Kabi people

Kabi Kabi

Regions with significant populations
South East Queensland

Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi are an Aboriginal language group^[1] of South East Queensland, Australia. It is best to say both names when talking about this country,^[2] people and language.^[3][4] Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi people are one of several Murri language groups in Queensland.

Location

John Mathew's 1910 map of the country of the Kabi and Wakka peoples.

Kabi Kabi Country is currently located between Pumicestone Road, near Caboolture in the south, through to Childers in the north. The northern right hand corner is recognized as being Butchulla Country. This area is recognised under native title as being Kabi Kabi Country.^[5]

John Mathew's representation of Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi territory in 1910 shows it stretching from Brisbane to north of K'gari (Fraser Island).^[6]

Culture and people

Notable Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi people

• Arthur Beetson, Queensland Rugby League legend and former Australian captain
• Bianca Beetson, a contemporary artist
• Jim Crowe, a member of the first Australian team to tour Britain, an indigenous team
• Dali'pie, an elder of the early to late 19th century, a person who was an outspoken critic of the treatment of his people by the colonial government and early settlers in Australia
• Dahn'dali, a man who led his young men in a war against the colonial government and early settlers, from 1841 to 1854
• Eve Fesl (née Serico), captain of the Queensland Woman's Athletic team, world record holder for discus (height and weight), first Australian Indigenous person to gain, on educational merit, a PhD from an Australian University
• Bill Monkland, a Queensland Rugby League representative
• Clifford Monkland, a senior elder, most important male, guided most of today's Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi in their culture
• Lucy Monkland, daughter of James and Maggie Crowe, who made a point of passing on the Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi language and culture to her children and grandchildren
• Naomi Wenitong, a Hip hop performer formerly from the duo Shakaya and currently associated with The Last Kinection

References

1. http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/how-to-name-aboriginal-people
2. For use of the term 'Country' among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, see: Rose, D. B. (1996). Nourishing terrains. Australian Aboriginal Views of Landscape and Wilderness. Australian Heritage Commission.
3. http://www.triballink.com.au/gubbigubbi
4. http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/library/languagebibs.html#hijk
5. http://www.nntt.gov.au/searchRegApps/NativeTitleRegisters/Pages/RNTC_details.aspx?NNTT_Fileno=QC2013/003
6. Mathew, J. (1910). Two representative tribes of Queensland with an inquiry concerning the origin of the Australian race. TF Unwin. Online version: http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/3355438

External links

• http://www.gubbigubbi.com
• http://www.triballink.com.au/index.php/gubbigubbi
• http://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=maroochy-region
• Bibliography of Gubbi Gubbi people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies