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Songwoman Maroochy is the Songwoman & Law-woman of the Turrbal People – the original inhabitants of Brisbane. She is a direct descendant of Daki Yakka – Chief of the Old Brisbane tribe – a man nicknamed “the Duke of York” by the European settlers in the Moreton Bay area in the 1830s.

Songwoman Maroochy will perform a Traditional Blessing of your gathering in accordance with the Turrbal traditional laws and customs.