The First Peoples of Upper Brisbane River (special)

At the junction of Cooyar Creek and Brisbane River we pause for a while to talk to Dungibara decendant Steve Marsh, about the first peoples of the area, his family's story and his connection to Country. Follow our journey here: / 1101449276991614

[@jameswkwahry]

Steve, thank you for telling your story ❤ I was crying with you there.. what an amazing story to hear about my favourite place on earth. The water on that land is a magnet on my soul. It's the only place that becomes the ONLY place when I'm there. For years I have wondered, what was there in the past, who was there?, how was it there? And to just hear your story, I'm forever grateful. Thank you!

[@pam_rob0543]

Thanks for sharing your story 🤗

[@diddylove3700]

Thank you so much for sharing your story :) so beautiful brother

[@raypini9024]

A truly sincere and heart felt story - so thanks very much to all of you for sharing and telling his story . Would be great to hear more from him too

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Thanks Ray - I believe Steve has plans to do more media on the Dungibara in due course.

[@glowinqxxsoph4928]

He always goes for bike rides he loves them

[@glowinqxxsoph4928]

Hey guys that’s my poppy

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Another great video of the history of our river 🙂

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Thank you! Credit goes to Steve, the story teller.

[@strlngybarkjulian8650]

Thanks for sharing

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

My pleasure

[@56music64]

wonderful, there is nothing like the feeling of love for current people in your life or those relatives who have gone before. I would like to hear more. Thanks for posting

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@thegenuinesmith]

Thanks brother for telling your story, the story of the country of your gg grandmother and of my grandmother Celia Smith, and her grandmother Annie Crow (also from Crows Nest). Nanna always went to Esk to catch turtles, I believe we were custodians of that area.

[@glowinqxxsoph4928]

Hello poppy

[@jasoreed]

Did I just here the river called - meeanjin ?

[@kurtbrayford6491]

have you herd about the ghost on the river?its from collages down,apparantly its an bushranger and his horse and sometimes you can hear them riding(I have)

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Haven’t heard that one- would love to know more. Are you a local?

[@kurtbrayford6491]

@@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600 I grew up around karlee and the other kids talked about it,then one arvo when fishing we herd clip clop clip clop and there was no way an horse could be there,I'm at deadbank now

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

Do you know if this bushranger was ever named? Just curious if the story has any connection to a real historical person.

[@kurtbrayford6491]

@@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600 it was an local urban myth that I herd as an kid,what I have herd was he robed an coband co coach and liked his horse and took care of it lots,they both died in an flood after he got to drunk after an hold up ,its an urban myth I dont know any true facts apart from what I herd as an kid growing up near the junction of brisbane river and brema ,I have not found any supporting evidence of this apart from stories and that time I herd an horses clip clop on the river when I was fishing as an teenager

[@kurtbrayford6491]

its like the story of what farmers did to the dregers up there,how all the lights got shot out so they couldent work