Brisbane, Queensland.
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.
Where do the Turrbal people live?
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.
What happened to the Turrbal and Jagera people?
Of all the blackfellows who were boys when he was a boy there is only one survivor; most of them died off prematurely through drink introduced by the white men (Constance Petrie, Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of early Queensland 1904, pp. 4-5).
Is Brisbane Turrbal or Jagera?
5.2 Other groups claiming Brisbane at their ancestral homelands. It is no secret that both Jagera people and YY people are also claiming traditional ownership of Brisbane. However, the reality is that the Turrbal people are the registered native title claimants of Brisbane.
What happened to Turbal people?
They were removed from the north side of the river but continued to inhabit in what we now call South Brisbane. The traditional name for the area that became the penal settlement was ‘Mianjin /Meean-jin’ (Yuggera/Turrbal languague) which refers to the spike of land which formed Petrie’s Bight.
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.
Is Brisbane Yuggera or Meanjin?
The Turrbal and Jagera people speak Yuggera and their name for Brisbane is Meanjin.
Are there any Darkinjung people left?
The Darkinjung people are believed to have died out in the late 19th century due to the effects of disease and dispossession. Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council represents the interests of the Aboriginal residents of the Darkinjung lands, but those Aboriginal residents come from other Aboriginal groups.
What language do Turrbal speak?
Turrbal is an Aboriginal Australian language of Queensland. It is the language of the Turrbal people, who are the traditional owners and custodians of Brisbane. The Turrbal Association uses the Turrbal spelling and prefer this over other spellings of Turrbal such as Turubul, Turrubal, Turrabul, Toorbal, and Tarabul.
What indigenous country is Brisbane on?
Brisbane was founded upon the homelands of the Turrbal and Jagera peoples and is the gateway to a huge variety of experiences throughout South East Queensland.
How do you say hello in Turrbal?
If you were in Brisbane, or Meeanjin, and decided to meet a friend at Mount Coot-tha, you might say hello in the Turrbal dialect, “Galang nguruindhau“, which is pronounced, “Ga-lung ngoo-rroo-win-dha-woo”.
Where are the Jagera people from?
According to Watson, the Jagera-related peoples in the Chepara family group inhabited the territories from Moreton Bay to Toowoomba to the west, nearly to Nanango in the north west, including Brisbane. However, this is disputed by many groups and has resulted in numerous native title claims for the area.
Is Brisbane Yuggera country?
The Yuggera nation encompassed a vast region south west of Brisbane, which included Ipswich. The Turrbal people primarily occupied areas to the north along the Brisbane River including what is now known as Coronation Drive.
What Does BAH mean in Aboriginal?
-Ba, -bah, -da, -dah as a suffix ending in Aboriginal languages generally refers to ‘place of‘.
What is the indigenous name for Sydney?
Allawah: Aboriginal word meaning “stay here”, believed to have been used by the local Botany Bay Aboriginals. Balgowlah: (or Bulgowlah) said to be an Aboriginal name for “North Harbour”. The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling. Barreenjoey Peninsula: meaning Young Kangaroo.
What is the indigenous name for Melbourne?
Welcome to the City of Melbourne. Wominjeka / Womindjeka means ‘welcome’ in the Woi Wurrung language of the Wurundjeri people and Boon Wurrung language of the Bunurong people of the Eastern Kulin.
What is Brisbane called in Aboriginal?
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.
Why is Brisbane called brisvegas?
The term Brisvegas, a portmanteau of Brisbane and Vegas, originated in Queensland in part with ironic reference to the river city’s lack of showy opulence (for which Las Vegas is famous) and partly because Brisbane was the first Queensland city to open a casino.
What are people from Brisbane called?
People from Brisbane are either referred to as Brisbanites or Brisbanian.
Where do Arabs live in Brisbane?
Sunnybank to Calamvale: Brisbane’s Asian heart
Robertson, Stretton, Macgregor, Sunnybank, Calamvale, Runcorn and Sunnybank Hills are the seven suburbs where more than one in every two of the residents were born overseas.
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.