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used to be their permanent initiation ceremony (Boar) ground, called Kangkal. They occupied country on both sides of the Fitzroy River which they crossed in canoes. On the northern side of the river they travelled to Broad-mount, Balnagowan, and to Emu Park where they would exchange courtesies with the blacks from the northern-coastline and islands, as well as with those from Yaamba, Mt. Hedlow, etc. South of the river, they would go, for fighting purposes only, along the present Rockhampton-Gladstone road as far as the side of the present "12-Mile Stock-yard" i.e. the water-holes about 2 1/2 miles north of Raglan Post and Telegraph Office.Starting on this route from Rockhampton they passed Archer's Cattle-Station at the 15-mile, the 6-mile creek (ri-umbra) close to Cross's Hotel at Bajool, the water-hole (rular-vúllam), the names of which "Yorkie" says gave the white settlers their present township name of Illam at the same hostely [?], the 1-mile creek (Kindot) beyond the hotel, the story ridges (Kárami) three miles further on, the succeeding 6 or 7 miles of dense scrub (Kútamal) until they reached the water-holes (párul) close by the 12-mile (from Ragland Head-Station) stockyard already referred to. Moutn Lancombe they saw in the distance.
Raglan country was at one time occupied by Rún-burra and Rúrkavara (groups perhaps of the Urambal) all dead now; together with the blacks from Gladstone, from Miriam Vale, and even (the Yungkono_ from Bundaberg they used to meet the Tarumbal in battle here at Parul. IW McDonald of Holly Hill tells me that twenty years ago he has seen as many as a couple of hundred natives congregating here just for a fight. Occasionally, the Tarumbal would pay a visit to Gracemere and Westwood, and in very early times were known to have travelled up to Mount Morgan.