Baranha people
TheBaranhaorBarna,also known asBarada Barna,are anAustralian Aboriginalpeople ofnorthernQueensland.
Language
[edit]Their traditional language is believed to be one of theBiri dialects.
Country
[edit]Norman Tindaleestimated their tribal lands as covering around 3,200 square miles (8,300 km2), centering on the headwaters of theIsaac River,and running west as far as the Denham Range. Their southern frontiers were aroundCotherstone.They were also present aroundGrosvenor Downs.[1]TheWirilay to their north, and their eastern flank bordered the western boundaries of theBarada.[2]
Native title
[edit]In July 2016,Justice John Dowsettof theFederal Court of Australiagranted an application fornative title determinationmade on behalf of the Barna people.[3]
The decision covered approximately 2,699 km2(1,042 sq mi), together with another portion of land, 530 km2(200 sq mi), to be shared withWidipeople, covering land and waters south-west ofMackayand north-west ofRockhamptonin theBowen Basin.[4]
As part of the determination process, the Barada Barna Aboriginal Corporation was registered on 19 January 2016, and became theRegistered Native Title Body Corporate(RTNBC), to hold and manage (as trustee) or manage (as agent) theirnative titlerights and interests.[5]
Alternative names
[edit]- Parnabal[1]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abTindale 1974,p. 165.
- ^QGAG,p. iv.
- ^Dowsett 2016.
- ^Lynham 2016.
- ^RNTBC 2016.
Sources
[edit]- Bridgeman, George F. (1887)."Port Mackay and its Neighbourhood"(PDF).InCurr, Edward Micklethwaite(ed.).The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent.Vol. 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 44–.
- "Budby on behalf of the Barada Barna People v State of Queensland (No 6) [2016] FCA 1267"(PDF).Australian Government.29 June 2016.
- Lynham, Anthony(29 June 2016)."Barada Barna People and Widi People win native title rights".Queensland Government.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Barna (QLD)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.
- "Working Together on Country"(PDF).Queensland Government,Australian Government.Retrieved26 January2016.
- "Barada Barna Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC".Native Title.org. 2016.