Aboriginal protesters occupying a former Aboriginal reserve southwest of Meanjin in Deebing Creek, were evicted by police at 4am on Tuesday, enabling property development after a years-long standoff.

Many gathered at the site to witness black plastic sheets being put up across the fences to conceal any view of the site which sits next to a public road.

"We cannot believe it has come to this, that we have been forcibly removed from country," Deebing Creek Protector Kris "Yowie" Bunda said.

"We are here to protect this country, the culture and the bones."

The area is believed to be the site of a massacre in 1896 in which up to 25 Indigenous school children were shot at the old mission and their teacher Julia Ford killed in the crossfire as she tried to protect them. The demonstrators believe the site contains more than 200 bodies in total, including 30-50 children.

A lone headstone marked "in loving memory of Julia, beloved wife of Arthur Ford", stands in the heritage-listed Deebing Creek Mission Cemetery at Deebing Heights.

Despite the findings commissioned by the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (DATSIP) found through ground penetrating radar, which prove there are multiple burials sites, QPS Acting Sergeant Dan O'Keefe says he believes the gazetted "cemetery" is the only burial site, further down from the development zone.

AVJennings contacted the police, who deployed at least 15 officers and at least five squad cars including paddy wagons. A number of private security personnel all wearing body cams also attended and appeared to be instigating exchanges with the non-violent protestors throughout the day.

A spokesperson for the Queensland Police said they were present "in respect to a request by the developer".

Security personnel were allegedly seen multiple times mocking the protestors and family affected by the development.

The site of the sovereign camp, 144 Grampian Drive, is now part of AVJennings's planned Deebing Springs community.

Ms Bunda, also known as Yowie, has been chief protector of the bones and cemetery at Deebing Creek and delivered a powerful message regarding the protest.

"The archival records state clearly that people have died here, so where are their bodies, where are their bones?

"and from the GPR that has been done here, we know factually that there are bones here, and not inside that gazetted cemetery," she said.

At midday Health and Safety Officers were called to the site due to an alleged code violation by AVJennings, where an electrical contractor was allegedly observed unlawfully doing electrical work alone, which resulted in development being shut down.

"This is a victory for today. There will be no more desecration today," said one protestor, Kerry.

"AV Jennings is removing their equipment from the site, they've already flattened most of what was there on site."

In the video below, a man believed to be an RA Timber Qld contractor for AVJennings is seen slapping the phone from the hand of Marcus Burke, an activist who was asking the contractor for an explanation, causing his phone to go flying in the air as the contractor promptly sped off.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, AVJennings said its decision to remove the trespassers had not been taken lightly and follows more than three years of liaison and consultation with various groups to address their concerns.

"AVJennings has been engaging with the YUP since 2017 and we have full support from the Traditional Owners, the Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (DATSIP) and more specifically, the Cultural Heritage Unit," said CEO of AVJennings, Phil Kearns.

With confidence from both sides of the protest, the findings from the Ground Penetrating Radar results still have not been released to the public despite an AV Jennings spokesperson telling The Guardian in 2022 that the findings would be made public.

According to The Guardian, Aboriginal activist Daniel Thompson was part of the crew that conducted the GPR study and found enough evidence to suggest a mass burial site on what is referred to as the cemetery to halt development.

He called for the findings to be released to the wider public before any decisions were made by YUP (Yuggera Ugarapul People) or the private landholders on future development plans.

"I'm pretty sure we went over a trench which contained human remains. Nature doesn't make straight lines like that," Mr Thompson said.

"We believe there was a massacre that has taken place on the site. We believe it was a massacre of children and they should be given a proper burial."

Deebing Creek Sovereignty Camp spokeswoman Lekina Thompson also called for the report to be released to the wider public, not just members of YUP.

"The promise happened a long time ago, the GPR happened a long time ago and as far as making it public, if they were really intending to do that they would have made it public as soon as they got the findings," she said.

"I believe they have found something. From what I have already seen there are trenches. There are anomalies in those trenches."

The National Indigenous Times has contacted AV Jennings for comment.