Name: When diversity and proximity lead to tragedy - Tannum Sands in the 1850s
Uploaded: 2021-12-22T08:19:15+00:00
Duration: 1 min 20 s
Description: "Gladstone Regional Council would like to acknowledge the Byellee, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda people who are the traditional custodians of this land. Gladstone Regional Council would

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"Gladstone Regional Council would like to acknowledge the Byellee, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda people who are the traditional custodians of this land. Gladstone Regional Council would also like to pay respect to Elders both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people."

https://boyneislandeec.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/documents/field-guide-time.pdf

"The grasslands and the forests of the Gladstone district provided subsistence to many
Kungandan aboriginals (the people in the language of the Boyne River); groups
included the Baiali, the Goeng and the Tuluwa (Toolooa) as well as the Byelle
and Boongoolie. The main Aboriginal group in the Gladstone area is called the
Goeng (alternatively spelt Koreng) whose traditional country extends from around
Gladstone towards Bundaberg.
Early European explorers such as Flinders and King documented a people apparently
living mainly off marine resources, including turtle, fish and oysters. However, Oxley,
recording in November 1823, believed the area was deserted as he saw no sign of
people or recent campsites. This apparent seasonally of hinter and coastal use could
have been linked to the scarceness of freshwater close to the coast just prior to the wet
season.
From archaeological evidence, European records and Aboriginal oral history it is
apparent that large camps were located at the site of the present city of Gladstone, on
the Calliope River, Curtis Island and Facing Island, and parts of the Boyne River."

Tannum Sands! https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142481, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142474
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannum_Sands,_Queensland