00:08Takiwuru
00:09Takiwuru, also called Indian Head, is a sacred headland on Guri Island, rather than a traditional legend.
00:17It is famous in Butchula history as the site of the oldest recorded aboriginal song
00:24about Butchula ancestors watching Captain James Cook sail past.
00:31In 1852, a massacre of Butchula people took place at Takiwuru, a dark time in Butchula history.
00:50Takiwuru, a volcanic rocky headland on the east coast of Guri Island, where Butchula people watched Captain Cook in 1770
01:01sail by the land.
01:03They gazed at his ship and Captain Cook saw them looking.
01:08That's why he named it Indian Head.
01:23Takiwuru
01:24Guri Island, an island of shifting sands
01:29Takiwuru over the ocean it stands
01:33A large volcanic outcrop made a rocket rises high
01:38Where Butchula people can look out over the sea with their eyes
01:44A vantage spot for Butchula to spot schools of fish to hunt
01:49Sharks
01:50Sharks, stingrays, turtles, and whales
01:52Condari
01:53A gathering place to gaze out over the ocean
01:59A place where Wangari dingo roam
02:08Takiwuru's site of a terrible massacre
02:11Takiwuru
02:131852
02:15Captain Walker and some native police drove Butchula
02:19To the top end of Takiwuru, high above the water
02:26Butchula jumped to their depths while others were slaughtered
02:31Their spirits remain there in the ocean water
02:36Oh, Takiwuru the Butchula know you
02:41As a spiritual place to look out over water
02:46As a place where Butchula spirits still roam
02:51Murdered by native police
02:54In an unjust slaughter
03:18Butchula people murder taken from their gurry home
03:23Removed to a northern mainland place
03:26Far from their home
03:28Yoruba near Cairns
03:31Shepard by a wood fur
03:33And Mitchell River Gulf of Carpentaria
03:38Oh, Takiwuru the Butchula know you
03:44As a spiritual place to look out over water
03:49As a place where Butchula spirits still roam
03:54Murdered by native police
03:56In an unjust slaughter
04:00Time has passed and Butchula people still exist
04:05They live on Gurry Island as well as on the mainland
04:10Butchula history and stories are now well preserved
04:15Respect and admiration is what the Butchula deserve
04:23So visit Gurry Island and walk in footsteps old
04:27Educate yourself about the Butchula people and the stories told
04:32Taking Gurry Island's beauty
04:35The 75-mile beach
04:37Absorb Butchula legends
04:40And to your children teach
04:43Hungry Island
04:45In Queensland
04:46Here in Australia
04:49Hungry Island
04:50In Queensland
04:52Real excited
04:53Here in Australia
04:55Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
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