Turrbal
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The Turrbal are a tribe of Australian Aboriginal people who inhabited the region around the city of Brisbane
before European settlement of Australia
. Tom Petrie, an early pioneer of Brisbane, shows the kind and trustworthy nature of the Turrbal people. He demonstrates how they were forgiving, even when treated horribly by someone else. The Turrbal language was spoken "inland as Gold Creek or Moggil, as far north as North Pine, and south to the Logan" Much of their claimed land overlaps with that of the neighbouring Jagera
tribe from the southwest.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
before European settlement of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Tom Petrie, an early pioneer of Brisbane, shows the kind and trustworthy nature of the Turrbal people. He demonstrates how they were forgiving, even when treated horribly by someone else. The Turrbal language was spoken "inland as Gold Creek or Moggil, as far north as North Pine, and south to the Logan" Much of their claimed land overlaps with that of the neighbouring Jagera
Jagera
Jagera is a genus of 4 species of small tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Three are found in the rainforests of eastern Australia, the other is found in the Moluccas and New Guinea....
tribe from the southwest.