"Candle Mountain (near Peachester - height about 1200 ft.) is so called because the blacks in the early days lit a fire on its top as a signal to other tribes to congregate for the bunya feast. It is situated near the head of the Stanley River in Queensland. From the top, a beautiful view is obtained of the Glass House Mountains, the ocean, and Moreton Bay." On Candle Mountain in days gone by When blacks were wont to roam, And from its top up towards the sky The smoke rose white as foam.* This was a signal sent to tell the other tribes afar That for a time all would be well, And there would not be war.... - "OLD HAND." The Bunya Feast The Queenslander (Brisbane) Thursday 16 August 1934, p 5 NOTE: Bunya bark and bunya nut shell gives off a very white smoke when burnt (Alex Bond, per. comm., 2012).
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Kerkhove, Ray The Great Bunya Gathering, Early Accounts Enoggera, 2012 https://www.academia.edu/8244371/The_Great_Bunya_Gathering_Early_Accounts
