Juru people

The Juru (Yuru) are an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimate, the Yuru had some 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) of land, extending northwards from Bowen 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 Upstart Bay. They were neighbours of the Bindal[1]

Native title

Descendants of the Juru people put in a claim for their native title rights in 2010. Their rights over 176,00 sq. hectares in an area of land between Bowen and Ayr were recognized in 2014, and a Federal Court recognized a further claim in 2015 to another 7570 hectares.[2] 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 has not been settled.[3]

Alternative names
  • Euronbba
  • Malmal (indigenous toponym for the lower course of the Burdekin River)
  • Mal Mai
  • Arwur-angkana (?)
  • South Murri[4]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Tindale 1974.
    2. Juru 2015.
    3. Kelly 2016.
    4. Tindale 1974, p. 172.

    Sources
    • Gregory, Edmund (1865). Sketch of the residence of James Morrill among the aborigines of Northern Queensland for seventeen years.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Kelly, Bernice (18 May 2016). "Elliot River hut owners meet for next step in native title saga". Townsville Bulletin.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • "Native title win for Qld indigenous group". SBS News. 22 June 2015.
    • Scott, J. Hall (1886). "Burdekin River, various tribes" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Volume 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 492–501.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jungkurara (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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