THE TURRBAL PEOPLE

Indigenous Australians are people who the first to live in Australia, the Turrbal people are indigenous Australians from a tribe that traditionally owned and lived in Brisbane, which they called Meanjin, before European settlement. The Turrbal people’s land went as far North as the North Pine, as West as Moggil, and as South as the Logan River.

The tribe was split up into clans and families, each responsible for their own part of land, and it’s people. They knew not to cross boundaries onto another tribe’s land, or hunt there without permission. The Turrbal people hunted fish in the Brisbane River, and in other rivers and creeks. They caught fish by spearing them, or catching them in a net.

In the earliest records show that Brisbane was home to many Turrbal people. Aboriginal tracks, from the dream time have now become roads around Brisbane. Waterworks Road was built on top of a track that went to Mt Coo-tha. Old Northern Road went to a Bunya Feast in Wakka Wakka country.

As Brisbane grows, we hope that we can all respect and learn more about the traditional owners of the land we live and build on.

http://www.dakibudtcha.com.au/turrbal_history.htm