Different generations of women from Cape York last week joined up with some of the movers and shakers in Cairns for a sold-out International Women’s Day event at Crystalbrook Riley. Pictured (from left) are: Dorothy Hobson, Jordan Harding Hobson and Kirsty Davis. For more pictures and a wrap on the event, turn to Page 10 of this edition.
CAPE York’s mayors have sent a powerful message to Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll, demanding no more deaths in custody following an incident in Kowanyama last year.
Mayors from across the state
were in Cairns last week to sit down with senior officers, including Commissioner Carroll, at the Queensland Police Service and First Nations Mayors Summit.
Hope Vale mayor Jason Woibo co-chaired the summit with the PC and said that a number of issues were raised by the communities.
Kowanyama mayor Robbie Sands, who is also the chair of the Torres and Cape Indigenous Councils Alliance, boycotted the summit, citing last year’s death in custody in his community.
He did, however, have an input into the agenda prior to the gathering at the Pullman International.
Also in attendance was the new Cape Inspector, Dave Rutherford, who starts next month after a long stint on Palm Island.
“It was a productive summit and I think everyone got an opportunity to have their say, which was important,” said Cr Woibo. Continued – Page 2
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“One of the things we spoke about was the Royal Commission (into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody).
“There were 336 recommendations and yet we are still here talking about it.
“When you look at the issues they are having in Alice Springs, you find they are the same issues they were having 30 years ago.”
Cr Woibo said he was nervous sitting beside the Commissioner in what was his first major role as a chairperson, but praised the police boss for her demeanour.
“She was really good to talk to and we were able to have a yarn with her about different situations,” he said.
“I thought we had some really meaningful and genuine conversations.”
In a statement, Commissioner Carroll said she was pleased to be able to sit down with the mayors and council representatives.
“It was an honour to host
the 2023 First Nations Discrete Community Mayors Summit in Cairns,” she said.
“This summit provides the opportunity to speak with First Nations Mayors from discrete Indigenous communities and the Torres Strait and discuss current and emerging issues that are faced by Indigenous communities.
“The Queensland Police Service is committed to strengthen-
ing the relationships with First Nations communities, through trust and transparency.
“It is our hope that continuing these summits and regular meetings that we together, prevent harm and develop a safer Queensland for everyone.”
Some of the other recommendations made by First Nations mayors at the summit included:
• QPS enters into an agreement with First Nations May-
ors that commits parties to codesigning joint and measurable actions to improve policing and justice outcomes in discrete and remote communities.
• Implement a training and development program for incoming PLOs and ensure a succession plan is in place to replace retiring PLOs.
• Station more QPS police in communities to remove the burden of responsibility for basic law enforcement falling onto councils.
• More support for the entry of local Indigenous people into QPS, undertake recruitment drives in communities, work with schools etc. to position QPS as a career option. Transfer successful models of engagement (eg Palm Island) to other communities.
• Investigate whether recent youth justice reforms are working for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in discrete and remote communities.
By SARAH MARTIN
EIGHT tons of food and essentials are being flown into Coen as flooded crossings and boggy road conditions keep the Cape community isolated.
The flights, coordinated by Cook Shire and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, will carry orders for Mulley’s Market, Mayi Market, Armbrust and Co Store and St John’s Community Care, with the air freight paid for by the state government.
Mayor Peter Scott said Coen, which was the second-biggest town in Cook Shire, was unique among the Cape’s larger communities as it wasn’t accessible by sea or road in the wet season.
“The only option Coen’s stores can afford is road transport, and the road has been closed for the better part of four weeks,” he said.
“They were getting very low on basic necessities and reached out to our Disaster Management Officer last week before supplies reached a critical low point.
“Council coordinated the air freight from Cairns once the stores had put in their orders. We engaged a local air charter in Daintree Air Services to help keep costs at a minimum.”
Cr Scott said although this was Coen’s second resupply this year, with 5.5 tonnes of supplies
sent in January, flying supplies in was still an exception.
“Residents and the stores know to stock up during the wet season, but we have had some really big weather events since December which left Coen stranded for longer than usual,” he said.
The first load of supplies, including staple dry groceries, fresh produce, pet food, baby
and hygiene items, was unloaded in Coen on Friday morning, with another load dropped off on Monday and the final supplies to be unloaded this morning.
