Excerpt from Queensland Government Gazette May 24 1900
November 1899 – the Burnett Aboriginal Protection Society, with local clergyman Reverend Bailey as chairman and Thompson as secretary, was formed under the auspices of the Ipswich Aboriginal Society.
Within the traditional territory of the Wakka Wakka people, a 500 hectare block was chosen and gazetted a reserve on 24 March 1900 under the provisions of the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of Sale of opium Act 1897. The land was deemed unsuitable and the deed was revoked.
