# Billy Jagar

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{{Short description|Elder of the Yirrganydji people}}
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'''Billy Jagar''' (1870–1930) was an [Australian Aboriginal elder](/source/Australian_Aboriginal_elder) of the [Yirrganydji people](/source/Yirrganydji_people) of north [Queensland](/source/Queensland). He has been called the '''King of the Barron'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stratfordhistory.org.au/Trail_Sites/07.php|title=Stratford Heritage Trail|website=stratfordhistory.org.au}}</ref> After his death, one of his [king plate](/source/king_plate)s was lost for sixty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/the-long-journey-of-billy-jagars-breast-plate/3326798|title=The Long Journey of Billy Jagar's Breast Plate|date=8 June 2006|website=Radio National}}</ref>

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