Blackall Range

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Blackall Range
Image of Nambour on the Blackall Range (1910)

Image of Nambour on the Blackall Range (1910)

Highest peak Howells Knob ( 581  m )
location Queensland
part of Great dividing range
Blackall Range (Queensland)
Blackall Range
Coordinates 26 ° 42 ′  S , 152 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 26 ° 42 ′  S , 152 ° 53 ′  E
rock Volcanic rock
Age of the rock 235-30 million years
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The Blackall Range is a mountainous country in southeast Queensland , Australia . The first European to come to this area was Ludwig Leichhardt . The name comes from Samuel Blackall , the second governor of Queensland.

The Blackall Range dominates the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast , west of Nambour . Maleny , Mapleton , Montville and Flaxton are the most important settlements in this hill country. The Stanley River has its source in the slopes to the south. Baroon Pocket Dam is a dam on Obi Obi Creek that drains the northwest mountain slopes.

geology

The basalt mountainous terrain was formed by volcanic activity 30 million years ago. Erosion changed the landscape, creating ravines and soils on which subtropical rainforests grow. Volcanoes 235 million years ago created rhyolite rock.

Aboriginal

Bunya Nut

The Gubbi Gubbi Aborigines lived in the Blackall Range , where the Queensland Araucaria ( Araucaria bidwillii ) - locally called Bunya Pine - grows. The Blackall Range and Bunya Mountains are the only two areas where this tree grows naturally. It grows up to 30 to 45 meters high, reaches a trunk circumference of 1.5 meters and prefers basaltic soils. The bunya nut, which reaches the size of a soccer ball, weighs a kilogram and contains 100 to 200 seeds, was collected as bush food by the Aborigines in the area of ​​north-south Queensland together with neighboring Aborigines from December to March . The seeds were eaten raw or roasted, made into flour or baked into bread. The nut was also used in ceremonies, trades, weddings and other occasions held on the occasion of the meetings. The wood of the tree has recently been used to build guitars.

From 1842 to 1860 the Blackall Range was a large reservation for the Aborigines. Governor George Gipps built it to protect the Aborigines and for their bunya nut. It was forbidden to harvest the nut, to settle and cut trees. The first European settlers of the Blackall Range settled in the Mary Cairncross Reserve . Curramore Sanctuary , Mapleton Falls , Mapleton , Maleny and Kondalilla National Park are located in the mountainous country. Numerous viewpoints on the mountains offer a view of the coast. One of the best views is from Howells Knob , a mountain that rises 561 m above sea level. With its spectacular views, natural beauties and developed tourism with accommodation, restaurants, offerings in art galleries and shops, the Blackall Range is a popular destination for tourists.

Europeans

The abundant wood reserves brought lumberjacks to this area in the 1860s. The last logging took place in 1939.

Local community activities, with the support of the Queensland government, have given the area cult status and more environmental protection. This status was proclaimed in the middle of 2008, previously Noosa and Port Douglas .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maleny . In: Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Digital , March 12, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2008. 
  2. ↑ a b derm.qld.gov.au ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Blackall Range . Retrieved March 6, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.derm.qld.gov.au
  3. ^ Bunya Mountains Gathering . Queensland Museum. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ dpi.qld.gov.au ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Bunya Pine . Retrieved January 24, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dpi.qld.gov.au
  5. ↑ anpsa.org.au : Bunya Feast . Retrieved March 6, 2012
  6. ↑ sgapqld.org.au ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Bunya nuts . Retrieved March 6, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sgapqld.org.au
  7. ↑ Guide to Maleny in Queensland . In: Sydney Morning Herald , Fairfax Digital , November 25, 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2009. 
  8. ^ Queensland Environmental Protection Agency: Heritage Trails of the Great South East . State of Queensland, 2000, ISBN 0-7345-1008-X , p. 130.
  9. ^ Blackall Range push for iconic status . Retrieved May 4, 2008.
  10. ^ Alan Lander: Blackall Range achieves iconic status . In: Sunshine Coast News . APN News & Media Ltd. June 20, 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2009.

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