![]() ![]() The good fishing places became campsites and the focus of group activities.Ī SNAPSHOT OF TURRBAL HISTORY IN BRISBANE The river’s abundant supply of food included fish, shellfish, crabs and shrimps. Before European settlement, the land, the river and its tributaries were the source and support of life in all its dimensions. In 1858 two Aborigines, Dalinkua and Dalpie from the Breakfast Creek area, wrote letters to The Moreton Bay Courier protesting about the treatment their people received at the hands of the white settlers.īrisbane was home to the Jagera and Turrbal Aboriginal clans. This gully passes through Victoria Park and the Royal National Association Showgrounds at Bowen Hills. The main encampment of the Turrbal clan was in “Yorks Hollow”. The explorers Oxley and Cunningham met clan members at the creek’s mouth in 1824. The Turrbal had camping grounds around the area. White settlers often referred to this clan as the ‘Duke of York’s clan’.īreakfast Creek, just outside Ascot’s suburb boundary, was known by the Turrbal people as Yowoggerra, meaning Corroboree Place. The Turrbal clan occupied the northern side of the Brisbane River. This page is under constant construction but aims to provide links to information about the Traditional Owners of the land the college sits upon.Īboriginal History In The Brisbane Region ![]()
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