State Emergency Services volunteers helped load the supplies onto Daintree Air Services planes in Cairns, and Coenbased SES volunteers were also on hand to unload.
QFES Commissioner Greg
Leach said the resupplies were vital for remote communities.
“QFES continues to work hand in hand with the Local Disaster Management Group to provide assistance with resupply efforts to isolated communities, including Coen,” Mr Leach said.
“I look forward to getting a first-hand look at the ongoing efforts when I visit Coen (this week).”
PARAMEDICS and hospital staff in the Cape are reminding locals to call Triple Zero in an emergency and refrain from selftransporting patients.
Tim West, who is the QAS officer in charge at Weipa, said there were too many instances of emergency presentations at hospitals or health clinics without an ambulance being called.
This year, there have been a number of incidents involving quad bikes where patients have been driven in private vehicles to hospital.
“Moving a patient into a private vehicle is not suitable, especially when they have suspected spinal injuries,” Mr West said.
“You can cause further injury or make their condition worse, creating a more complex situation when you arrive at hospital.
“By calling Triple Zero, you’re not only activating an ambulance, but we begin communicating with hospitals and aeromedical evacuation in the background.”
Mr West said measures could be taken to improve safety when riding in the bush.
“We understand that quad bike riding is a part of the way of life in Weipa and the Cape,” he said.
“And we know that most people who ride quad bikes take all necessary measures to ensure they can enjoy their time adventuring, whilst keeping themselves and their friends and family safe.
“However, we want to remind people that quad bikes can be incredibly dangerous. Over the years, emergency services in Weipa have treated countless people from serious quad bike accidents.
“There are steps that can be taken to minimise the risk of ending up in our emergency department in a critical condition; these include: never drink and drive, wear a helmet, and invest in a satellite phone.”
Mr West said by downloading the Emergency+ phone app, those phoning Triple Zero could relay their location using GPS.
SEA Swift was forced to juggle around its fleet in the Far North after a marine incident involving one of its cargo ships late last month.
The MV Warrender, which primarily services the Torres Strait, collided with the Thursday Island wharf on February 26.
It had to be taken back to Cairns for urgent repairs, impacting services at other ports.
Sea Swift CEO Dwayne Freeman confirmed the incident to Cape York Weekly
“The MV Warrender, which was involved in an incident at Thursday Island wharf on February 26, is set to return to operation this week following repair works and is scheduled to depart Cairns this Friday evening for the Torres Strait,” he said last week.
“During the past week, Sea Swift has been working hard to continue to service the region, which has
led to minimal impact in freight service for Weipa and Cape York residents.
“All Sea Swift vessels departing from Cairns will return to normal service this week.
“We sincerely apologise for any delay in freight to our customers during this period.”
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it received an incident report from Sea Swift.
“There was damage to the vessel and AMSA approved a return voyage to Cairns on February 28 after temporary repairs were carried out,” a spokesperson for the federal agency said.
“Permanent repairs were completed in Cairns and AMSA conducted an inspection of the vessel on March 9.
“A compliance Notice has been issued to prevent re-occurrence.”
“I’d like to play
part by leading people with empathy and humanity.”
Sophie, Graduate Process Engineer, Weipa.The MV Warrender is back in action after it had to be taken back to Cairns for repairs following a wharf incident.
QUEENSLAND’S three most northern councils have formed an alliance to represent 24 communities across Cape York and the Torres Strait.
The Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council, along with the Torres Strait Island Regional Council and Torres Shire Council last week announced the establishment of a new Regional Organisation of Councils.
Leading up to the launch, each council resolved to endorse the charter for the TS&NPAROC and to allocate initial resources for incorporation and set strategic direction.
The ROC will undertake research and advocacy on key regional issues to state and federal governments; bring about regional tendering and purchase agreements to achieve economies of scale and better synergies in service delivery; and facilitate cooperative projects.
“We know that this will provide an opportunity and an avenue for us to be more effective in serving our communities and in advancing the aspirations of all people in the Torres Strait and NPA region, in controlling our own affairs and in growing the wealth of our economies and strengthening Ailan Kastom and Aboriginal Traditions of the region,” said NPARC mayor Patricia Yusia.
Torres Shire Council mayor Yen Loban said: “This is exactly what the region needs, recognition of our geographically and demographically unique location being the most remote region of Australia and the only one to share an international border.
“Our region faces challenges delivering services to 24 discrete communities.”
