This page considers Yuggera, Ugarapul, Yuggarapul, and Yuggarabul as synonymous.  This page does not represent the views of the contemporary descendants of the previously listed language groups.  The Ugarapul people were the original inhabitants of the Ipswich region, the Fassifern district to the south, and the Lockyer district to the west.  In terms of waterways this corresponds to the catchments of the Warrill and Reynolds Creeks, and the Teviot Brook.  They are part of a larger language group that included the Turrbal to the east.  Their desendants are the modern traditional owners of this region.  This page provides historical information from published sources with the goal of making this information accessible.  It also provides some links relevant to the modern tradtional owners.

Primary Sources

• Bunjoey
• Thomas W. Hardcastle "A Vocabulary of the Yuggerbul Language"
• Archibald Meston
• F. J. Watson
• Report of the Select Committee on the Native Police Force, Queensland Parliamentary Papers 1861
• Tom Petrie
• Miscellaneous

Secondary Sources

• Aboriginal Pathways by J. G. Steele
• Aboriginals in the Brisbane Area by F.S. Colliver and F.P. Wooston in Brisbane Retrospect : Eight Aspects of Brisbane History (published 1978 ISBN:072420394X)
• The Ugarapul Tribe of the Fassifern Valley by Dan O'Donnell, Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 14 4: 149-160
• Working the Land - An Historical Overview of Boonah and its Northern District by Murray Johnson and Kay Saunders

Links

• Memorandum of Understanding between the Ipswich City Council and Jagera People
• Indigenous Land Use Agreement - Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul People and Ipswich City Council
• Ipswich Indigenous History