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 | [...]up into the Maroochy and Noosa district in the 1930s and 1940s, visiting and interviewing old settle[...]t, Tewantin State School project November 1957, p.3. See also ’The Noosa Narrative No 6: John Tedford Tells Some interesting Stories’, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955 2 Fred Watson 8‘h May 1929 to Syd[...]spaper Cuttings Relating to Place Names Box 1, 19733 (489467-489477) |
| [...]oosa.’ And so a new word ‘Noosa was coined.’33 Chas McKenna (comp), History ofthe Tewanti[...] |
| [...]nd ’King King Creek’ were in common use by 1863. In The North Australian of 3rd October 1863, William Pettigrew, a pioneer business man and ti[...]. to the headland, as today. Also in October 1863, there are two shipping references to ’Noosa’[...]also shown on Bedwell and Bray’s map of 1868. 13 ’A Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ North Australian 3 October 1863 p 3 19 ’A Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ North Australian 3 October 1863 p 3 2° Shipping — Imports, The Courier 24 October 1863 - Page 2; Shipping —Arn'va|, The Courier, 13 October 1863 - Page 2 11 ’Shipping’ Brisbane Courie[...] |
| [...]nd Connors covering the east coast of Queensland.23 It indicates ’Low Bluf'f' with ’Noosa' in bra[...]WEYM LAooou my Mull/M 7 3 "1. - f u, Figure 3: 'Moreton Bay to Low Bluff (Noosa) — a map by L[...]Royal Geographical Society of Queensland). w _ ' .31 UK a 33 31 7.‘ 1 30 32 34 m at: a, ”Llama Ar fig... Wm /'C lwzholbd: 3'.|‘l:?I-L""W Magi A“ 26 5, m .11 uh * 33‘ 28 3g .27 . 34 29 R 30 22 .32 6 a 3) so .23 ’5 25 29 “I 20 £4 28 a 31 .18 . _ _3 , a," ,- n.5,,“ Ru . m 3g ; Figure 2: detail o[...]nd, St Lucia: University of Queensland, 2000, p. 138. 23 QSA (Queensland State Archives) ID 631 366 Navg. Lieutts. E. P. Bedwell & E.H.S. Bray RN.[...]s and Mary River Mining Gazette, 27 July 1870, p. 3. 25 Alisa R Dawson, Caalaala: Early Chron[...] |
| [...]see the word ‘Noosa’ was in use by 1862— 1863, and ‘Tewantin’ by 1867. This makes it imposs[...]late 1872, and the Culgoa was not bought until 1873. This is anywhere from five to ten years after th[...]ists, we know King Tommy was 28 years old in 1882.30 This means he was 9 years old when the name ‘N[...]: Tewantin marked on an 1872 map newspapers, and 13 years old when Pettigrew spoke of (John Oxley Lib[...]uages and would ask him to clarify pronunciations.31 Tommy was especially well—known to the local settlers, being part of their fishing and logging teams. 32 Some of the settlers attended the traditional fu[...]ood cricketers...one of whom dressed flashily.” 33 25 Advertising, Gympie Times and Mary River Mini[...]e Bay and BurnettAdvertiser, 18 December 1869, p, 3, 29 Advertising, Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette, 6 September 1871, p, 2, 3° Blanket Returns Tewantin 1882, QSA (Queensland State Archives) ID 84707 82/2613, 31 F, Watson, 'Aboriginal Words', The Brisbane Courier 30 May 1931, p 7, 32 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Local Studies,[...]ord Tells Some interesting Stories, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955, 33 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Local Studies,[...]rd Tells Some interesting Storie's, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955, |
| [...]in a style that never fails to amuse his audience.34 Telling 'gammon’ or nonsense was a popular Ab[...]ith his and their spouses and suites—all being 3" ’Noosa and Its Lakes'. The Queens/under[...] |
| [...]ly conferred with unusual and distinctive honours.35 It seems to have been in a similarly mocking mo[...]Chair, chair; let him finish what he has to say. 35 'A New Brisbane Watering Place’. Queensland Figaro and Punch (Brisbane), 28 April 1888, p 3. |
| 36 On account of Tommy’s story, Parliament erupt[...]our countrymen. Let us impeach the Mr. Blackston!37 Tommy’s Nundah story was sheer gammon. There[...]real meaning of Nundah was ‘a chain of ponds.’38 Tommy’s dislike of Reverend Fuller The gammo[...]together for comical effect 2) Tommy is central 3) Aboriginals are presented as savage and stupid[...]ume Kabi people were helpless or needed to learn 35 'Communicated — A Scene in the House’, The Brisbane Courier, 22 July 1882, p 7, 37 'Communicated — A Scene in the House,’ The Brisbane Courier, 22 July 1882, p 7, 35 Denis Cleary, 'Place Names of the Nundah[...] |
