Blog 2 Toowong cemetery

Samuel Wensley Blackall was the second Governor of Queensland.  Samuel was an Irish man born on the 1st of May 1809 in Dublin Ireland.  He attended Trinity College at the age of 15 but he did not graduate.  In 1833 he was the police high sheriff of the Country Longford.  He represented Longford in the house of Commons between 1847 to 1851.  Samuel was the Lieutenant Governor of Dominica between 1851to 1857.  He was the Governor in chief at the West African Settlements in 1865.  Samuel Blackall was also the high sheriff of Tyrone in 1861.  He arrived in Brisbane on the 14th of August and in 1868 was the year when Samuel became the second Governor of Queensland.  In 1870 Samuel Blackall's health started to fall rapidly then latter on the 2nd of January 1871 he died. Samuel is now buried in the highest sight in the Toowong Cemetery.  Now there are many places named after him such as the town Blackall in Queensland, Blackall Range and Blackall Terrace in East Brisbane.

 

Morrison, A. (1969). Blackall, Samuel Wensley (1809 - 1871). Retrieved from Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3: http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030164b.htm

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Turrbal People

Turrbal people were a tribe of Indigenous people who lived in Brisbane before the Europeans settled in Australia.  They occupied the land from far inland as Gold Creek or Moggill, as far north as North Pine, and as far south as to the Logan River.  The Turrbal people were the Traditional Owners of Meanjin which means Brisbane.  Turrbal people were known as fishing people because they had access to waterways and could feed themselves by catching fish and other estuarine creatures and native plants.  There were also plenty of resources available in the area for making traditional medicines, tools and shelter, as well as to hunt and gather different local bush foods and animals.  The land provided a rich and vibrant social and cultural world centered around the land and its resources.  They had a great relationship with their country, its features, flora, fauna and seasons, as well as a strong cultural traditional and spiritual connection to the land and its resources.  As the number of Europeans grew the Indigenous people had to make some horrible choices, either leave their traditional lands or survive on the fringe of this new society.  Many Turrbal people were killed by guns or disease such as smallpox.  There was much conflict and many were forced to live in reserves.  Despite the effects of disease, violence, loss of hunting grounds and sacred sites, the Turrbal people have finally been officially recognised as the traditional owners of the land through Native Title. They are an important part of Ashgrove because their foot tracks laid the path to some of the major roads though Ashgrove as well they are the first people to step foot on the Ashgrove land.

Turrbal Association Inc. & Ningy Ningy Cultural Heritage Association. (No Date). Turrbal People. Retrieved from Daki Budtcha Records: http://www.dakibudtcha.com.au/turrbal_history.htm

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Hodge, R. (2005). Australia Focus Aboriginal Australia. Carlton, Victoria: Binara Publishing Pty Ltd.

Holland, E., Watson, D., Davies, T., Holland, N., Hunt, N., & Miller, J. &. (2009). Living with the Land: Bush Tucker and Medicine of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Pearson Australia.