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{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal people}} |
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| subheader = {{small|'''Aka''': ''Tjapukai'' ([[Norman Tindale|Tindale]]), ''Djabuganjdji'' ([[Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia|Horton]])}}<br />{{small|''Jaabugay'' ([[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|AIATSIS]]), ''Dyaabugay'' ([[SIL International|SIL]])}} |
| subheader = {{small|'''Aka''': ''Tjapukai'' ([[Norman Tindale|Tindale]]), ''Djabuganjdji'' ([[Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia|Horton]])}}<br />{{small|''Jaabugay'' ([[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|AIATSIS]]), ''Dyaabugay'' ([[SIL International|SIL]])}} |
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| image1 = [[File:IBRA 6.1 Wet Tropics.png|220px]] |
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| caption1 = Wet Tropics |
| caption1 = Wet Tropics Bioregion |
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| image2 = [[File:AUS kuranda 2.jpg|220px]] |
| image2 = [[File:AUS kuranda 2.jpg|220px]] |
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| caption2 = Tjapukai performance in [[ |
| caption2 = Tjapukai performance in [[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]] |
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| header1 = [[Hierarchy]] |
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| header20 = Area (approx. 800 km |
| header20 = Area (approx. 800 km<sup>2</sup>) |
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| data22 = Wet Tropics |
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* [[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]]<br />{{small|(also known as ''Ngunbay'' )}},{{sfn|Bottoms|1999}} |
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* [[Mount Molloy, Queensland|Mount Molloy]] |
* [[Mount Molloy, Queensland|Mount Molloy]] |
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* [[Port Douglas, Queensland|Port Douglas]] |
* [[Port Douglas, Queensland|Port Douglas]] |
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The '''Djabugay people''' (also known as '''Djabuganydji''' or '''Tjapukai''') are a group of [[ |
The '''Djabugay people''' (also known as '''Djabuganydji''' or '''Tjapukai''') are a group of [[Aboriginal Australian]] people who are the original inhabitants of mountains, gorges, lands and waters of a richly forested part of the [[Great Dividing Range]] including the [[Barron Gorge National Park|Barron Gorge]] and surrounding areas within the [[Wet Tropics of Queensland]].{{sfn|NNTT|2004}} |
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==Language== |
==Language== |
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[[Djabugay language|Djabugay]] belongs to the [[Yidinyic languages|Yidinic branch]] of the [[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan language family]], and is closely related to [[Yidin]].{{sfn|Dixon|2011b|p=424}} It shares the distinction, with [[Bandjalang language|Bandjalang]] in north-eastern New South Wales and [[South East Queensland]], and [[Maung language|Maung]] spoken on the [[Goulburn Islands]] off the coast of [[Arnhem Land]], of being one of only three languages that lack the [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual form]].{{sfn|Dixon|2011b|p=275}} The last speaker with a good knowledge of the language was Gilpin Banning.{{sfn|Dixon|2011a|p=330}} |
[[Djabugay language|Djabugay]] belongs to the [[Yidinyic languages|Yidinic branch]] of the [[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan language family]], and is closely related to [[Yidiny language|Yidin]].{{sfn|Dixon|2011b|p=424}} It shares the distinction, with [[Bandjalang language|Bandjalang]] in north-eastern New South Wales and [[South East Queensland]], and [[Maung language|Maung]] spoken on the [[Goulburn Islands]] off the coast of [[Arnhem Land]], of being one of only three languages that lack the [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual form]].{{sfn|Dixon|2011b|p=275}} The last speaker with a good knowledge of the language was Gilpin Banning.{{sfn|Dixon|2011a|p=330}} |
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==Country== |
==Country== |
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[[Norman Tindale]] described the territory of the Tjapukai (Djabugay) as extending along the plateau south of and to the east of south of [[Mareeba, Queensland|Mareeba]], from [[Barron River (Queensland)|Barron River]], south of Mareeba to [[Kuranda, Queensland|Kuranda]] and north toward [[Port Douglas, Queensland|Port Douglas]]. Their western boundary was defined by the margin of the rain forest from [[Tolga, Queensland|Tolga]] north to [[Mount Molloy, Queensland|Mount Molloy]]. By 1952, the Djabugay claimed also the coastal strip between Cairns Inlet and Lamb Range, with one [[Band society|''horde'']] lived near [[Redlynch, Queensland|Redlynch]],{{sfn|Tindale|1974}} [[Cairns]].{{efn|Cairns was known among the Yidinji people as ''Gimuy'', slippery blue fig tree (Ficus albipila) which is common to the area |
