The Turrbal people of North Brisbane were the original owners of the country around the Boondall Wetlands. The suburb now known as Sandgate was originally known as Cabbage Tree Creek. The Turrbal people called the area Warra which means a stretch or expanse of water.
What Aboriginal land Am I on in Brisbane?
Brisbane – Meanjin
Meanjin is a Turrbal (sometimes spelled Turrubul) word for the area where Brisbane’s central city was established on Turrbal Country.
Is Brisbane Turrbal or Jagera land?
Turrbal Aboriginal Tribe – Traditional Owners of Brisbane.
What nation are the Turrbal people?
The Turrbal are an Aboriginal Australian people from the region of present-day Brisbane, Queensland. The name primarily referred to the dialect they spoke, the tribe itself being alternatively called Mianjin/Meanjin. Mianjin was the Turrbal word for the central Brisbane area.
Who are the traditional custodians of the land in Brisbane?
Descendents of the both the Yagara and the Turrbal consider themselves traditional custodians of the land over which much of Brisbane is built. Native claim applications were lodged respectively by the Turrbal in 1998 and the Yagara in 2011, and the two separate claims were combined in 2013.
Is Brisbane Yuggera or Meanjin?
The Turrbal and Jagera people speak Yuggera and their name for Brisbane is Meanjin.
Is it Kabi Kabi or Gubbi Gubbi?
A: The correct pronunciation regardless of how it is spelt is always Gubbi Gubbi (pronunciation: Gub-bee Gub-bee). Kabi Kabi/ Gabi Gabi is the incorrect spelling and pronunciation of the Gubbi Gubbi language group. Kabi Kabi is the foreigner’s interpretation of the language name of Gubbi Gubbi.
Where are the Gubbi Gubbi people located?
South East Queensland
?The Gubbi Gubbi people are the traditional custodians of the land located in South East Queensland, within the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Gympie region.
What land does Yorta Yorta country cover?
Yorta Yorta country radiates out from the Murray River on both sides in all compass directions, roughly from Cohuna in the west to just outside Albury/Wodonga in the east to a northerly point in NSW approximately 20-30 km past Finley and extends south into Victoria just short of Nagambie.
Where are Yugambeh people from?
south-east Queensland
The Yugambeh language people are the traditional custodians of the land located in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, now within the Logan City, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, and Tweed City regions whose ancestors all spoke one or more dialects of the Yugambeh Language.
Who are the traditional owners of Sandgate?
The Turrbal people of North Brisbane were the original owners of the country around the Boondall Wetlands. The suburb now known as Sandgate was originally known as Cabbage Tree Creek. The Turrbal people called the area Warra which means a stretch or expanse of water.
Why is Brisbane called Meanjin?
To traditional owners, the area is known as Meanjin
Meanjin means ‘place shaped like a spike’. This is a reference to the ‘spike’ of land where the Brisbane central business district (CBD) is now located, shaped by a bend in the Brisbane River.
Where are the Kulin nations?
The East Kulin Nation have lived in the area now known as Melbourne, for more than 65,000 years harnessing the rich resources of the Yarra River and surrounding bush lands and ranges.
Who are the traditional owners of the Kulin nation?
The Kulin Nation consists of the five language groups who are the traditional owners and lived in what is known as the Port Phillip region:
- Boonwurrung (Boon-wur-rung)
- Dja Dja Wurrung (Jar-Jar-Wur-rung)
- Taungurung (Tung-ger-rung)
- Wathaurung (Wath-er-rung)
- Woiwurrung (Woy-wur-rung), commonly known as Wurundjeri.
Where is quandamooka country?
Queensland
Qandamooka Country includes the mainland from the mouth of the Brisbane River, Wynnum, Chandler, Lytton, Belmont, Tingalpa, south to Cleveland, to the Logan River, crossing the boundaries of four modern day Queensland local governments. The Quandamooka people have lived on Quandamooka Country for a very long time.
Where are the Yorta people located?
The Yorta Yorta, also known as Jotijota, are an Aboriginal Australian people who have traditionally inhabited the area surrounding the junction of the Goulburn and Murray Rivers in present-day north-eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales.
How do I find out what Aboriginal land I’m on?
Looking up the Aboriginal land council for the town or suburb that you reside in is another way of getting your information. For a comprehensive map of Indigenous Australia, you can look to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
What is indigenous name for Brisbane?
Meeanjin
The traditional name of Brisbane is Meeanjin – the place of the blue water lilies. It is the story of near-extinction of the Turrbal Tribe, the original inhabitants of Brisbane, that has enticed some neighbouring tribal groups (such as Jagera/Yaggera) to attempt to falsely claim Brisbane as their ancestral homelands.
What is a native of Brisbane called?
The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite.
What nation do the Gubbi Gubbi people belong to?
The Gubbi Gubbi people also known as Kabi Kabi are an Aboriginal Australian people native to south-eastern Queensland. They are now classified as one of several Murri language groups in Queensland.
How do you say hello in Gubbi Gubbi?
Wunya Ngulum in the Gubbi Gubbi language means Welcome Everyone. The letters ‘Dy’ in Dyungungoo is pronounced as a J sound. We encourage everyone to learn and share the Gubbi Gubbi language, especially at schools and childcare centres in the classroom.