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‘On the Albert – 1893 – A day out with tribe and King – with Hon. C. Lambert’. Group, including Cyril Lambert (standing at rear), Polly Boyd nursing her daughter Milly, Jimmy Boyd, Sarah Clarke, Jackey Jackey, Billy Gallen, and Kipper Tommy Andrews. Albert River, 1893. Photograph by Will Stark. Who was Jackey Jackey? The man that is well documented in several photographs wearing the breastplate inscribed ‘Jackey Jackey – King of the Logan and Pimpama’ lived in the region of south-east Queensland near where the town of Beenleigh now stands on the lower Logan River. While a record identifying his birth has yet to be found, we estimate from his appearance in photographs in the years just prior to his death, as well as when his daughter Emily was born around 1853, 17 that he was born around 1820. He lived in the region from before the first European settlers arrived in the Beenleigh district in the 1860s until his death in around 1900. Source: press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n9914/pdf/01_aird_...

Gracemere is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. The area was first explored by Europeans in 1853, when the Archer brothers arrived looking for pastures for their sheep. They settled by a small lake, originally called "Farris" or Padgole lagoon which was named Gracemere in 1855. The name Gracemere comes from "Grace", the name of Thomas Archer's wife, and "mere" which is a Scottish term for the lake.[2][3] They also located a suitable landing point for supplies on the nearby Fitzroy River, which later became Rockhampton. In July 1855, Charles and Thomas Archer with around 30 other people including four Native Police troopers, four Aboriginal men from the Burnett River, and their wives, left the Archer's Eidsvold pastoral station in order to construct the Gracemere run. The Commissioner for Crown Lands in the Leichhardt region, William Wiseman, joined them to help locate the most appropriate area, and in August 1855 they determined the area next to the current Gracemere lagoon was best. The local Aboriginals led by "King Harold" wished to obtain peaceful conditions with the Archer brothers and in return for allowing the indigenous people to live in the area, the Archer brothers utilized Harold's people to aid in forcibly "restraining the outside blacks" who were resisting British occupation. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracemere,_Queensland#:~:text=The%2....

Bedourie is a historic town in Channel Country, with a rich past and a bright future. Meaning ‘dust storm', Bedourie was originally inhabited by the Wangkamahdla people. In more recent times, white settlers realized the potential of the district for cattle production, and profitable stations were established. Source: www.thediamantina.com.au/bedourie#:~:text=Bedourie%20is%2....

Bedourie to the border now known as Wangkamahdla country after native title win ABC North West Qld / By Kemii Maguire Posted Sat 17 Jul 2021 at 6:30amSaturday 17 Jul 2021 at 6:30am, updated Sat 17 Jul 2021 at 11:03am * The Wangkamahdla people have won native title to 3 million hectares of outback Queensland * The land will encompass Bedourie, seven cattle stations, and parts of the Simpson Desert and Munga-Thirri National Park * The determination ends a six-year legal battle in the Federal Court It's been a six-year legal battle but native title rights have been won for more than three million hectares of land in outback Queensland. Land in and around the central-west town of Bedourie spanning to the Northern Territory border was recognized in the Federal Court this week as Wangkamahdla country. The native title will encompass seven cattle stations, one-fifth of the Munga-Thirri National Park, and parts of the Simpson Desert, Cravens Peak, and Ethabuka Nature Reserve. Cattle stations include Glenormiston Station, Gleneagle Station, Sandringham Station, Cluny Station, Kamaran Downs, and parts of Adria Downs and Marion Downs. It has also been approved for a combination of exclusive and non-exclusive rights. Wangkamahdla woman Avelina Tarrago said the native title win felt surreal. Her family had been involved with the native title claim before she was born, but she said this individual case had been in the courts since early 2016. "It's unique that this year's NAIDOC is talking about healing country, and that's something that resonates with me for this determination." Ms. Tarrago said the land rights would make it easier for Wangkamahdla people to hunt, fish, collect bush foods, and perform ceremonies on country. "As you can appreciate, it's quite a remote area. Not everyone has the benefit to live on country," she said. "So this makes it easier for our mob to visit our sacred sites. "It's sad that some of our elders are not here to see this outcome." The rights will be handled by the Mulligan River Aboriginal Corporation, named after the river that runs through Wangkamahdla country. Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-17/wangkamahdla-native-title-...