[[Norman Tindale]] described the territory of the Tjapukai (Djabugay) as extending along the plateau south of and to the east of south of [[Mareeba, Queensland|Mareeba]], from [[Barron River (Queensland)|Barron River]], south of Mareeba to [[Kuranda, Queensland|Kuranda]] and north toward [[Port Douglas, Queensland|Port Douglas]]. Their western boundary was defined by the margin of the rain forest from [[Tolga, Queensland|Tolga]] north to [[Mount Molloy, Queensland|Mount Molloy]]. By 1952, the Djabugay claimed also the coastal strip between Cairns Inlet and Lamb Range, with one [[Band society|''horde'']] lived near [[Redlynch, Queensland|Redlynch]],{{sfn|Tindale|1974}} [[Cairns]].{{efn|Cairns was known among the Yidinji people as ''Gimuy'', slippery blue fig tree (Ficus albipila) which is common to the area {{harv|Dixon|1991|p=1}}.}} |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
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[[File:QRail Budaji.jpg|thumb|250px|Buda-dji painted onto the front the Queensland Rail engine ascending the Barron Gorge, to Kuranda|alt=|left]] |
[[File:QRail Budaji.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Buda-dji]] painted onto the front the Queensland Rail engine ascending the Barron Gorge, to Kuranda|alt=|left]] |
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The |
The Djabugay word for their [[Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology#Pan-Australian mythology|ancestral times, beyond their living memory, (also known as 'Story time' or 'Dreamtime')]] is ''bulurru''{{sfn|Henry|1998|p=153, n.40}} being a time when, for instance, it is told the [[Rainbow Serpent]] ''Gudju Gudju'', in the form of a giant [[Morelia spilota variegata|carpet snake]] (aka ''Budadji'') traveled through the country, bartering with families along the way exchanging coastal [[nautilus shell]]s for rainforest products such as [[dilly bag]]s, his body creating within the landscape everything from ''Yaln giri'' ([[Crystal Cascades]]) to ''Ngunbay'' ([[Kuranda, Queensland|Kuranda]]), moving through the [[Mowbray River (Queensland)|Mowbray River]] to the hill at Port Douglas, finally coming to rest at ''Wangal Djungay'' ([[Double Island, Queensland|Double Island]]){{sfn|Pannell|2009|p=376}}{{sfn|Bottoms|1999|p=4}} In one account, he was killed by [[emu]] men at '''Din din'' ( the [[Barron Falls]]), an incident which unleashed the powerful [[monsoon]]al rains on the region.{{sfn|Morton-Evans|Morton-Evans|2009|p=141}} There were also 2 Bulurru dreamtime brothers, Damarri and Guyala, who laid down the contours, created the plant foods, established the customary law and the system of clan marriage by [[Australian Aboriginal kinship|moieties]]. The contours of the Barron River and Redlynch Valley, for example, are thought of as representing the supine body of Damarri. |
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The tale of Budadji's travels along the Barron Gorge is included in the web guide of [[Queensland Rail]] to the railways journey from Cairns to Kuranda.{{sfn|Kuranda|2016}} |
The tale of Budadji's travels along the Barron Gorge is included in the web guide of [[Queensland Rail]] to the railways journey from Cairns to Kuranda.{{sfn|Kuranda|2016}} |
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In May 1886, a railway was constructed from [[Cairns]] to [[Herberton]] with part of the rails going on top of a walking track. The Djabugay were unhappy about this development and withstood the settlement by spearing bullocks and settlers. As the settlers entered, traditional hunting and gathering grounds were taken over. |
In May 1886, a railway was constructed from [[Cairns]] to [[Herberton]] with part of the rails going on top of a walking track. The Djabugay were unhappy about this development and withstood the settlement by spearing bullocks and settlers. As the settlers entered, traditional hunting and gathering grounds were taken over. |
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This led to the notorious Speewah massacre in 1890 where [[John Atherton (pioneer)|John Atherton]] took revenge on the Djubagay by sending in native troopers to avenge the killing of a bullock.{{sfn|Stone|2016|p=248}} The Djubagay were segregated from them and forced to live at the [[Mona-Mona Mission]] and were unable to hunt, fish or move around. Their numbers fell dramatically at the turn of the century. |
This led to the notorious [[Speewah, Queensland|Speewah]] massacre in 1890 where [[John Atherton (pioneer)|John Atherton]] took revenge on the Djubagay by sending in native troopers to avenge the killing of a bullock.{{sfn|Stone|2016|p=248}} The Djubagay were segregated from them and forced to live at the [[Mona-Mona Mission]] and were unable to hunt, fish or move around. Their numbers fell dramatically at the turn of the century. |
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By 1896, the region supported [[coffee]] plantations and the Djabugay were used as labour on farms. |
