“He manawa kaumaha loa ia no nā limahana o Tjapukai a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Cairns no ka mea ua nalowale mākou i kahi paionia ma ka huakaʻi Aboriginal nāna i kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻike moʻomeheu maoli," wahi a Tjapukai Luna Nui Shirley Hollingsworth.
Ua hala aku kekahi o nā wahine hana mua ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻōiwi kahiko loa o Australia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hollingsworth ua nalowale ʻo Martha "Cookie" Brim i kāna kaua ʻana me ka maʻi kanesa i ka makahiki 44.
"ʻO Cookie kekahi o ka hui mua o nā wāhine Djabugay i hui pū me Tjapukai i ka makahiki 1995 no ka hoʻomākaukauʻana no ka hoʻonuiʻana o kaʻoihana mai kahi hale kiʻi hula ma Kuranda i kahi pāka moʻomeheu e hāʻawi ana i nāʻike'ōiwi'ē aʻe ma Caravonica ma Cairns," wahi āna.
“Ua haʻaheo ʻo Cookie i kāna moʻomeheu a he wahine ikaika loa i waena o ka poʻe Djabugay.
“Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻike i loaʻa iā ia mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka wao ua o Kuranda me kona kupuna kāne make ʻo Warren Brim, ua kōkua ʻo Cookie i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻike meaʻai a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau o Tjapukai.
"Ua komo kēia i ke koho ʻana i nā mea kanu e ulu ai i ka paka moʻomeheu i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā huakaʻi a me nā hōʻikeʻike a me ka hana ʻana i kahi manual e aʻo ai i nā limahana hou e pili ana i ka meaʻai moʻomeheu a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau o ka poʻe Djabugay.
“ʻO Cookie ka helehelena o Tjapukai no nā makahiki he nui me kāna kiʻi e ʻike ʻia ana ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā koina a puni ka honua.
"He ʻāpana ʻo ia o ke koho Gold Coast e hoʻokipa i ka 2018 Commonwealth Games, e hele ana i St Kitts i ka Caribbean e hoʻolaha i ka moʻomeheu ʻōiwi Queensland i nā mea koho.
"ʻO kekahi mea koʻikoʻi o kāna ʻoihana ʻo ka hālāwai ʻana me ka Mōʻīwahine a me Prince Phillip i ko lākou kipa ʻana iā Tjapukai i 2002.
"Ua hoʻokomo ʻo Cookie i ka 110 pākēneka i kāna hana ʻana ma ʻaneʻi a makemake nui e hōʻoia i ka hōʻike pololei ʻana i ka moʻomeheu Djabugay.
"E ʻāhewa ʻo ia i nā hoa hana no ka nalo ʻana i ka hana a ʻaʻole hana pololei, akā ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana iā ia."
He makuahine o ʻelima a he kupuna wahine o ʻehā, hāʻawi ʻo Cookie i kāna keiki hiapo i kona inoa totem ʻo Garna, ʻo ia hoʻi ka cockatoo ʻeleʻele. Ua ulu ʻo Garna ma waena o nā mea hoʻokani ma Tjapukai a ua hoʻomau i ka moʻomeheu ʻohana ma ka hana ʻana ma laila ma ke ʻano he moʻomeheu moʻomeheu.
E mālama ʻia kahi hoʻolauleʻa o ke ola o Cookie ma ka Pōʻalima Kepakemapa 28 ma 1.45pm ma Kuranda Pony Club a ukali ʻia e ka hoʻomoe ma Kuranda cemetery.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "ʻO Cookie kekahi o ka hui mua o nā wāhine Djabugay i hui pū me Tjapukai i ka makahiki 1995 no ka hoʻomākaukauʻana no ka hoʻonuiʻana o kaʻoihana mai kahi hale kiʻi hula ma Kuranda i kahi pāka moʻomeheu e hāʻawi ana i nāʻike'ōiwi'ē aʻe ma Caravonica ma Cairns," wahi āna.
- "Ua komo kēia i ke koho ʻana i nā mea kanu e ulu ai i ka paka moʻomeheu i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā huakaʻi a me nā hōʻikeʻike a me ka hana ʻana i kahi manual e aʻo ai i nā limahana hou e pili ana i ka meaʻai moʻomeheu a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau o ka poʻe Djabugay.
- “She was part of the Gold Coast's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, travelling to St Kitts in the Caribbean to promote Queensland Indigenous culture to the selectors.