All three councils will remain as members of the Torres and Cape Indigenous Councils Alliance, a message delivered to TCICA at last week’s meeting in Cairns.
A TEENAGER has been charged with assault after a brazen break-in at the Cooktown Hardware which left the store manager injured and the shop safe and car keys missing.
The 16-year-old, who had been living in Cooktown, allegedly ran off with the safe after getting into the hardware through a bolted back door at about 4am on Saturday.
The local store manager quickly arrived on-site and challenged the teen, who threw a rock and hit the manager, before tossing the safe over a fence and getting away.
Cooktown Police Officer in Charge Senior Sergeant John McArthur said the boy was arrested on Saturday morning, with bail refused, and faced
Cairns Children’s Court on Monday for the hardware breakin and assault on the manager, as well as the February 14 breakin at the Cooktown Ampol on Hope Street.
Cooktown Cornett’s IGA manager Eddie Cridland said a group of youths also tried breaking into the town’s only supermarket at about 3am Saturday.
“They set off the intruder
JAMES Cook University Professor Hurriyet Babacan will lead the Regional Development Australia Tropical North board for the next two years after she was appointed to replace David Kempton.
RDA Tropical North CEO Sonja Johnson said Professor Babacan brought extensive experience in the higher education sector, as well as government and research experience.
“The RDA Tropical North board and team look forward to working with Professor Babacan to advance economic development in our region during her term as chair,” she said.
Ms Babacan is also a professor at the University of Queensland’s Rural Economies Centre of Excellence and vice chair of Cape York Natural Resource Management’s board.
alarm and appear to have run away,” he said.
“I was there within about five minutes and turned the alarm off, and they have come back and tried to gain entry again.”
Ms Babacan said effective strategies were vital for the region to thrive.
“The tropical north needs to be an attractive place to live and work in so that it can support a strong and skilled workforce,” Ms Babacan said.
“RDA Tropical North can assist in this process by strengthening the collaboration, cooperation and regional governance across the diverse stakeholders in our region.”
PARENTS are urged to book quickly to score early-bird pricing for the Cooktown District Community Centre’s inaugural school holiday program.
CDCC identified the need for holiday care last year and has based the program on community feedback. It will include outings to the skate park, swimming pool and beach as well as indoor activities.
The holiday program will run in the first week of the Easter holidays, with another program planned for the first week of the June holidays. If community uptake is positive, the program should continue in September and December.
MARYANN Coconut was surrounded by family and friends as she celebrated her 80th birthday in her home community of Napranum on the weekend. It was a whole-of-community event, supported by the PCYC, as the esteemed Elder ticked off a major milestone. MaryAnn, seated, is pictured with her sisters and brother.
“This four-day program is designed for your child to stay from 9am to 3pm, and parents can book their child for four days or just one, but places are limited,” said CDCC project development coordinator Heidi Carroll.
“CDCC is proud to offer this community service to Cooktown and are offering this at the most reasonable cost possible, with discounts for early bird, multiple day and sibling bookings.”
Email reception@cooktowndcc.org.au or phone 4082 1490 for more information.
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy charged with the vicious stabbing of another local teen in February, remains on bail and will appear in Cooktown Magistrates Court in May.
The teen, who allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old in the stomach and legs four times, appeared before the magistrate in Cooktown last week, but was remanded on conditional bail until May 8.
Cape York Weekly understands bail, which police opposed, was approved on the condition the youth must stay at home at night and wasn’t allowed near his alleged victim.
The 18-year-old has been released as an outpatient after being flown to Townsville Hospital for multiple life-saving surgeries.
FIRST Nations organisations are being encouraged to apply to employ another 46 Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers across the state, building on the 154 Indigenous rangers already employed through 37 Indigenous Land and Sea Ranger teams across Queensland.
The state government’s Indigenous Land and Sea Ranger Program supports opportunities for First Nations people to care for Country, protect the environment and pass on important cultural knowledge.
The rangers’ activities include a wide range of conservation services including cultural burns, feral animal and pest plant control, soil conservation, cultural heritage site protection and biodiversity monitoring.
Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers are also providing guidance to young people through junior ranger programs and schoolbased education and training.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations, Councils and incorporated non-profit organisations working with Traditional Owners can apply today for funding to employ new rangers.
Organisations will need to demonstrate support from Traditional Owners, and to explain the environmental and cultural outcomes for Country which the rangers would deliver.
