King of Barron
Billy Jagar, leader of the Yirrganydji people, received a King plate in 1898 with the inscription of 'King of Barron'. He then received a second King plate in 1906 with the same inscription.
King Billy Jagar later died in 1930 in his Gunyah/Payu on the Cairns Esplanade at the age of 60. It is recorded by the Cairns Post, 11 March 1930. Jagar was born in the 1860s on the southern side of the Barron River, before the establishment of Cairns in 1876.
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