Brown Earth Tours: Cherbourg, Murgon - South Burnett Qld
ABN: 67 821 433 951
Community Led & locally based First Nation's Cultural Tour business
Meet Your Tour Guide:
Aunty Jeanette Brown
Aunty Jeanette with sister Aunty Sandra Morgan (Foundation Member) receiving first Reconciliation Award for the Ration Shed Museum in 2011
Winner of the National Museum Award - 2014
Photo Source: Ration Shed Museum
Film Award Winners
Heart of Gold Film Festival & more
Aunty Jeanette proudly belongs to the Koa (Guwa) Nation from Winton, Outback Queensland. Her maternal grandmother was forcibly removed from their traditional Guwa-Koa lands and relocated to Barambah-Cherbourg around 1911. Additionally, Aunty Jeanette has ancestral ties to the Kuku-Yalanji, Kullilli, and Wangan Jangalingou Nations.
Dedicated to sharing Indigenous culture and history, she founded her Cultural & Historical Tour Business, Brown Earth Tours. Aunty Jeanette's experience as a Cultural Educator and Tour Guide showcases her strong cultural ties, commitment to knowledge-sharing, and dedication to preserving heritage.
She also recounts her personal experiences of “Life Under the Act.” As a published poet and author of book Cherbourg Mission 100 years 1904-2004 Centenary, Aunty Jeanette is working on another book titled "Mission Impassable," inspired by one of her poems and her upbringing under "The Act."
For over 25 years, she has been active in community meetings and events in her local area, with parts of her story featured in Chapter 13 of "Outback Heroines," a collection of true stories by author, travel writer and journalist Sue Williams.
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In its early days, Aunty Jeanette was a volunteer tour guide, as well as a founding steering committee member of the Ration Shed Museum (Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group Inc.), alongside her sisters Sandra Morgan, Lesley Williams and Ada Simpson, as well as Robert Bond and the late Robert (Rocko) Langton Snr.
The steering committee initiated a community research project that included a visit to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra.
Aunty Jeanette was also involved in the ANZAC 100 Committee Boy's From Barambah Project, Strong Women's Shadow Boxes, Cherbourg Marching Girls, Many Threads Arts & Craft, community/historical film productions, 20 years Ration Shed Anniversary celebrations, and many more projects/events within the historical and cultural precinct.
Today, Aunty Jeanette is a qualified JP involved with the Barambah Local Justice Group and serves on the Local Decision Making Body (LDMB) in Murgon.
Explore Historical Timeline inside the Ration Shed Museum
2015 Queensland Memory Awards Ceremony & Celebration
Sisters Lesley Williams, Sandra Morgan (Foundation Members) & Jeanette Brown receiving John Oxley Library Community History Award for the Ration Shed Museum
TOUR RATES
2 hr Cultural Tour $90.00
3 hr Beyond the Ration Shed $120.00
COMING in MARCH 2026
CULTURAL IMMERSION TOUR
1/2 DAY (4 hrs)
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Film Screening x 2
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Tour of Cultural Precinct & Historical Exhibitions
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Lunch @ Cultural Precinct or
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Bert Button Lookout
LEARN THE STORY BEHIND THE FOOTPRINTS
LEARN THE STORY BEHIND THE FOOTPRINTS
We acknowledge the Wakka Wakka people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we walk and gather. We also recognise the many tribes that make up the fabric of our community, celebrating their resilience and enduring connection to Country. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to the future generations who will carry forward their legacy.
Brown Earth Cultural Tours
'Learn The Story Behind The Footprints'
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Brown Earth Tours is a Cultural Walking and Talking Business aimed at offering several different services including cultural awareness, story telling and truth-telling from a life of lived experience.
Scroll down to learn more about our Cultural Tours.
Cultural Walkabout &
Talkabout Experiences
Mission Impassable
2 hour Tour
Beyond the Ration Shed 3 Hour Tour
Understanding the PAST,
building on the PRESENT,
and culturally shaping the FUTURE!
1/2 day (4hrs)
(Only 2 tours offered per month)
Cultural Immersion Tour
COMING IN MARCH 2026
GROUP BOOK NOW!
MIN 12 - 40 MAX PEOPLE
for quote/bookings -email betours4605@gmail.com
EARLY BIRD bookings 2026
OFFER
(Discount apply to first 6 Group Bookings)
NEW
Bunya Nut tasting when in season
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Aussie BBQ/Bush Tucker Lunch @ Cultural precinct or bert button lookout
Relax to the sounds of the didgeridoo
Gallery
'Learn The Story Behind The Footprints'
Choose Your Tour
Present Welcome Sign
Mission Impassable Tour
2 Hour Tour - Cherbourg Ration Shed Precinct tour.
Mondays & Thursdays and pre-bookings for Saturdays.
Tour Times: Mornings 10am - 12 noon or 1 pm to 3 pm
A community-led truth-telling tour recounts experiences in the Camp Mission under "The Act". Hear firsthand from Aunty Jeanette, a Cherbourg Elder, about her life under the Aboriginal Protection and Restriction Act of 1897, sharing local history, poetry and screening "The Early Days" and The Ration Shed films.
Join Aunty Jeanette on a cultural and educational awareness, sharing stories of resilience and survival from Cherbourg's early days.
Tour Fees per person:
$90 (Non-Government)
$120 (Government)
additional fee's apply for pre-booked weekend tour
Original Entry into Cherbourg
(Permit required to enter pass this point)
Past halfway sign
Optional 1 hour add-on to the Mission Impassable Tour.
3 hours in total. Offering morning or afternoon tours for
Tuesdays & Thursdays and pre-book for once a month Saturday mornings only.
Join Aunty Jeanette for an additional hour to view an additional film and visit one of the local significant and historical places.
Tour Fees per person:
$120 (Non-Government)
$150 (Government)
additional fees apply for pre-booked weekend tour