| [...]ttigrew journeyed around Tewantin and Noosa in 1863, specifically to locate marketable timber, he fou[...]uently barred ‘for dead timber in the creek.’53 This suggests fallen branches and driftwood natur[...]es and Mary River Mining Gazette 25 October 1882: 3: 52 'A Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ NorthAustra/ian 3 October 1863 p 3: 53 'A Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ NorthAustra/ian 3 October 1863 p 3: 54 16 Sept 1968 E G Heap to DA Low OM Box 18287[...]ict,’ The Central Qld Herald 22 September 1949: 3: 56 16 Sept 1968 E G Heap to DA Low OM Box 18287[...]ord Tells Some interesting Stories, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955 |
| [...]tch Book Cuttings Book, ’The Noosa Narrative No 3 Carter Continues His Reminiscences' Gympie Times[...]of Early Days, Truth (Brisbane), 11 April 1909, p 3, 57 The Child ren's Corner, The Courier-Mail, 24[...],"Noosa and Its Lakes, Queens/under 29 May 1897 p 3, 59 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Loca[...] |
| [...]pean—style house from galvanised iron and wood.73 Figure 9: King Tommy in old age at Durundur ([...]ketch Book Cuttings Book, 'The Noosa Narrative No 3 Carter Continues His Reminiscences' Gympie Times[...]Queensland Figaro (Brisbane), 20 November 1902 p 3. 72 Notes from George Harris, mss Hayes Collection, p.9. 73 The Last of His Race, The Brisbane Courier, 28 May 1910 p 13. 74 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Loc[...] |
| [...]77 A Holiday in Tewantin, The Brisbane Courier, 23 December 1892 p 6, 75 Ebenezer Thorne, Queen oft[...]mpson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876 , pp,336—337, 79 Ebenezer Thorne, Queen ofthe Colonies, 1876 pp, 308-9, 5‘0 Ebenezer Thorne, Queen ofthe Colonies, 1876, p, 317, 51 A, J, 3,, Swan Shooting at Noosa, The Brisbane Courier, 21 December 1878, p 3 52 Tewantin,, Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette , 15 November 1888, p ,3 |
| [...]rs recall he had ‘splendid hands at the oar’.83 Tommy as fisher and crabber Eliza Donavan ran Noosa’s main guest house, Lagua House, after 1903, accommodating up to 150 visitors at what became[...]as similarly a champion fisherman. A retired 53 A, J, B,, Swan, Shooting at Noosa, The Brisbane Courier, 21 December 1878 p 3, 34 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Local Studies,[...]Australian Advertiser(Adelaide) 5 September 1872 13,3 57 Surfing, Swimming, Fishing, and Invigorating Breezes, The Brisbane Courier, 30 November 1926 p 7, 55 Ebenezer Queen ofthe Colonies, 1876, pp, 336-7, 59 E B Kennedy, Dugong Fishing in Que[...] |
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| [...]up into the Maroochy and Noosa district in the 1930s and 1940s, visiting and interviewing old settle[...]t, Tewantin State School project November 1957, p.3. See also ‘The Noosa Narrative No 6: John Tedford Tells Some interesting Stories’, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955 2 Fred Watson 8th May 1929 to Sydney[...]spaper Cuttings Relating to Place Names Box 1, 19733 (489467-489477) |
| [...]oosa.’ And so a new word ‘Noosa was coined.’33 Chas McKenna (comp.), History of the Tewantin-Noosa District, Tewantin State School project November 1957, p.3. 4 Chas McKenna (comp.), History of the Tewantin-[...], Tewantin State School project, November 1957, p.3. 5 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Local[...] |
| [...]these stories should be given ‘no credence’.13 The reason is simple: maps and other accounts com[...],’ Local Government Vol.66:P2, February 1971, p.3. 9 Cato Nancy Cato, The Noosa Story: A Study in U[...]he way it was and the way it is now, 2000, p. 6. 13 16 Sept 1968 E G Heap to DA Low OM Box 18287[...]L: 14/ E4; QSA (Queensland State Archives) ID 714371 ‘Map of North of District of Moreton B[...] |
| [...]nd ‘King King Creek’ were in common use by 1863. In The North Australian of 3rd October 1863, William Pettigrew, a pioneer business man and ti[...]2). to the headland, as today. Also in October 1863, there are two shipping references to ‘Noosa’[...]Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ North Australian 3 October 1863 p 3 19 ‘A Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ North Australian 3 October 1863 p 3 20 Shipping – Imports, The Courier 24 October 1863 - Page 2; Shipping – Arrival, The Courier, 13 October 1863 - Page 2 21 ‘Shipping’ Brisbane Courie[...] |
| [...]nd Connors covering the east coast of Queensland.23 It indicates ‘Low Bluff’ with ‘Noosa’ in[...]Figure 3: 'Moreton Bay to Low Bluff' (Noosa) – a map by[...]nd, St Lucia: University of Queensland, 2000, p. 138. 23 QSA (Queensland State Archives) ID 631 366 Navg. Lieutts. E. P. Bedwell & E.H.S. Bray R.N.[...]s and Mary River Mining Gazette, 27 July 1870, p. 3. 25 Alisa R Dawson, Cooloola: Early Chroni[...] |
