The Juru people, also known as Yuru, are a group of Aboriginal people of the state of

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, Australia.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimate, the Yuru had some of land, extending northwards from

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to the Burdekin River at the site of Home Hill. Their southwestern limits ran to the Bogie Range, and south to Mount Pleasant and Mount Abbot. On the coast they were at

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. They were neighbours of the

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Language

The Juru people spoke the Yuru language, now extinct, also known as one of the

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Native title

Descendants of the Juru people put in a claim for their native title rights in 2010. Their rights over in an area of land between Bowen and

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were recognised in 2014, and a Federal Court recognised a further claim in 2015 to another . A conflict emerged over Juru claims for compensation from the owners of some 130 huts located around the mouth of the Elliot River and Curlewis, which as of 2016 had not been settled.

Natural resource management

A Traditional Owner Reference Group consisting of representatives of the

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, Barada Barna,

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, and those Juru and

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whose lands are within Reef Catchments Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region, helps to support natural resource management and look after the cultural heritage sites in the area.

Alternative names

* ''Euronbba'' * ''Malmal'' (

toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

for the lower course of the Burdekin River) * ''Mal Mai'' * ''Arwur-angkana'' (?) * ''South Murri''

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