Taroom Aboriginal Settlement, Indigenous Protected Area in Bundulla, Taroom, Queensland, Australia.
Taroom Aboriginal Settlement is a heritage-listed former government reserve at Bundulla, east of Taroom on the Dawson River. It was established in 1911 under the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 and closed in 1927. A superintendent oversaw a regulated community drawn from different language groups and regions of Queensland.
Established in 1911 on a Dawson River site east of Taroom, the reserve was created under the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897, which allowed the government to remove Aboriginal people to designated reserves. A superintendent ran the tightly regulated settlement, holding people from many language groups and regions of Queensland until it closed in 1927. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 May 2011.
The site is also known as Taroom Aboriginal Reserve and Taroom Aboriginal Mission. Under the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897, people from different language groups and regions of Queensland were brought here and lived under a superintendent until the reserve closed in 1927.
The site is best explored on foot, and it helps to learn about the archaeology and history beforehand through the Queensland Heritage Register. Sturdy shoes are recommended since the grounds are not paved and can become difficult after rain.
The reserve lay on the Dawson River east of Taroom township, and its residents came from many different language groups and regions of Queensland, brought together under a superintendent until the settlement closed in 1927.
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