Saturday, 22 June 2013

Port Curtis Coral Coast Claim Group

The Courier Mail of 22-23 June 2013 has an advertisement for a proposed Indigenous Land Use Agreement with the Port Curtis Coral Coast Claim Group. Further investigation of this group provided the following Native Title Claim Registration Test report.

Native Title Claim Registration Test - Port Curtis Coral Coast
NNTT file no. QC01/29
Federal Court of Australia file no. QUD6026/01
Date application made 17 August 2001
Date application last amended Leave to amend granted 26 April 2012, application as amended filed 1 May 2012
Date of Decision 31 May 2012

Applicants - Kerry Blackman, Dean Sarra, Lurleen Blackman, Richard Johnson, Nat Minniecon, Matthew Cooke, Neville Johnson

The native title claimant group comprises all the descendants of:

Dina
Jessie
Johnson Matemate and George Swain
Sandy and Fanny
Dulhu/Doolan
Buller Tolsen (Norman Buller)
Alice Murray
Jane
Betsy
Rosie
Elsie Myers
Maggie Little
Rosie Blackman
Emma Jones
Mary Anne
John Hill ("Pig Pig")
Elizabeth Tan Watt / Daniels

Extra information in the report as follows

[Anthropologist 2 – name deleted] refers to documentation that exists from this era in relation
to the Indigenous inhabitants of the area and in respect of the apical ancestors of the members
of the native title claim group (page 4): For example

1 Emma Jones born 1870, resided on Paddy’s Island, Bundaberg, and whose descendents have remained in the area continuously;
2 Descendants of Dinah can establish residential continuity in the Gladstone area;
3 Jane whose traditional country is around Berajonda Station;
4 Maggie Little is recorded as being born in Miriam Vale in 1864;
5 Rosie Blackman is recorded as being born at Warro Station;
6 Betsy, whose daughter was born at Mount Perry in about 1860

The names of three anthropologists who provided reports are withheld in the report.

For interest I have added some references I have found to Rosie Blackman

St Vincents Orphanage 31. 7.1901 Aboriginal Children
Victor Blackman admitted 8. 2.1900, born 2. 6.1891 at Bundaberg
Louis Blackman admitted 8. 2.1900, born February 1893 at Bundaberg
(Parents of both Fred Blackman and Rosie Blackman)

Queensland State Archives Item ID 17983 00/16461 M'film Z1613, Microfilm frame nos. 139-141.
Letter from Mrs Meston to the Home Secretary dated October 9, 1900 in relation to Rosie Blackman travelling from Durundur to the Brisbane hospital and the Orphanage to see her children. On arriving in Brisbane Rosie was denied entry into the Girl's Home by Mrs Whipham to see her children.

Sunday, 16 June 2013

Yuwibara People Native Title Meeting

Yuwibara People Native Title Meeting

Area roughly centered on Mackay and surrounding districts  (Midgeton, Sarina, Yarrawonga Point and Eungella) in Central Queensland.

Apical ancestors of this tribe are listed as

Peter Nolan
Jane Morris, mother of Peter Smith and Frank Morris
Molly, mother of Bill Bargo (aka Bill Tonga) and Annie Bargo (aka Annie Tonga)
Johanna Hazeldean
Mungo, King of Hamilton, father of Spoonbill
Jerry McDonald and Janie (McDonald)

Appeared in the Courier Mail of June 15-16, 2013

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Sources are Important

Following is an example of different sources giving different information.

The first is from the National Archives of Australia web site and the second from a figure from a presentation in 2005.

National Archives of Australia
Darwin Office
CRS F315/0
Item 1949/393A Part 2 (Digital Copy)


Napperby Station
There were no half-caste children on Napperby at the time of our
visit. However, the two who were located there last year are still
camping away from the station, their mother having apparently got
wind of our intentions to move them. It will require a special
patrol to apprehend them but, in view of the fact that the school
year is now half-way through and that St Mary's Hostel is close
to saturation point with the existing staff, I recommend that it be
left until next January to send out and pick them up. There are
two of them - one boy, Texas, aged approximately 7 years .......
..........., and one girl, Lily, aged approximately 5 years and ..
....................of Coniston station. Their mother originally
came from Gordon Downs.

