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The Jagera people, also written Yagarr, Yaggera, Yuggera, and other variants, are the Australian First Nations people who speak the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompasses a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the territories from Moreton Bay to the base of the Toowoomba ranges including the city of Brisbane.
Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal peoples around Brisbane and Sunshine Coast [a] Norman Tindale estimated that Wakawaka lands extend over some 4,100 square miles (11,000 km 2), running northwards from Nanango to the area of Mount Perry. Their western extension was at the Boyne River, the upper Burnett River, and Mundubbera.
The distinction between traditional custodians and traditional owners is made by some, but not all, First Nations Australians. [49] [50] On one hand, Yuwibara man Philip Kemp states that he would "prefer to be identified as a Traditional Custodian and not a Traditional Owner as I do not own the land but I care for the land."
After the body has been on an elevated platform, covered with leaves and branches, long enough for the flesh to rot away from the bones, the bones are collected, painted with ochre, and dispersed in various ways. [23] A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting for Australian Aboriginal people, interacting with the Dreaming and accompanied by song and ...
The shore of Lake Mungo. Landsat 7 imagery of Lake Mungo. The white line defining the eastern shore of the lake is the sand dune, or lunette, where most archaeological material has been found LM1 (red) LM3 (blue) The white line shows the eastern shore of the lake, the sand dune, or lunette, where most archaeological material has been found
A young Turrbal woman who was taken from the tribe by an Indian escapee convict. The two survived the capsizing of a stolen boat, and landed up at Noosa Heads where they were looked after by the local tribe. The convict tired of life in the bush and returned to Brisbane, where the Turrbal killed him for taking one of their women without consent.
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The Aboriginal population of Australia is made up of hundreds of peoples or nations, each with their own sacred places, animal totems and other items in the geographic area known as their country, [1] or traditional lands. Sacred sites are places within the landscape that have a special significance under Aboriginal tradition.