Article 5YCXW Sacred land where 300 Indigenous Australians were massacred returned to Darumbal people

Sacred land where 300 Indigenous Australians were massacred returned to Darumbal people

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Queensland government hands over control of land at the foot of Gai-i, formerly Mount Wheeler

A sacred site at the foot of a Queensland mountain where 300 Indigenous people were massacred has been handed back to the Darumbal people.

The state government handed over control of the culturally significant site at the foot of Gai-i, formerly Mount Wheeler, in a ceremony in bushland southwest of Yeppoon on Thursday.

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