March 2018

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.]

Thursday, 14 December 2017

NNTT Tennant Creek Pastoral Lease


National Native Title Tribunal File DC2017/003 available here entered on the Register 24/11/2017.

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.

Friday, 17 November 2017

NNTT Yuggera Ugarapul People

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2017/005 available here entered on the Register 4/8/2017.

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

The apical ancestors appear in the following extract

Those persons who are descendants of the following Apical Ancestors and who identify and are recognised under the traditional laws and customs of the Yuggera Ugarapul People as Yuggera Ugarapul:

Janie/Janey Billie/Billy (mother of Harry Thompson and Daisy Moreton (nee Thompson);
Billy Turner (father of Amy Turner);
Jackey Harvey (father of Emily Harvey the social mother of Robert Anderson Snr);
Thomas Duggandan/Anderson (social father of Robert Anderson Snr);
Topsy of Ipswich (mother of Jimmy Edwards Jnr);
Ted Myer/Meyers/Myers (father of Elsie Richards);
Molly Myers (nee Crow) (mother of Elsie Richards).

NNTT Danggan Balun (Five Rivers) People

National Native Title Tribunal File QC2017/007 available here entered on the Register 14/9/2017.

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

The apical ancestors appear in the following extract

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 Danggan Balun (Five Rivers)

Sarah Warri/Warru Clarke
George Daramlee Drumley
Jack Slab/Slabb Snr (husband of Lizzie Waggil Slabb & father of Charlotte, Frank, John/Jack Jnr, Olive & Victor)
Kitty Blow (wife of Joseph Blow & mother of Frank Blow & Hughie Blow)
Jackey Jackey aka Bilin Bilin aka Bilin aka John 'Johnny' Logan
Kipper Tommy Andrews (father of Lizzie Malay (nee Tommie)
Julia Sandy (wife of Arthur Ford);
Billy Terribah/Didiba Andrews (father of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Boyd (nee Andrews);
Mary Ann Mitchell (mother of Mary Ann Drumley (nee Sandy), Ida Bell (nee Sandy), Norman Sandy Snr & Lindsay "Billy" Sandy);
Unnamed mother of Matilda 'Mittie' Fogarty (nee Sandy) and Lizzie (mother of William 'Billy' Brown);
Alice Edwards (nee Coolwell) (mother of Jack Jnr, Florence, Minnie, Eva, Eileen, Maud, Catherine, Evelyn & Julia);
Coolum (husband of Nancy Culham (nee Coolwell) & father of Joseph 'Joe', Maude, Lucy & Lena);
Unnamed mother of Nancy Culham (nee Coolwell) (wife of Coolum & mother of Joseph 'Joe', Maude, Lucy & Lena);
Yarry (father of Frederick 'Fred' Yarrie/Yarry);
Joseph Coolwell (husband of Polly Allen/Dalton & father of Alfred, Eva, Edward, Rose, Campbell, Michael & Andrew);
Polly Allen/Dalton (wife of Joseph Coolwell & mother of Eva, Edward, Rose, Campbell, Michael & Andrew);
Elizabeth Wheeler/Tomes;
Jim Edwards Snr (husband of Topsy (of Ipswich) & father of Jimmy Edwards Jnr).
William Williams (Snr.)