Applications for the 46 new positions close on April 24. Information is on the Queensland Environment website.
COOKTOWN’S tiny Endeavour Christian College has shown it can mix it with the best, ranked in the top 10 out of more than 100 Far North schools for national assessments.
The private school was founded in 2012 and was in seventh place alongside the likes of prestigious Cairns schools Trinity Anglican School and Peace Lutheran College for National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, or NAPLAN, testing last year.
Principal Peter Connell said the outstanding results were a credit to the staff and students at the college.
“It is a wonderful achieve-
ment and a testimony to what we do here at Endeavour,” he said.
“The staff work very hard to see students grow and learn; to know we are competing with very expensive Cairns private schools is a credit to the quality of our staff and their teaching, and it is also a credit to the attitude and commitment of our students.”
The results were released last month, as students and teachers prepare for this year’s NAPLAN testing which begins this week.
“NAPLAN is set up for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 each year to test their skills in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy,” Mr Connell said.
“Tests are a mixture of digital and pen and paper assessments depending on the grade level and the test being assessed.”
NAPLAN testing is part of the national assessment program which assists government and other stakeholders to determine whether young Australians are meeting educational outcomes.
Mr Connell said the school worked to prepare students for the testing.
“There is always a focus on preparing students psychologically by developing their confidence and reassuring students to do their best leading up to NAPLAN,” he said.
“But most of the prepara-
tion is done by providing solid teaching across the key areas of the Australian curriculum in the months and years leading up to NAPLAN tests.”
Mr Connell suggested parents could support their children by being encouraging and taking a genuine interest in their learning throughout the year.
“Make sure your child gets quality sleep and has a healthy diet, encourage and reassure your child and take an interest in their learning,” he said.
Endeavour Christian College was not ranked for high schools as the senior cohort was deemed to be too small.
– story by Sarah Martin
A DUSTY, rutted and confusing section of Cooktown’s waterfront and road network will be upgraded to include seating, footpaths and extra parking in the penultimate stage of the Charlotte Street revitalisation project.
Motorists and pedestrians have been bemused at best and angry at worst over the deteriorating section of thin bitumen road, lack of signage, footpaths and parking spaces.
The upgrade will include 22 trailer parking bays to accommodate boaties, as well as more car parking, a picnic area, shade trees and turfed area, information signs and seating.
The popular seating area under the mango tree opposite the wharf, known locally as the “tree of knowledge” will be upgraded with stone seating and dedicated parking spaces.
Cook Shire mayor Peter Scott
said the much-needed enhancements to the wharf area were scheduled to begin next month.
“Council has been engaging with community groups and stakeholders since 2016 in order to get the best possible outcome,” he said.
“One that balances the needs and wants of our fishing and boating-loving community with complex cultural, historical and environmental considerations.”
The staged project started in 2016 with upgrades to kerb and channel, pathways and parking on Cooktown’s main street, starting at the Boundary Street intersection.
Cr Scott said the council was proud of the work which had gone into the project.
“Construction works (for Stage 5) are currently open to tender, and we are glad to see the project moving forward,” he said.
Stage 5 is scheduled to be completed this year.
A FAST-GROWING grassroots health program targeting hearing problems in Cape York and the Torres Strait has received a significant funding boost.
The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Integrated Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) program was launched as a pilot in 2021 and is seeing exponential growth, with the number of patients seen almost doubling within 12 months.
The team includes a general practitioner with specialist ENT training, a senior ENT nurse, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker, an audiologist and a speech pathologist who travel to 13 remote communities across the region.
They treat both children and adults, predominantly for hearing issues, but also with other ear, nose and throat conditions.
The team saw more than 1300 patients during 2022, well up from the 861 seen in 2021.
A further $1.6 million of state government funding has been committed to the program over 18 months which will allow for additional staff to support the huge growth.
Senior audiologist Kristen Tregenza said she believed the project’s success was due to the culturally-appropriate service they were providing, with patients now seeking them out instead of learning about them via referral.
She said most of the hearing
conditions being seen and treated were caused by treatable ear infections.
“It is well documented that remoteness, lower socio-economic living and all the things that come with that – access to nutritious foods, housing conditions, exposure to passive cigarette smoke –
significantly increase the number of ear infections, severity and recovery time,” she said.
“It is all preventable.”