(............... = text removed.)

IUSSP XXVth International Population Conference
Session 1009 Demography, Human Rights and Ethics
Tours, France 20 July 2005
Blankets, Brass Tags and Bungalows: The Role of Population Data Systems in
Historical Aboriginal Affairs in Northern Territory, Australia (Draft)
Ellen Percy Kraly, Department of Geography, Colgate University

Figure 14 (cont) Further examples
(NAA F315 Item 49/393A)


Napperby Station
Half-castes There were no half-caste children on Napperby
at the time of our visit. However, the two who were located there
last year are still camping away from the station, their mother
having apparently got wind of our intentions to move them. It
will require a special patrol to apprehend then but, in view of
the fact that the school year is now half-way through and that
St Mary's Hostel is close to saturation point with the existing
staff, I recommend that it be left until next January to send
out and pick them up. There are two of them - one boy, Texas,
aged approximately 7 years and whose father is alleged to be a
Mr Dixon, and one girl, Lily, aged approximately 5 years and
whose father is alleged to be Mick Kelly of Coniston Station.
Their mother originally came from Gordon Downs.


It pays to keep looking.

Saturday, 1 June 2013

Wakka Wakka People Native Title Authorisation Meeting

Wakka Wakka People Native Title Authorisation Meeting

Area covered roughly bounded by Mt Perry, Monto, Chinchilla, Cooyer, Nanango, Murgon and including Eidsvold, Mundubbera and Gayndah Queensland.

Apical ancestors are listed as

Jenny and David Carlo (parents of Princey Carlo);
Minnie Bly (mother of Thomas Simpson), Ethel and Bill Button;
Maggie Hart (mother of Crabbie Chapman);
Mother of William Pickering, Lucky Law;
King Billy and Maria of Boondooma (parents of Tommy Dood 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); and
Billy McKenzie (father of Chlorine McKenzie), Chlorine McKenzie.

Appeared in the Courier Mail dated 1-2 June,

Sunday, 26 May 2013

Wongkumara Native Title Claim Group

Wongkumara Native Title Claim Group

The claim area is in South west Queensland and North west New South Wales

Ancestors are listed as
Martin Ebsworth
Ruby Ebsworth
Rita McKellar
Una Hartnett
Laura Dixon
Madeline Hines

The Wongkumara native title claim group is currently described as the biological children of the following deceased persons
Albert Ebsworth and Rose Ebsworth
Martin Ebsworth
Alfred Edward Ebsworth
Michael Dixon
Roy Dixon
Edna Joyce Leonard
Anthony Dixon
Warwick Fernando
Beverley Fernando
Laura Dixon
Paul Dixon
Claude Dixon
Albert Ebsworth
Hector Bates
Rita McKellar
Clifford Hartnett
Cyril Hartnett
Shirley Edwards
Darcy Edwards
John Hartnett
Bernard Edwards
Ruby Johnson
Rhonda Williams
Kerrin Johnson
Roy Johnson
Gladys Edwards
Gladys Johnson
Ron Johnson
Elene Shepherd
Edith Edwards
Iris Edwards
Roger Edwards
Arnold (“Picaninie") Ebsworth
Martin Ebsworth
Cecil ("Nocka") Ebsworth
Alma Ebsworth
Jean McKellar
Gerald McKellar
Thomas McKellar
Janice Dennis
Arthur Ebsworth
Madeline Hines
Eileen Hines
Jeannie Hines
Rita ("Georgina”) Hines
Malcom ("Pierce") Hines
Ray Hines
Lucy Harding

Appeared in the Courier Mail of May 25 - 26, 2013

QLD - Registration decision - QC08/3-1 Wongkumara People

( http://www.nntt.gov.au/Applications-And-Determinations/Registration-Test/Pages/Wongkumara_People_QC08_3-1.aspx )

At Schedule A the native title claim group is described as all those persons named in Attachment
A and their biological descendants. Therefore the claim group is based on an apical ancestor
description, and paragraph (b) of s. 61(4) applies. Attachment A is reproduced below.

