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Glass House Mountains
The Glass House Mountains are located near Beerburrum State Forest and Steve Irwin Way. The Glass House Mountains are a group of thirteen hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain. They are listed on the Queensland and National Heritage Register as a landscape of national significance. The Glass House Mountains were named by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770 who wrote ‘These hills lie but a little way inland, and not far from each other. They are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation, which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but these are not nearly so remarkable.
Around 25 million years ago south-east Queensland was rocked by prolonged volcanic activity. The core of the volcanoes (magma) was hardened. Numerous dome-like plugs of magma were forced through the surrounding older rocks, filling volcanic vents or subsurface bulges, and the surrounding softer rocks have eroded away leaving the mountains.
The Glass House Mountains was a special meeting place where Aboriginals would gather for ceremonies and trading. Crowds of people flocked to large gatherings and festivals at times when local food sources, such as the bunya nut, thrived. It is considered spiritually significant with many ceremony sites still present and protected today. The mountains Aboriginal names are Beerwah, Tibrogargan, Coonowrin, Tunbubudla, Beerburrum, Ngungun, Tibberoowuccum and Coochin. The glass house mountains are valued by today's aboriginal people because there are numerous aboriginal sites in the area ranging from rock art sites, burial places, axe grinding grooves, quarries and past camping places. It also has spiritual significance to the Gubbi Gubbi and Jinibara people.
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https://parks.des.qld.gov.au
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https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/glass-house-mountains/pdf/glass-house-guide.pdf
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