Kerwalli

Kerwalli (nicknamed King Sandy; c. 1832 – May 1900) was an Aboriginal Australian foreman, fishmonger and headman of the Jagera people.

Kerwalli led his team around Mooloolaba and Buderim, eventually expanding to Noosa, the Blackall Ranges and Maroochy.

[1] On the request of Assistant Clerk Henry Wyatt Radford, Kerwalli would often advise the Queensland Parliament on local placenames.

[9][1] However, Meston wrote in 1923 that "Gootcha" is a more accurate transcription, and that "Coot-tha" is a separate word translating to an obscenity; supposedly a joke played on Radford by Kerwalli.

[2] Kerwalli was the subject of numerous photographs and drawings,[1] most notably an 1899 portrait by Swedish-born painter Oscar Fristrom.

1899 portrait of Kerwalli by Oscar Fristrom
Photograph of Kerwalli ("King Sandy" in his old age