By 1896, the region supported [[coffee]] plantations and the Djabugay were used as labour on farms. |
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Many now own their own land, some other settlements and farms in the area. |
Many now own their own land, some other settlements and farms in the area. |
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On 17 December 2004, it was recognised that native title existed in the [[Barron Gorge National Park]] for the Djabugay |
On 17 December 2004, it was recognised that native title existed in the [[Barron Gorge National Park]] for the Djabugay. |
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==Native title== |
==Native title== |
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All Djabugay peoples share, in common, [[Kinship and descent#Descent and the family|descent]] from ancestors who (a) have been given personal names that are sourced from, spoken in, and almost exclusively belong to the [[Djabugay language]]s (or dialects) and who (b)have transmitted, from generation to generation, Djabugay language (or dialects), Djabugay knowledge, Djabugay tradition, Djabugay heritage, plus Djabugay law.{{ |
All Djabugay peoples share, in common, [[Kinship and descent#Descent and the family|descent]] from ancestors who (a) have been given personal names that are sourced from, spoken in, and almost exclusively belong to the [[Djabugay language]]s (or dialects) and who (b) have transmitted, from generation to generation, Djabugay language (or dialects), Djabugay knowledge, Djabugay tradition, Djabugay heritage, plus Djabugay law.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} |
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In 2004, [[Jeffrey Spender (judge)|Justice Jeffrey Spender]], a [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court judge]], in |
In 2004, [[Jeffrey Spender (judge)|Justice Jeffrey Spender]], a [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court judge]], in analysing Djabugay land claims in terms of Australian legislation regarding [[native title]], touched on the concept of ''bulurru'' and affirmed that for them the geomorphic features of the area affirm the truth of the laws instituted by the dreamtime, and are taken as tangible proof of bulurru and the totemic beings in Djabugay country. It followed that the physical landscape, its "storyplaces" and "storywaters" in bulurru tradition underline the 'inalienable connection between the native claimants, their ancestral beings and the land.{{sfn|NNTT|2004}}{{sfn|NNTT|2005}} |
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In land title claims, there was a long running dispute between the Djabugay and the [[Yirrganydji people|Yirrganydji]] the latter claiming [[Native title in Australia|native title]] to the area from Cairns to Port Douglas. The clash arose out of the siting of the Tjapukai |
In land title claims, there was a long running dispute between the Djabugay and the [[Yirrganydji people|Yirrganydji]] the latter claiming [[Native title in Australia|native title]] to the area from Cairns to Port Douglas. The clash arose out of the siting of the [[Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park]]. Though some Djabuguy wished their claim to be included under the general claim, regarding them as part of the Dajabugay people, the Yirrganydji insisted on maintaining their separate identity. Eventually the two corporations representing the groups came to a compromise agreement.{{sfn|Henry|2012|p=201}} |
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==Notable people== |
==Notable people== |
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| publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] |
| publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] |
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| isbn = 978-1-865-08031-4 |
| isbn = 978-1-865-08031-4 |
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*{{Cite book| title = Words of Our Country: Stories, Placesd Names and Vocabulary in |
*{{Cite book| title = Words of Our Country: Stories, Placesd Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language nof the Cairns, Rarrabah Region |
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| last = Dixon | first = R. M. W. | year = 1991 |
| last = Dixon | first = R. M. W. | year = 1991 |
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| author-link = Robert M. W. Dixon |
| author-link = Robert M. W. Dixon |
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| publisher = [[University of Queensland Press]] |
| publisher = [[University of Queensland Press]] |
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| url = http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:209394/PL7101_Y53D5_1991.pdf | |
| url = http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:209394/PL7101_Y53D5_1991.pdf | isbn = 978-0-702-22360-0 |
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| isbn = 978-0-702-22360-0 |
