Summary

On 2 July 2014, the Federal Court made a consent determination recognising the rights and interests of the Kullilli People over roughly 29,600 sq km of land in South West Queensland, including the township of Thargomindah and areas of the Bulloo, Paroo, and Quilpie Shires.

The determination marked the end of almost twenty years of native title claims and negotiations in which the Kullilli people and our representatives fought for recognition of our rights to our country.

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Our Ancestors

The Kullilli People are the biological descendants of one or more of the following people:

  • Joe Barney;
  • Neba Brighton;
  • Daisy (spouse Harry Pilot);
  • ‘Gnadollie’ Hekel;
  • Ida (spouse Peter Williams, Buckley);
  • ‘Mary Ann’ Jinnie (spouse William Conlan);
  • Mary (spouse Harry Barney);
  • Mary (spouses Chinese, Dick Richards and Alexander Brierty);
  • ‘Ippi’ Mary (Bob Gray);
  • Mary-Ann (Billy Phillips);
  • ‘Miria’ Maryann (Alick, Charlie Turner, Jack Williams);
  • ‘Munga’ Maryann;
  • Jeannie ‘Jinnie’ Mossman and Charlie Fitzroy;
  • Dick ‘Gunta’ Richards;
  • ‘Kullilli’ Rosie and her husband;
  • ‘Curra’ Jack Thompson;
  • ‘Bunda’ Tiger;
  • Tilby and ‘Djogo’ Hugo;
  • Tinda and Lollipop;
  • Toby and Topsy;
  • Jack ‘Norley’ Wallace;
  • Monitor Wallace;
  • Willico;
  • Harry Willis;
  • Harry Willy-Boy;
  • Monday Willoughby;
  • Harry Barney;
  • Annie Bulloo;
  • Jack Bulloo;
  • Charlie Copra;
  • Maggie; and
  • Trella/Tarella (and her son Albert Hagan).

Rights and Interests

Achieving a native title determination provides our people with legal recognition of our rights and interests in the lands and waters on which we, our Elders, and our Ancestors, have lived for thousands of years.

Our native title rights and interests are non-exclusive and include the right to:

  • access, be present on, move about on and travel over the area;
  • camp and for that purpose build temporary shelters;
  • hunt, fish and gather on the land and waters of the area for personal, domestic and non-commercial communal purposes;
  • take, use, share and exchange natural resources from the land and waters of the area for personal, domestic and non-commercial communal purposes;
  • take and use the water of the area for personal, domestic and non-commercial communal purposes;
  • conduct ceremonies on the area;
  • be buried and bury native title holders within the area;
  • maintain places of importance and areas of significance to the native title holders under their traditional laws and customs and protect those places and areas from physical harm; and
  • teach on the area the physical and spiritual attributes of the area.
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