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proclamation · 1842

Governor Gipps directs that no occupation or timber-cutting licenses be granted in the district north of Moreton Bay where the Bunya (Banya Bunya) tree grows, to which Aborigines resort seasonally to eat the fruit; Crown Commissioners in New England and Moreton Bay to remove unauthorised occupants. Sydney, 14 April 1842.

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IT having been represented to the GOVERNOR that a District exists to the Northward of Moreton Bay, …

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New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 32, 22 April 1842.