Ms Tregenza said family education and awareness had significantly improved in the 17 years she had been working in the region, but there was still a long way to
go and the ENT program aimed to help close the significant gap.
“I think the exponential growth we are experiencing right now is because the service is meeting a real need,” she said.
“We are working very hard to provide culturally appropriate services and I think part of that suc-
cess can be measured as people want to access this service.”
Prior to the establishment of the ENT program, patients requiring treatment often had to travel to larger centres like Cairns to be seen by a doctor or specialist.
The ENT program sees the team, who are all Torres and Cape HHS staff, travel directly to community, with only a specialist surgeon flown in if surgery is required.
Small numbers of patients with more complex conditions may still need to travel for treatment.
TCHHS executive director of allied health Amanda Wilson said the initial success of the program had captured the attention of other health services around Queensland who were now considering replicating it.
She said the additional funding would allow the formation of a second team, including a second specialist ENT doctor who was due to start later this year.
“This will allow us to further increase our footprint, particularly in the Torres Strait outer islands,” she said.
“This program is at the cornerstone of health equity – allowing our people living in remote communities direct access to important health services to improve their quality of life.”
The additional funding comes ahead of National Close the Gap Day which will be held this week on Thursday, March 16.
COMBINING Cape York women and the Cairns business community has proven to be a success for International Women’s Day as last week’s Cape York Partnerships function sold out and received rave reviews.
CEO Fiona Jose said 180 people gathered at Crystalbrook Riley for lunch, which featured stories from a number of Cape women, as well as guest speaker Dr Catherine Ball, an internationally renowned and multi-award-winning author.
“It was a fantastic event. Last year we had 100 people and it was invite-only and this year we have surpassed expectations,” she said.
“I think that in our community, we don’t celebrate women enough.
“I wanted to champion First Nations women and our issues.
“What was great about the event was that we were able to put corporate, government and local leaders in the same room with women from the
Cape and get them networking.” Ms Jose said one of the highlights was the first-hand story of Jordan Harding Hobson, a young woman from Lockhart River who spoke of her journey and the struggles she had faced.
“I went to school and ended up graduating. There were a couple of times last year when I went through depression and wanted to go back home, but I was given a second chance,” she told the room.
With the support of Cape York Partnership and her community, including her grandmother, Jordan was able to put together an application to Rio Tinto Weipa and is now a first-year apprentice at the mining company.
Ms Jose said it was a moving story that highlighted the need to give young Indigenous people a chance to succeed at life.
“There are many stories like hers and we need to be forgiving and accepting that living in remote places is challenging,” she said.
AS part of International Women’s Day celebrations, Rio Tinto Weipa put on a high tea for more than 30 employees last Wednesday and streamed the Queensland Resources Council WIMARQ Awards from Brisbane.
Two Rio Tinto employees were up for gongs and Allyson Cousens was named runner-up in the Inclusion and Diversity Champion category.
Colleague Jaime McCombe was highly commended in the award for Exceptional Tradeswoman/Technician/Operator.
With Telehealth you don’t have to travel to Thursday Island, Cairns or Brisbane to visit the doctor or specialist.
With Telehealth you see them through videoconferencing at your nearest health facility.
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WITH more than half their members in their 60s and older, Cooktown’s Endeavour Lions Club is calling for younger volunteers to join and keep the group’s four decades of local support going.
“Our club’s future depends on more younger people stepping up and join us to keep the organisation running” Endeavour Lions Club president Jim Fay said.
“Lions have helped this community for over 44 years, so if you think you have some spare time, we really need more volunteers to help us carry on the work that we’re doing.”
Of the club’s 22 members, more than half were aged 60 and many much older, Mr Fay said.
“Those numbers will look a lot different in five or 10 years’ time, and if the community wants to keep relying on Lions for financial assistance, now is the time to get involved; as well as committee positions, there are a range of skills we’re looking for, as well as people to assist with cooking at barbecue fundraisers.
“It’s not ideal to have members in their 70s maneuvering the barbecue on the back of the ute.”
Endeavour Lions hold two meetings a month – a business meeting to discuss upcoming projects on the second Tuesday of the month and a dinner meeting on the fourth Tuesday to network and collaborate with other organisations.
“Anyone and everyone is wel-
come to attend, just ring me to confirm your attendance,” Mr Fay said.
“We are always looking for new ideas and projects to develop and we encourage people to have a think about how they can get involved.”
