Nineteenth century aboriginal elder Dalaipi lived in what is now Petrie, north of Brisbane.
He was the custodian of several sacred sites in the district including a bora-ring called “Nindur-Ngineddo” (meaning “leech sitting down”).
Sadly, the bora ring today is under the round-about at Petrie, and no trace of it remains.
It does seem ironic that a modern circular traffic construction should be sitting on top of an ancient circular spiritual construction.
Perhaps the spirit of Dalaipi had something to do with that.
You’re supposed to treat a bora ring with respect and not just go blundering through it. The busy traffic makes it virtually impossible for anyone to casually blunder through the site at all. In fact I risked life and limb to just cross the road to get to it.
Although thousands of cars per day drive around it, I think it would be rare for someone to actually walk through it.
Hey, we also have a Bora Ring covered on our Corner, (Keperra St, Glenmorgan St & Samford Rd, Keperra. ) It is Actually the “Kippa” ring (young mans) ring & the path for it travels through the houses, across the railway & the main Bora, (mens) ring is in about the front of the Keperra Golf course clubhouse, where all the Cockies sleep at night. Perhaps they know it is a safe place? All destroyed now sadly. Keperra means “young man standing” kep-e-ra-/ kipp- a- ring.
The third Bora ceremonial or corroboree ground (for men & women) was in Keperra park (cnr Samford & Upper Kedron Rd, the park that is before the transfer station & where the Big gums are. Thanks for your adventures!
yes i know about that one i have seen somewhere an old aerial shot of the farm and the bora rings back then if only i could remember where i saw that 🙂
There used to be a smaller ring about 600 mertres away back towards the Old Murrumba House according to Tom Petries Reminiscences and The Petrie Family, Building Colonial Brisbane. The Catholic Church bought much of the property in the early 1950s and that classic homestead was torn down…surely parts of it should have been preserved…an act of vandalism. Interestingly, there was a section of native forest to the N.W. rear of the school . In this section of forest, which has since been removed for an expansion of the school ( Our Lady of the Way) was a plaque with a dedication to the Aboriginal Elder Dalaipi. That plaque dissappeared several years ago after the new construction. I would love to see it returned and perhaps incorporated into a monument in the new University precinct. I believe a former councillor with links to the school may have the plaque.