| [...]n see the word ‘Noosa’ was in use by 1862- 1863, and ‘Tewantin’ by 1867. This makes it imposs[...]late 1872, and the Culgoa was not bought until 1873. This is anywhere from five to ten years after th[...]ists, we know King Tommy was 28 years old in 1882.30 This means he was 9 years old when the name ‘N[...]: Tewantin marked on an 1872 map newspapers, and 13 years old when Pettigrew spoke of (John Ox[...]uages and would ask him to clarify pronunciations.31 Tommy was especially well-known to the local settlers, being part of their fishing and logging teams. 32 Some of the settlers attended the traditional fu[...]ood cricketers…one of whom dressed flashily.” 33 26 Advertising, Gympie Times and Mary River Mi[...]Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 18 December 1869, p. 3. 29 Advertising, Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette, 6 September 1871, p. 2. 30 Blanket Returns Tewantin 1882, QSA (Queensland State Archives) ID 84707 82/2613. 31 F. Watson, ‘Aboriginal Words’. The Brisbane Courier 30 May 1931, p 7. 32 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Local Studies,[...]rd Tells Some interesting Stories, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955. 33 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Local Studies,[...]Tells Some interesting Storie’s, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955. |
| [...]conferred with unusual and distinctive honours.35 It seems to have been in a similarly mocking moo[...]air, chair; let him finish what he has to say. 35 ‘A New Brisbane Watering Place’. Queensland Figaro and Punch (Brisbane), 28 April 1888, p 3. |
| [...]at fellow; him like ‘em teetotaller….36 On account of Tommy’s story, Parliament erupte[...]countrymen. …. Let us impeach the Mr. Blackston!37 Tommy’s Nundah story was sheer gammon. There[...]real meaning of Nundah was ‘a chain of ponds.’38 Tommy’s dislike of Reverend Fuller The gamm[...]al effect 2) Tommy is central 3) Aboriginals are presented as savage and stupid[...]me Kabi people were helpless or needed to learn 36 ‘Communicated – A Scene in the House’, The Brisbane Courier, 22 July 1882, p 7. 37 ‘Communicated – A Scene in the House,’ The Brisbane Courier, 22 July 1882, p 7. 38 Denis Cleary, ‘Place Names of the Nunda[...] |
| [...]ttigrew journeyed around Tewantin and Noosa in 1863, specifically to locate marketable timber, he fou[...]uently barred ‘for dead timber in the creek.’53 This suggests fallen branches and driftwood natur[...]es and Mary River Mining Gazette 25 October 1882: 3. 52 ‘A Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ North Australian 3 October 1863 p 3. 53 ‘A Trip to Noosa and the Lakes,’ North Australian 3 October 1863 p 3. 54 16 Sept 1968 E G Heap to DA Low OM Box 1[...]ict,’ The Central Qld Herald 22 September 1949: 3. 56 16 Sept 1968 E G Heap to DA Low OM Box 1[...]ord Tells Some interesting Stories, Gympie Times, 30 August 1955 |
| [...]tch Book Cuttings Book, ‘The Noosa Narrative No 3 Carter Continues His Reminiscences’ Gympie T[...]of Early Days, Truth (Brisbane), 11 April 1909, p 3. 67 The Children’s Corner, The Courier-Mail,[...]."Noosa and Its Lakes. Queenslander 29 May 1897 p 3. 69 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Lo[...] |
| [...]ropean-style house from galvanised iron and wood.73 Figure 9: King Tommy in old age at Durundur (Wood[...]tch Book Cuttings Book, ‘The Noosa Narrative No 3 Carter Continues His Reminiscences’ Gy[...]Queensland Figaro (Brisbane), 20 November 1902 p 3. 72 Notes from George Harris, mss Hayes Collection, p.9. 73 The Last of His Race, The Brisbane Courier, 28 May 1910 p 13. 74 Olive Donaldson collection, N[...] |
| [...]77 A Holiday in Tewantin. The Brisbane Courier, 23 December 1892 p 6. 78 Ebenezer Thorne, Queen of t[...]pson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876 , pp.336-337. 79 Ebenezer Thorne, Queen of the Colonies, 1876 pp. 308-9. 80 Ebenezer Thorne, Queen of the Colonies, 1876, p. 317. 81 A. J. B., Swan Shooting at Noosa. The Brisbane Courier, 21 December 1878, p 3 82 Tewantin,. Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette , 15 November 1888, p .3 |
| [...]he had ‘splendid hands at the oar’.83 Tommy as[...]se, after 1903, accommodating up to 150 visitors at what became[...]milarly a champion fisherman. A retired 83 A. J. B., Swan, Shooting at Noosa. The Brisbane Courier, 21 December 1878 p 3. 84 Olive Donaldson collection, Noosa Local[...]stralian Advertiser (Adelaide) 5 September 1872 p.3 87 Surfing, Swimming, Fishing, and Invigorating Breezes. The Brisbane Courier, 30 November 1926 p 7. 88 Ebenezer Queen of the Colonies, 1876, pp. 336-7. 89 E B Kennedy, Dugong Fishing in[...] |
'No Sir' and 'Tea-want-him': Naming Noosa and King Tommy's humour (2020). Heritage Noosa, accessed 05/04/2026, https://heritage.noosa.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/6241