Volunteers are rostered to sell
FRIDAY 17TH MARCH FROM 5PM LIVE MUSIC GOOSE CLUB RAFFLES
raffle tickets on a Saturday once every three months, while other members help collect and recycle containers through the Containers for Change program, as the Endeavour Lions two main sources of fundraising.
Locally, Endeavour Lions works to meet Lions Australia’s
core values of supporting youth opportunities, health, humanitarian projects, emergency response, the environment and research and innovation in a range of ways.
The group provides youth bursaries, funding for sporting groups, supports the Little Free Pantry and CWA soup kitchen, donates to the
For more information on Lions and how to get involved, visit the Lions website or phone Mr Fay on 0413 322 625.
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Cape York Land Council (CYLC) will hold a authorisation meeting on Thursday 23 March 2023 in Cairns to discuss the process for the Northern Kaanju Native Title Group to authorise (1) a proposed native title agreement under s.87A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) native title over Lots 3 and 5 on SP187433; and (2) a proposed Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) over Lots 3 and 5 on SP187433 (both lots are shown on the map below).
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A determination of native title involves a decision of the Federal Court. Important things about a determination of native title include that the Federal Court determines (1) who holds native title, (2) what the native title rights are, (3) the area to which the native title rights apply after any determination is made, and (4) which corporation will represent the members of the determined native title group. Following the pre‐authorisation meeting on Thursday 23 March 2023, there will be a meeting of the Northern Kaanju Native Title Group on Wednesday 10 May 2023 for the group to decide whether to authorise the proposed s.87A native title agreement and the proposed ILUA. If the Northern Kaanju Native Title Group decides to do so, a determination of native title in favour of the group will then be sought in the Federal Court and the ILUA will be signed and submitted to the Native Title Registrar for registration under the NTA. CYLC expects that the proposed determination of native title would likely be made by the Court “on the papers” (meaning without a hearing) in the week of 3 July 2023
Indigenous Land Use Agreement
At the pre‐authorisation meeting, CYLC will also discuss with the Northern Kaanju Native Title Group the State’s proposal for an ILUA to provide appropriate tenure to the group for Lots 3 and 5 on SP187433. CYLC will discuss the terms of the ILUA and the benefits.
Update on progress of CYU#1 Claim
CYLC will also provide an update to all Northern Kaanju Native Title Holders on the progress of the areas remaining for the Northern Kaanju within the CYU#1 Claim area, specifically the Moreton Telegraph Station and Olive River areas.
Who is invited to attend the meetings?
The Pre‐Authorisation meeting is open to all descendants by birth, or adoption in accordance with traditional law and custom, of one or more of the following apical ancestors:
1. Billy and Annie/Alice (parents of George Lefthand Moreton);
2. Charlie Boko;
3. Billy Boyd;
4. Nancy Boyd (spouse of Monkey Boyd);
5. Father of Billy Chungo;
6. Billy George and Jenny (parents of Annie Thompson/Small);
7. Henry (father of Annie Densley and Joe Sullivan);
8. Jack (father of Nellie Creedy aka Nellie Fox and Mary Ann Malandadji aka Mary Ann Johnson);
9. Annie King (aka Long Annie) and her brother Roy Stevens;
10. Paddy King (spouse of Annie King);
11. Tommy Larsen;
12. George Mamoose (aka George Mamus);
13. Old Lady Mapoon (Mapun);
14. Mary Ann (mother of Trixie Prior) and her sister Rosie (Percy/Docherty);
15. Mickie and Nelly (parents of Annie Mullet);
16. George Moreton Snr;
17. Big Johnny (Nguulpam);
18. Annie Night Island;
19. Charlie James (Flathead) Pascoe;
20. Polly Roberson;
21. King Bob Robertson;
22. Jack (aka Johnny Rocky/Rockeby) and Jinnie/Jennie (parents of Old Lady Rosie);
23. Jimmy Saturday
Any person who is a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above is invited to attend these meetings. Please contact CYLC if you would like to confirm whether you are a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above and so entitled to attend the meeting.
The meeting will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
Venue: Rydges Esplanade Resort Cairns
Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm
The location and time of the authorisation meeting on Wednesday 10 May 2023 will be publicly notified and notices will be sent out to all members of the Northern Kaanju Native Title Group with contact details on the CYLC database. Please contact us on free call number 1800 623 548 or by email jcopelin@cylc.org.au to update your details.