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*{{Cite book| title = Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker |
*{{Cite book| title = Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tWHiDB9rJ5kC&pg=PA1 |
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tWHiDB9rJ5kC&pg=PA1 |
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| isbn = 978-1-108-02504-1 |
| isbn = 978-1-108-02504-1 |
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*{{Cite book| title = The Languages of Australia |
*{{Cite book| title = The Languages of Australia |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0b5XGja0HKIC&pg=PA275 |
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0b5XGja0HKIC&pg=PA275 |
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| isbn = 978-1-108-01785-5 |
| isbn = 978-1-108-01785-5 |
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*{{Cite web| title = Djabugay people: The native title determination |
*{{Cite web| title = Djabugay people: The native title determination |
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| publisher = [[National Native Title Tribunal]] |
| publisher = [[National Native Title Tribunal]] |
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| url = http://www.nntt.gov.au/Information%20Publications/Determination%20brochure%20Djabugay%20people%20December%202004.pdf |
| url = http://www.nntt.gov.au/Information%20Publications/Determination%20brochure%20Djabugay%20people%20December%202004.pdf |
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| format = PDF |
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| date = 17 December 2004 |
| date = 17 December 2004 |
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| ref = {{harvid|NNTT|2004}} |
| ref = {{harvid|NNTT|2004}} |
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| publisher = [[Cairns]] |
| publisher = [[Cairns]] |
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| isbn = 0-646-09380-0 |
| isbn = 0-646-09380-0 |
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*{{Cite journal | title = Performing protest, articulating difference: environmentalists, Aborigines and the Kuranda Skyrail dispute |
*{{Cite journal | title = Performing protest, articulating difference: environmentalists, Aborigines and the Kuranda Skyrail dispute |
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| year = 1998 | volume = 22 | pages = 143–161 |
| year = 1998 | volume = 22 | pages = 143–161 |
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| url = http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p72701/pdf/article0912.pdf |
| url = http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p72701/pdf/article0912.pdf |
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*{{Cite book| title = Performing Place, Practising Memories: Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State |
*{{Cite book| title = Performing Place, Practising Memories: Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State |
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| last = Henry | first = Rosita | year = 2012 |
| last = Henry | first = Rosita | year = 2012 |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WudJ7bnoe9UC&pg=PA201 |
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WudJ7bnoe9UC&pg=PA201 |
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| isbn = 978-0-857-45509-3 |
| isbn = 978-0-857-45509-3 |
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*{{Cite book| title = The Flower Hunter: The Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan |
*{{Cite book| title = The Flower Hunter: The Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=21SNxcBddQIC&pg=PA141 |
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=21SNxcBddQIC&pg=PA141 |
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| isbn = 978-0-642-27701-5 |
| isbn = 978-0-642-27701-5 |
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*{{Cite book| chapter = Cultural Landscapes in the Wet Tropics |
*{{Cite book| chapter = Cultural Landscapes in the Wet Tropics |
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| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=scQLoqYd1WEC&pg=PA376 |
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=scQLoqYd1WEC&pg=PA376 |
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| isbn = 978-1-444-30033-8 |
| isbn = 978-1-444-30033-8 |
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*{{Cite book| title = Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics |
*{{Cite book| title = Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vbupCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA248 |
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vbupCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA248 |
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| isbn = 978-1-486-30308-3 |
| isbn = 978-1-486-30308-3 |
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*{{Cite web| title = The Story of Buda-dji |
*{{Cite web| title = The Story of Buda-dji |
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| publisher = [[ANU Press|Australian National University Press]] |
