Kooma People

Category: People
Sub Category:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Native Title Holders (Native Title Act)
Place:
State/Country:Queensland , Australia
Alternative Names:
  • Guwamu
    • Subject Matter:Cultural Heritage | Customary Law | Environmental Heritage
    Summary Information:

    AIATSIS Thesaurus language code and map grid reference (D33) (Qld SH55-03).

    The Kooma People are those Aboriginal people who are descended from one or more of the following people: - Maggie of Bendena; - Kitty of Bollon; - Sarah of Fernlee; - Mary Button of Murra Murra; - Susan Mitchen; - Annie Murray; - Julia Powell; or - Lucy Sheridan.

    Related Entries

  • Bollon Township Land Exchange Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)
  • Weatherall on behalf of the Kooma People #4 Part A v State of Queensland [2014] FCA 662
    • Organisation
  • Kooma Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
    • Case Law
  • Wharton on behalf of the Kooma People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2021] FCA 191 - Applicant

    • References

    Resource
    Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (2020) Language and Peoples Thesaurus 2020
    Created:Saturday, 7 November 2015
    Modified:Friday, 29 April 2022

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