Video-conferencing and COVID-19 Precautions
Video‐conferencing facilities will be made available at the meeting. If you would like CYLC to arrange a video‐conference from your location into the meeting, whether you live at the location of the meeting or elsewhere, please contact CYLC on the number above. Attendance by video‐conference is offered because of the potential for COVID‐19 to interfere with attendance. It is important to provide every opportunity for persons entitled to attend the meeting. Your safety is our priority. CYLC will take whatever means necessary to protect the health and wellbeing of its staff and clients and to mitigate the risk of the spread of COVID‐19.
Attendance
For travel assistance of to confirm attendance, please contact Jayd Copelin before Wednesday 15 March 2023 on free call number 1800 623 548 or by email jcopelin@cylc.org.au. Please note that there is limited funding for travel assistance.
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This notice is to advise that the group description meeting previously scheduled for Tuesday 7 March 2023 in Cooktown is now cancelled due to inclement weather and road closures. Cape York Land Council (CYLC) now advise that this meeting is rescheduled for Wednesday 22 March 2023. This meeting is for members of the Kuku Warra Native Title Group in relation to the Cape York United #1 Claim.
This meeting is a Decision-Making Meeting
Details of this meeting are as follows:
Kuku Warra group description meeting
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023
Time: 9:30am–3:30pm
Venue: PCYC Cooktown
3 May Street Cooktown QLD 4895
Purpose of Meeting
CYLC will be facilitating a meeting for the Kuku Warra Native Title Group to resolve their group description and review the list of apical ancestors for the area generally shown in the map (at right).
CYLC will take instructions about the group description by way of written resolution.
The group description agreed at this meeting will form the final group description of the Kuku Warra Native Title Group.
Attendance
If you have queries about this meeting, or for travel assistance or to confirm attendance, please contact Jayd Copelin by Thursday 16 March 2023 on free call number 1800 623 548 or by email jcopelin@cylc.org.au. Note that there is limited funding available for travel assistance.
Video-Conferencing and COVID-19 Precautions
Video-conferencing facilities will be made available at the meeting, including because of the potential for COVID-19 to interfere with attendance. If you would like CYLC to arrange a video- conference from your location into the meeting, whether you live at the location of the meeting or elsewhere, please contact CYLC on (07) 4053 9222.
Members of THE COOKTOWN AND DISTRICT YOUTH ASSOCIATION INC. are advised that the Annual General Meeting will be held
SATURDAY 25th MARCH 2023
@ 10 AM AT THE BLOCK –30 CHARLOTTE ST, COOKTOWN
invites members of the public to attend its AnnuAl
on Wednesday, March 15 from 7pm at the Carpentaria Golf Club
If you have any questions, please email weipagymnastics@gmail.com
Friday 10 March 2023
Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council (NPARC) is inviting tender submissions from businesses and individuals seeking to be placed on Council’s Register of Pre-qualified Suppliers for: Supply of Trades Services – Contract No. 2023-03-01 and Plant Machinery Hire (Civil & Building Works) –Contract No. 2023-03-02
Interested companies and individuals may complete a Schedule for one, multiple, or all of the listed categories in the supplier registers and return with the completed Tender Response.
A Supplier Information Evening will be held on Wednesday 22 March 2023.
Tenders, suitably endorsed, are invited and will be received via email tenders@nparc.qld.gov.au, until closing Noon, Tuesday 11 April 2023 and will not be opened publicly. The lowest or any Tender will not necessary be accepted. Council may change the Specifications during the tender evaluation period and invite Tenderers to change their Tender.
Tender Specification documents are available to download via Council’s website www.nparc.qld.gov.au\CouncilInformation\ Tenders and Expressions of Interest. Further information can be obtained by contacting Council’s Operations Department via email tenders@nparc.qld.gov.au
Kate Gallaway
ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Two Water Tanker movements have extended for a further two weeks on dirt roads indicated on the map in the Evans Landing area These moves will take place per hour
Several dirt road and bush tracks have been closed to eliminate any potential interaction between the Heavy vehicles
Please follow all signage when in the area
Tender No: TKASC2023-002
Freight Services – Road Transport of Goods between Cairns and Kowanyama
Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council is inviting tenders from road Transport carriers to carry out Transport of Goods between Cairns and Kowanyama on a weekly basis.