| publisher = [[ANU Press|Australian National University Press]] |
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| url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/tjapukai.htm |
| url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/tjapukai.htm |
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* [http://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=2886 Djabugay Indigenous Land Use Agreement for Barron Gorge National Park] |
* [http://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=2886 Djabugay Indigenous Land Use Agreement for Barron Gorge National Park] |
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* [http://www.kuranda.org/?p=53/ Indigenous Community in Kuranda] |
* [http://www.kuranda.org/?p=53/ Indigenous Community in Kuranda] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080620041529/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/barron_gorge_national_park/barron_gorge_national_park__nature_culture_and_history/ QPWS website ''Barron Gorge National Park |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080620041529/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/barron_gorge_national_park/barron_gorge_national_park__nature_culture_and_history/ QPWS website ''Barron Gorge National Park – Nature, culture and history''] |
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Djabugay people | |
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Aka: Tjapukai (Tindale), Djabuganjdji (Horton) Jaabugay (AIATSIS), Dyaabugay (SIL) | |
Hierarchy | |
Language Family: | Pama–Nyungan |
Language Branch: | Yidinic |
Language Group: | Djabugay |
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Area (approx. 800 km2) | |
BioRegion: | Wet Tropics |
Location: | Far North Queensland |
Coordinates: | 16°50′S 145°30′E / 16.833°S 145.500°E |
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The Djabugay people (also known as Djabuganydji or Tjapukai) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people who are the original inhabitants of mountains, gorges, lands and waters of a richly forested part of the Great Dividing Range including the Barron Gorge and surrounding areas within the Wet Tropics of Queensland.[2]
Sprache
[edit]Djabugay belongs to the Yidinic branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family, and is closely related to Yidin.[3] It shares the distinction, with Bandjalang in north-eastern New South Wales and South East Queensland, and Maung spoken on the Goulburn Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land, of being one of only three languages that lack the dual form.[4] The last speaker with a good knowledge of the language was Gilpin Banning.[5]
Land
[edit]Norman Tindale described the territory of the Tjapukai (Djabugay) as extending along the plateau south of and to the east of south of Mareeba, from Barron River, south of Mareeba to Kuranda and north toward Port Douglas. Their western boundary was defined by the margin of the rain forest from Tolga north to Mount Molloy. By 1952, the Djabugay claimed also the coastal strip between Cairns Inlet and Lamb Range, with one horde lived near Redlynch,[6] Cairns.[a]
Mythology
[edit]The Djabugay word for their ancestral times, beyond their living memory, (also known as 'Story time' or 'Dreamtime') is bulurru[7] being a time when, for instance, it is told the Rainbow Serpent Gudju Gudju, in the form of a giant carpet snake (aka Budadji) traveled through the country, bartering with families along the way exchanging coastal nautilus shells for rainforest products such as dilly bags, his body creating within the landscape everything from Yaln giri (Crystal Cascades) to Ngunbay (Kuranda), moving through the Mowbray River to the hill at Port Douglas, finally coming to rest at Wangal Djungay (Double Island)[8][9] In one account, he was killed by emu men at 'Din din ( the Barron Falls), an incident which unleashed the powerful monsoonal rains on the region.[10] There were also 2 Bulurru dreamtime brothers, Damarri and Guyala, who laid down the contours, created the plant foods, established the customary law and the system of clan marriage by moieties. The contours of the Barron River and Redlynch Valley, for example, are thought of as representing the supine body of Damarri.
The tale of Budadji's travels along the Barron Gorge is included in the web guide of Queensland Rail to the railways journey from Cairns to Kuranda.[11]
History
[edit]European settlers explored and cleared the land for gold and tin. "Dispersals", the euphemism for shooting groups of blacks, were undertaken at Smithfield (1878), at Biboohra near the Clohesy River close to Kuranda in the early 1880s, and also near Mareeba in 1881.[12]
In May 1886, a railway was constructed from Cairns to Herberton with part of the rails going on top of a walking track. The Djabugay were unhappy about this development and withstood the settlement by spearing bullocks and settlers. As the settlers entered, traditional hunting and gathering grounds were taken over.
