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Mandandanji
The Mandandanyi are an indigenous Australian people of Queensland. Country The Mandandanji owned of tribal territory, which took in the Maranoa and Balonne rivers north of St. George. Their western extension reached as far Bollon and Wallam Creek. Their northern frontier was around Donnybrook, Orallo and Yuleba. Their eastern flank was formed by Alton and Glenmorgan. Mitchell, Roma and Surat all lay within Mandandanji territory. Social organization The Mandandanji were divided into hordes. * The ''Kogai'', a northerly horde, lived around the headwaters of Coogoon Creek. History of contact The Mandandanji put up considerable resistance to white colonial encroachments on their land. They were led by a leader, Bussamarai, who was later singled out by the settler Gideon Lang as one of the cleverest Aborigines he had heard of, versatile, an orator of distinction, diplomat and warrior by turns as the occasion demanded. Known also as Eaglehawk, he developed battle tactics wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma, Queensland
Roma is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Maranoa Region. The town was incorporated in 1867 and is named after Lady Diamantina Bowen (née di Roma), the wife of Sir George Bowen, the Governor of Queensland at the time. In the , the locality of Roma had a population of 6,848 people. Geography Roma is in the Maranoa district of South West Queensland, Australia, situated * by rail and road WNW of Brisbane * 355 km (221 mi) W of Toowoomba, * 269 km (167 mi) W of Dalby * 141 km (87.6 mi) W of Miles * 87 km (54 mi) E of Mitchell * 176.6 km (109.7 mi) E of Morven * 266 km (165 mi) E of Charleville It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways. It is the centre of a rich pastoral and wheat-growing district. It is also a major town on the Western Railway Line from Toowoomba and Brisbane. History Prior the European settlement the Aboriginal peoples of the Mandandanji Nation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell, Queensland
Mitchell is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. The town services the local area, a cattle and sheep farming district. In the , the locality of Mitchell had a population of 1,031 people. Geography Mitchell is on the Warrego Highway, west of Brisbane, 441 kilometres (274 mi) west of Toowoomba, 230 kilometres (143 mi) west of Miles, 89 kilometres (55 mi) west of Roma and 180 kilometres (112 mi) east of Charleville. The Warrego Highway passes through town to form the main street, Cambridge Street. The Maranoa River flows around the northern and eastern sides of the town before eventually flowing into the Balonne River. The Western railway passes through the locality, entering from the east ( Amby / Walhallow) and exiting to the west ( Womalilla). The locality is served by a number of railway stations, from west to east: * Mitchell railway station, a passenger stop in the town () * Booringa railway siding, now dismantled () * Marbango railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surat, Queensland
Surat is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality had a population of 407 people. Geography The town of Surat is on the Balonne River, approximately south of Roma on the Carnarvon Highway in South West Queensland. It is west of Brisbane. There are oil fields further south. History Mandandanji (also known as Mandandanyi, Mandandanjdji, Kogai) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Mandandanji people. The Mandandanji language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Maranoa Regional Council, particularly Roma, Yuleba and Surat, then east towards Chinchilla and south-west towards Mitchell and St George. The district was first mapped by New South Wales Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846. By the end of the 1840s pastoralists had penetrated the area, and in 1849 Mitchell directed surveyor Edward Lewis Burrowes to select a township site on the Balonne River. Burro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuleba
Yuleba ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, in the south-west of Queensland, Australia. In the , Yuleba had a population of 207 people. Geography Yuleba is located 327 kilometres (203 mi) east of Charleville, 61 kilometres (38 mi) east of Roma, 294 kilometres (183 mi) west of Toowoomba, 82 kilometres (51 mi) west of Miles, west of the state capital, Brisbane along the Warrego Highway. Indigenous People Mandandanji (also known as Mandandanyi, Mandandanjdji, Kogai) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Mandandanji people. The Mandandanji language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Maranoa Regional Council, particularly Roma, Yuleba and Surat, then east towards Chinchilla and south-west towards Mitchell and St George. The town is said to be named after an Aboriginal word meaning "the place of water lilies". History When it was named in 1865, it was a settlement on Yuleba Creek. However, in O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunggari
The Gunggari, or Kunggari, are an Aboriginal Australian people of southern Queensland. They are to be distinguished from the Kuungkari. Country The traditional tribal lands of the Gunggari stretched over some , taking in the Upper Nebine and Mungallala creeks from Bonna Vonna and Ballon north to Morven and Mungallala. Language They speak the Gunggari language, a member of the Maric language family. Their language is closely related to, and sometimes considered a dialect of neighbouring Bidjara and Manandanji languages. History of contact As white pastoralists began to seize and develop properties, the neighbouring Mandandanji began to be absorbed into the Gunggari, as the latter moved eastwards. Social Organisation According to information supplied by James Lalor to Alfred William Howitt, the Gunggari clan names were as follows: * ''Urgilla.'' Totem = Ngorgu (Kangaroo) * ''Anbeir.'' Totem = Bondun (Bandicoot) * ''Wango.'' Totems =(a)Tonga (opossum) (b)Bulbora (flying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balonne River