Tender documents are available to download via www.kowanyama.qld.gov.au/tenders
Tenders Close at 4.00pm Friday 31 March 2023
All tender responses can be submitted electronically to tenders@kowanyama.qld.gov.au
Or physical copies can be submitted to KASC Cairns Office (Unit 1, 50 Scott Street, Cairns, QLD, 4870).
For more information, please contact tenders@kowanyama.qld.gov.au
Kevin Bell, Acting Chief Executive Officer
VIV Chan earned bragging rights in her house when she beat Jim Hunter in last week’s Wednesday Wackers at Weipa.
Golfers once again had to play eight holes due to flooding around the first green and Viv did best in the humid conditions.
Steve Abraham was the nearest to pin winner on the 7th and no one managed to find the green on the 9th.
Helen Sabatino claimed the Bradman’s.
GLENN Egan and Matt Slade combined to be the winner of Carpentaria Golf Club’s pairs ambrose event on Sunday with an impressive nett 62.
They beat Peter Linnehan and Jamie Hutton, who carded a nett 64.
Nearest to pins went to Slade on the 7th and Tanner Granzier on 18.
The rescheduled Gumboot Cup will be played this Saturday.
THEO Hadgis was Sunday morning’s Dawn Busters golf winner at Weipa.
He beat Eugene Ventner for honours in a field of nine.
Dave Sands and Viv Chan took out the longest drive prizes, while Jim Hunter claimed the nearest to pin.
Alex Zahedi rounded up the field to take the Hoffman’s title.
Dawnies play every Sunday and tee off around 6.30am. New players are welcome.
BRENT Hetaraka performed best in the heat and humidity to be Cooktown Golf Club’s monthly medal winner on Saturday.
The former Byron Bay member got his putter hot enough to beat Campbell Venables in a countback after both men carded nett 67.
Next was Wel Welsh with a nett 80.
Nearest to pins were won by John McArthur on 2/11, Hetaraka on 14 and Chris Hatton for 9/18.
This weekend the club has a group of players representing Cooktown in the Mitsubishi Classic at Mareeba, but those staying at home will contest a red tee stableford.
Tee off will be at 8.30am.
A WEEK after arriving back in Australia from India and I’m still recovering – mostly from a lack of sleep – but somehow still buzzing.
It was a last-minute decision to make the trip to Indore, which coincidentally was a last-minute choice to host the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Writing about it wasn’t even something I’d considered until I realised the amount of interest in my little trip.
“I didn’t even know you were going to India until I saw you were there on Facebook,” was the common response from my friends and family.
The decision to go was made a week before I left and it was really only a result of wanting to tick an item off my bucket list.
Like a lot of Australians (and Indians, for that matter) I love cricket, especially Test cricket.
Over the years I have watched the best teams in the world toil away in the subcontinent, unable to beat India on their home turf.
For Steve Waugh, it was the “final frontier” for his invincible team of the early to mid-2000s.
In my lifetime, Australia has only ever won one Test series in India and that was with a squad that featured eight or nine cricketers worthy of being in the Hall of Fame.
Overseas teams simply do not win in India, a nation that seems obsessed with cricket.
So I had to see it for myself and experience the conditions and culture on offer.
As it turned out, I couldn’t have timed it better.
Indore was the perfect city. Located in central-west India,
it has a great ‘boutique’ stadium with leg-room that would make any Australian venue envious.
What’s more, Indore is not a tourist city, meaning that for locals, seeing white Australians walk the streets was a novelty.
It’s such a small world that
were made to feel like royalty wherever we went.
I lost track of the amount of selfies I was in. At times I felt like they thought I was a cricketer – maybe David Boon without a moustache.
The pitch wasn’t great as the Test finished early on day three, but the result was fantastic.
Great performances with the ball from Nathan Lyon and Test rookie Matthew Kuhnemann were the highlights.
I bumped into Weipa’s Michael Newman on the streets, a bloke who I have played a few rounds of golf with back when I was still wielding the sticks.
While there weren’t many Australians in Indore – certainly no more than a hundred – we
But the roar for Virat Kohli when he strode to the crease or the screams when Jadeja skittled Marnus Labuschagne were just as memorable.
A bucket list item was ticked off but the memories of the cricket will fade.
What won’t be forgotten is the people of Indore and their incredible hospitality.
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yard • Plenty room for dogs and children • Returning $3,802.08 per month until 29/2/23
Beautifully presented free standing townhouse
$470,000
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