ATTACHMENT "A"

Only surviving child of the Late Albert Ebsworth and Rose Ebsworth
Lena Murray

Children of the Late Martin Ebsworth
Rosemary Wilson, Barbara Ebsworth, Shirley Ebsworth, Karen Ebsworth, Linda Ebsworth,
Jennifer Ebsworth, Amanda Ebsworth, Robyn Ebsworth, Gail Ebsworth, Martin Ebsworth Jr,
Barry Mallyer, Roger Ebsworth, Carl Ebsworth

Children of the late Alfred Edward Ebsworth
Alfred ("Maxie") Ebsworth, Neville Ebsworth, Kenny Ebsworth, Noelene Perdrisat, Rose Carter

Children of the Late Michael Dixon
Brenda Dixon, Michael Dixon, Jessica Dixon, "Sonno" Johnston, Graham ("Noddy") Dixon,
Vivienne ("Vickie") Dixon, John Dixon, Donna Dixon, Derek ("Lolly") Dixon, Donald ("Donnieboy") Dixon, Tray ("Sorgie") Dixon, Bridget Dixon

of the Late Roy Dixon
Monica Dixon

Children of the Late Edna Joyce Leonard
Christen Leonard, Alan Leonard, Alfred Leonard, Les Leonard, Cynthia Leonard, Edna Leonard

Children of the Late Anthony Dixon
Anthony ("Sweeney") Dixon, Lorna Dixon, Christopher ("Cody") Dixon, Kim Dixon,
Barbara Dixon, Kelvin Dixon, Venus Dixon

Children of the Late Warwick Fernando
Shaylee Gilbey, Warwick ("Sonno") Gilbey, Joycelyn Gilbey, Vivienne Gilbey, "Sissie" Gilbey

Children of the Late Beverley Fernando
Donald Fernando, Kenneth Fernando, Toni Fernando, Laura Fernando

Children of the Late Laura Dixon
Patricia Dixon, Netta Dixon, Noelene Dixon, Donald ("Donny") Dixon

Children of the Late Paul Dixon
Paul Knight, Leane Knight, Brody Knight

Children of the Late Claude Dixon
Richard Dixon, Tracy Dixon, Denise Dixon, Mary Dixon, Tootsie Dixon, Claudette Dixon,
Erica Dixon

Children of the Late Albert Ebsworth
Alma Sullivan, Graham Knight

Children of the Late Hector Bates
Noelene Hudson, Susan Hudson, Andrew Hudson, Kristy Hudson, Paul Hudson, Bradley Hudson, Bruce Hudson, Roger Hudson, Donna Hudson

Children of the Late Rita McKellar
Linda Elwood, Lillian McKellar, Glen McKellar, David McKellar, Dean McKellar,
Louella McKellar

Child of the Late Clifford Hartnett
Margie-Anne Whyman

Child of the Late Cyril Hartnett
Cyril ("Junior") Whyman

Children of the Late Shirley Edwards
Cynthia Knight, Joanne Barker, Margaret Edwards, Letitia Edwards, Megan Edwards,
Morris Edwards, Percy Edwards, Mervyn Edwards, Dennis Edwards, Maria Edwards

Children of the Late Darcy Edwards
Aaron Orcher, Annika Orcher, Shirley-Anne Orcher, Deakin Orcher, Tegan Orcher,
Marcia Orcher, Darcelle Orcher,

Children of the Late John Hartnett
Eunice Hartnett, Phyllis Hartnett, Roger Hartnett, Albert Hartnett, Jane Hartnett,
Vera Thomas, Cherrie Hartnett, Adrian ("Russell") Broughton

Child of the Late Bernard Edwards
Steven Dargan

Child of the Late Ruby Johnson
Amy Gloria Elwood

Children of the Late Rhonda Williams
Kelly Williams, Kylie Williams, Noel Williams

Children of the Late Kerrin Johnson
Jannette Kelly, Annette Johnson, Jeffrey Johnson, Larry Johnson, Lorraine Johnson,
Maureen Johnson

Children of the Late Roy Johnson
Moma Johnson, Maria Johnson, Roslyn Johnson, Gloria Johnson, Darryl Johnson,

Children of the Late Gladys Edwards
Patricia Edwards, Pam Edwards

Children of the Late Gladys Johnson
Deanna Edwards, Shane Edwards, Clark Edwards, Dell Edwards, Mark Edwards

