Billy Jagar

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Illustration of a king plate, here by Jackey Coborn

Billy Jagar (* 1870 , † 1930 ), and King of the Barron called, was an Elder of the Aborigines from the tribe of yirrganydji people . He is particularly famous because he was the only one to receive two king plates . King plates were first issued by the English during the colonization of Australia in 1815 by the Governor Lachlan Macquarie of New South Wales in order to highlight leaders within the Aboriginal tribes, to divide tribes into groups and to have contact persons for the implementation of their colonial policy. Jagar received the first plaque from the colonial government in Queensland in 1898, when he was also appointed King of Barron , and the second he received from the then Protector of Aborigines on the Day of Empire on May 24, 1906.

When Jagar died in an Aboriginal camp in 1930, the two plaques disappeared. During the Second World War , Sergeant Douglas Cuprak, a soldier stationed in Fiji , received the plaque from 1898, which he hung in his home in North Dakota after the war ended. His daughters Margaret and Laura researched the origin of the King plate. When they found out where it was from, they returned it to Jagar's great-granddaughter Jeanette Singleton on Reconciliation Day in Cairns in May 2005 .

In 2007 a headstone for Jagar was placed in Martyn Street Cemetery, and over 100 people came to the cemetery where his great-granddaughter, Jeannette Singleton, said, "It's important to have a physical recognition like that for future generations." important to have a physical memento for future generations). The King plate at the tomb was also laid down at the memorial event. The Jagars family is still looking for the second plaque.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Billy Jagar, King of the Barron . Retrieved July 22, 2010
  2. ↑ ABC News website . Retrieved July 22, 2010
  3. ↑ abc.net.au website from July 12, 2007 . Retrieved July 22, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Jagar, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES King of Barron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Aboriginal, tribal chief
DATE OF BIRTH 1870
DATE OF DEATH 1930
Place of death Cairns , Australia