Darumbal

[3] Traditional Darumbal land is considered to encompass an estimated 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) around most of coastal Central Queensland, running from Arthur Point at Shoalwater Bay to Yeppoon, and taking in the mouth of Fitzroy River and Keppel Islands.

[4] With the arrival of European settlers in the region, some Darumbal people were tolerated as part of fringe communities of the new settlements, but most were systematically killed to make way for pastoral development.

The town of Coowonga is named after a Darumbal man famous for saving the life of politician King O'Malley in the late 19th century.

In 2001, a claim was made to the National Native Title Tribunal,[13] and in 2007, 137 ha (340 acres) at Mount Wheeler were handed over to the Darumbal people.

[19] Recognised Ancestral Groups Under the Darumbal Nation Native Title Claim, descendants of the following family groups are recognised:[20] Kitty Mulway and Pompey of Stannage; Yorky – [Sunflower/Meredith] Kate Reid and James Hector – [Garret/Hector] Jack Naylor (Jnr); Brothers John McPherson and Harry Bauman – [Hatfield/McPherson/Naylor/Bauman (Bowman)] Clara Wallace – [Mann/Wallace/Williams/Hector/Edmunds] Clara McKenzie – [Rutherford/Hayden] Maggie (Mitchell); Mary Jones; Maria McKenzie; Mundabel – [Ross/Landers/Roma/Adams/Wylie/Fitzgerald]