Child of the Late Ron Johnson
Lisa Johnson

Child of the Late Elene Shepherd
Coleen Shepherd

Children of the Late Edith Edwards
Dawn Smith, Fay Monaghan, Wilma Edwards, Jannelle Edwards, Clem Edwards,
Brian Edwards

Children of the Late Iris Edwards
Pauline Edwards, Malcolm Edwards

Children of the Late Roger Edwards
Fred Coleman, John Edwards, Audane Edwards, Bradley Edwards, Greg Edwards,
Alfred Edwards, Darlene (“Darla") Edwards

Children of the Late Arnold (“Picaninie") Ebsworth
Margaret Collins, Judith Nicholls, Lorraine Gilby, Ellen Johnson, Irene Ebsworth

Children of the Late Martin Ebsworth
Chris Ebsworth, Anna Ebsworth, Kimbley Ebsworth

Children of the Late Cecil ("Nocka") Ebsworth
Cecil Ebsworth, Maureen Winbank, Malcolm Ebsworth, Ernest ("Hope") Ebsworth,
Peter Ebsworth, Dianne McGlashen

Children of the Late Alma Ebsworth
Archie Ebsworth, Manuel Ebsworth, Lorna Pine, Loretta Tupou, Leona Tai

Children of the Late Jean McKellar
Clancy McKellar, Greg McKellar, Wayne McKellar, Ruth McKellar, Sally McKellar,
Cal McKellar, Rebecca McKellar, Tray McKellar, Shona McKellar,

Children of the Late Gerald McKellar
Gerald McKellar Jr, Jenna McKellar, Shannon McKellar, Cody McKellar,

Children of the Late Thomas McKellar
Margaret McKellar, Thomas McKellar, Jay McKellar, Robert McKellar,

Children of the Late Janice Dennis
Shona McKellar, Peter McKellar, Floyd McKellar,

Children of the Late Arthur Ebsworth
Majella Jones, Coral-Lee Jones

Children of the Late Madeline Hines
Clarrie Hines, Peter ("Paddy-boy") Hines

Child of the Late Eileen Hines
Darren Hines

Children of the Late Jeannie Hines
Loretta McKellar, Judith Hines

Children of the Late Rita ("Georgina”) Hines
Lorna Vincent, William Hines, Thomas Hines, Edna Hines, Rhonda Hines, Barry Hines

Children of the Late Malcom ("Pierce") Hines
Maureen Hines, Fiona Hines, Tina Hines,

Child of the Late Ray Hines
George Hines,

Raised by the Late Lucy Harding
Norman Hodge


Friday, 17 May 2013

Gaangalu IULA Agreement

Gaangalu IULA Agreement

Area roughly enclosed by and / or including Mt Morgan, Biloela, Theodore, Rolleston, Blackwater and Middlemount Queensland.

Apical ancestors listed are

Maggie of Dingo
Biddy of Wooroona
Sandy of Wooroona
Henry Williams of Duaringa
Jack (of Coomooboolaroo)
Billy Mickelo
Claude and Anne Anderson
Rose Ann Tyson
Biddy (wife of Jumbo)
Lizzy Tiger (Blackwater)
Blanche of Duaringa
Annie French
Polly Doctor
Annie of Orion Downs
Annie and Ned Duggan
Peter Tyson
Lily of the McKenzie River Bend
John ‘Jack’ Bradley
Violet Thompson
Jenny Doctor [not daughter of Polly Doctor]
Polly McEvoy / Brown
Queenie (Hart) of Duaringa
Charlie, Willie and George Riley  (Brothers)
Lily / Lilla Livingstone
William Toby.
 
Appeared in the Courier Mail of May 18-19, 2013

Sunday, 12 May 2013

Mandandanji People's Native Title Claim

Mandandanji People's Native Title Claim

The claim area has been previously described as the Roma and St George region of South West Queensland.

Current apical ancestors are

Nellie Edwards
Combarngo Bill
Weribone Jack snr
Mary Weribone

A meeting on May 25, 2013 will decide whether Dolly Clarke will be added as an apical ancestor.

Appeared in the Courier Mail dated 4-5 May, 2013