Juru people


The Juru are an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimate, the Yuru had some of land, extending northwards from Bowen to the Burdekin River at the site of Home Hill. Their southwestern limits ran to the Bogie Range, and south to Mount Pleasant and Mount Abbot. On the coast they were at Upstart Bay. They were neighbours of the Bindal

Native title

Descendants of the Juru people put in a claim for their native title rights in 2010. Their rights over 176,00 sq. hectares in an area of land between Bowen and Ayr were recognized in 2014, and a Federal Court recognized a further claim in 2015 to another 7570 hectares. A conflict emerged over Juru claims for compensation from the owners of some 130 huts located around the mouth of the Elliot River and , which as of 2016 has not been settled.

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