This led to the notorious Speewah massacre in 1890 where John Atherton took revenge on the Djubagay by sending in native troopers to avenge the killing of a bullock.[12] The Djubagay were segregated from them and forced to live at the Mona-Mona Mission and were unable to hunt, fish or move around. Their numbers fell dramatically at the turn of the century.
By 1896, the region supported coffee plantations and the Djabugay were used as labour on farms.
Many now own their own land, some other settlements and farms in the area.
On 17 December 2004, it was recognised that native title existed in the Barron Gorge National Park for the Djabugay.
Native title
[edit]All Djabugay peoples share, in common, descent from ancestors who (a) have been given personal names that are sourced from, spoken in, and almost exclusively belong to the Djabugay languages (or dialects) and who (b) have transmitted, from generation to generation, Djabugay language (or dialects), Djabugay knowledge, Djabugay tradition, Djabugay heritage, plus Djabugay law.[citation needed]
In 2004, Justice Jeffrey Spender, a Federal Court judge, in analysing Djabugay land claims in terms of Australian legislation regarding native title, touched on the concept of bulurru and affirmed that for them the geomorphic features of the area affirm the truth of the laws instituted by the dreamtime, and are taken as tangible proof of bulurru and the totemic beings in Djabugay country. It followed that the physical landscape, its "storyplaces" and "storywaters" in bulurru tradition underline the 'inalienable connection between the native claimants, their ancestral beings and the land.[2][13]
In land title claims, there was a long running dispute between the Djabugay and the Yirrganydji the latter claiming native title to the area from Cairns to Port Douglas. The clash arose out of the siting of the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park. Though some Djabuguy wished their claim to be included under the general claim, regarding them as part of the Dajabugay people, the Yirrganydji insisted on maintaining their separate identity. Eventually the two corporations representing the groups came to a compromise agreement.[14]
Notable people
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Cairns was known among the Yidinji people as Gimuy, slippery blue fig tree (Ficus albipila) which is common to the area (Dixon 1991, p. 1).
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Bottoms 1999.
- ^ a b NNTT 2004.
- ^ Dixon 2011b, p. 424.
- ^ Dixon 2011b, p. 275.
- ^ Dixon 2011a, p. 330.
- ^ Tindale 1974.
- ^ Henry 1998, p. 153, n.40.
- ^ Pannell 2009, p. 376.
- ^ Bottoms 1999, p. 4.
- ^ Morton-Evans & Morton-Evans 2009, p. 141.
- ^ Kuranda 2016.
- ^ a b Stone 2016, p. 248.
- ^ NNTT 2005.
- ^ Henry 2012, p. 201.
Sources
[edit]- Bottoms, Timothy (1999). Djabugay Country: An Aboriginal History of Tropical North Queensland. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-865-08031-4.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (1991). Words of Our Country: Stories, Placesd Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language nof the Cairns, Rarrabah Region (PDF). University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-702-22360-0.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2011a). Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-02504-1.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2011b). The Languages of Australia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-01785-5.
- "Djabugay people: The native title determination" (PDF). National Native Title Tribunal. 17 December 2004.
- "Djabugay v Queensland [2004] FCA 1652". Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements (ATNS) project. 27 May 2005.
- Duffin, Rhonda; Brim, Rosetta (1993). Ngapi Garrang Bulurru-m: All Things Come from Bulurru. Cairns. ISBN 0-646-09380-0.
- Henry, Rosita (1998). "Performing protest, articulating difference: environmentalists, Aborigines and the Kuranda Skyrail dispute" (PDF). Aboriginal History. 22: 143–161.
- Henry, Rosita (2012). Performing Place, Practising Memories: Aboriginal Australians, Hippies and the State. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-857-45509-3.
- Morton-Evans, Christine; Morton-Evans, Michael (2009). The Flower Hunter: The Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan. National Library of Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-27701-5.
- Pannell, Sandra (2009). "Cultural Landscapes in the Wet Tropics". In Stork, Nigel; Turton, Stephen M. (eds.). Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-444-30033-8.
- Stone, Derrick (2016). Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 978-1-486-30308-3.
- "The Story of Buda-dji". Queensland Rail. 2016.
- Tindale, Norman (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, Tjapukai (QLD). Australian National University Press.