The Balonne River, part of the Murray-Darling Basin system, is a short yet significant part of the inland river group of South West Queensland, Australia. Course and features The river is a continuation of the Condamine River. After flowing through Surat the river flows south south-westerly down through the E.J. Beardmore Dam (Lake Kajarabie). Passing through St George it continues in the same south-west direction, until about north of Dirranbandi, where it branches, with the western branch then being called the Culgoa River. The eastern branch continues on as the Balonne River through Dirranbandi. Shortly after flowing through Dirranbandi, the Balonne River again branches into the Bokhara River on the west side (the right side when going down stream) and the Narran River on the eastern (left) side. The Narran River flows into Narran Wetlands. The Bokhara River joins with the Barwon River west of Brewarrina. The confluence of the Culgoa River (a western branch of the Balo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George, Queensland
St George is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Balonne. In the , St George had a population of 3,048 people. Geography The town is due west of Brisbane and the Gold Coast and sits just inside the region of South West Queensland, Australia. St George is on the Balonne River which is reputedly an excellent fishing site for fish such as Yellowbelly and Murray Cod. It sits at the junction of several highways including the Castlereagh Highway, the Moonie Highway, the Carnarvon Highway and the Balonne Highway. The only crossing of the Balonne River is the Andrew Nixon Bridge on the Balonne Highway. History Aboriginal people The present township of St George was founded on the boundaries of three Aboriginal cultural groups, the Mandandanji to the north, the Kooma to the south-west and the Bigambul to the south-east. These people of the Balonne River fished with hoop nets and hunte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollon, Queensland
Bollon is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bollon had a population of 221 people. Geography Bollon is in South West Queensland, west of the state capital, Brisbane. Bollon is situated on the Balonne Highway, between St George and Cunnamulla on the banks of Wallam Creek. A stand of River red gums along the creek is home to a large colony of koalas. History Gunya (Kunya, Kunja, Kurnja) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gunya people. The Gunya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Paroo Shire Council, taking in Cunnamulla and extending north towards Augathella, east towards Bollon and west towards Thargomindah. The town is thought to be named after the Mandandanji language word ''balun'' or ''balonn'' meaning ''water'' or a ''running stream''. On 26 June 1879 the Queensland Government auctioned 40 town lots and 12 suburban lots in Bollon. By June 1880, the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples from the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the terms First Nations of Australia, First Peoples of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly common; 812,728 people self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal; 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander; while 4.4% identified with both groups. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coryphaeus
In Attic drama, the coryphaeus, corypheus, or koryphaios (Greek κορυφαῖος ''koryphaîos'', from κορυφή ''koryphḗ́'', the top of the head) was the leader of the chorus. Hence the term (sometimes in an Anglicized form "coryphe") is used for the chief or leader of any company or movement. The coryphaeus spoke for all the rest, whenever the chorus took part in the action, in quality of a person of the drama, during the course of the acts. The term is sometimes used for the chief or principal of any company, corporation, sect, opinion, etc. Thus, Eustathius of Antioch is called the coryphaeus of the First Council of Nicaea, and Cicero calls Zeno the coryphaeus of the Stoics. Paul the Apostle is often entitled Coryphaeus in Christian iconography. In 1856 at the University of Oxford, the office of Coryphaeus or Praecentor was founded, whose duty it was to lead the musical performances directed by the Choragus. The office ceased to exist in 1899. In Solzhenitsyn’s '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabbage-tree Hat
A cabbage tree hat (also known as a cabbage palm hat) is a hat made from the leaves of the ''Livistona australis'', also known as the cabbage-tree palm. It is known as the first distinctively Australian headwear in use. Seeking protection from the sun, early European settlers started to make hats using fibre from the native palm, which soon became popular throughout the colonies. The process involved boiling, then drying, and finally bleaching the leaves. The Powerhouse Museum describes a cabbage-tree hat thus: "Finely woven natural straw coloured hat; high tapering domed crown, wide flat brim; applied layered hat band of coarser plaiting with zig-zag border edges." Cabbage tree mob During the convict era, gangs of insolent youths were known as ''cabbage tree mobs'' because they wore the hat. One of their favourite pastimes was to crush the hats of men deemed too " full of themselves". Cabbage tree mobs are recognised as a predecessor of the larrikin. Mentions of the hat There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moleskin
Moleskin is a heavy cotton fabric, woven and then shorn to create a short, soft pile on one side. The feel and appearance of its nap is suede-like, less plush than velour and more like felt or chamois. The word is also used for clothing made from this fabric. Clothing made from moleskin is noted for its softness and durability. Some variants of the cloth are so densely woven as to be windproof. Its name is due to the soft brushed hand of the fabric, similar to mole fur. Though mole pelts have been used to make fur clothing, they are not referred to as "moleskin", which is also a term for soft, dense adhesive pads stuck to the skin to prevent blisters. Structure Moleskin is woven of carded cotton yarn in a dense weft-faced satin weave. The surface is napped or shorn to "produce a suede-like finish". Uses Moleskin fabric is commonly used to make trousers, also referred to as "moleskins", that are similar to jeans in terms of cut and construction. They similarly started as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
