Glasshouse Mountains Rock climbing 839 routes in region

Four separate volcanic plugs (mountains) located on the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane. The online guide is available at www.qurank.com/glasshouse

First Nations Information

The First Nations people from this area are Jinibara.

The Jinibara people of the Sunshine Coast are the inland or mountain people and their names means “people of the lawyer vine” (jinni = lawyer vine; bara = people), thus referring to the mountainous nature of their country where the lawyer vine grows. The Jinibara People’s traditional land embraces the Blackall Ranges and the area west of Old Gympie Road. The Jinibara People consist of four sub-groups or clans, being the Dungidau centred on Kilcoy, Villeneuve and Mt Archer area, the Nalbo of the Blackall Range and much of the Glasshouse Mountains area, the Dala between Woodford and the Blackall Range, and the Garumngar of the rolling country between the Brisbane River and Mt Crosby and what today is the southern edge of Brisbane Forest Park.

The Glass House Mountains area was a special meeting place where many First Nations Peoples gathered for ceremonies and trading. It is considered spiritually significant with many ceremonial and cultural sites still present and protected today. The Glasshouse Mountains hold significant cultural meaning to First Nations people with Mount Tibrogargan, Coonowrin and Mount Beerwah being central in local Dreamtime Legend.

*The Dreaming: https://visitsunshinecoasthinterland.com.au/things-to-do/glass-house-mountains-aboriginal-legend/

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