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Latitude

-26.366

Longitude

152.833

State

QLD

Feature Term

mountain

Kabi Kabi placename for Mt Cooroora, according to Steele, who seems to get it from Simpson and Eipper, who get it from Bracewell. It is an obvious navigational landmark, for people on the northern Bunya routes, or from the coast at the Maroochy mouth or Noosa to the Mary River in the ranges. Most likely related to the Maroochy story, due to the clear visibility in relation to it, though I can't find any attestations. We might speculate it's Ninderry's clan. "The Gympie Area The Mary Valley from Imbil to Gootchie, centred on Gympie, is generally regarded as territory of the Kabi people. This area is much smaller than that of the Kabi language group, but larger than that occupied by Murudhalin's clan, the people described by Mathew and therefore regarded as classic Kabi. Frequent mention is made here of the journey of Simpson and Eipper in 1843, and their route is traced on figure 109. Mount Cooroora was an important landmark on their journey; it was pointed out to them by Bracewell, who called it Carruga and said that it was fifteen miles from the coast, with bunya scrubs extending beyond it towards the coast. Clans such as Bracewell's Carburrah at Lake Cootharaba would have used the mountain as a navigational aid on their journeys between the coast and the bunya country. Stretching to the north of Cooroora is a range (Beenam) which Bracewell knew as Moppevah (place of honey). The Beenam Range forms the boundary between Dulingbara and Kabi territory. Mounts Tagigan and Goomboorian also lie on this boundary. Tagigan is possibly dha-gigam, the place of the white cockatoo, and Goomboorian may be connected with gumbo, the tree grub." - Aboriginal Pathways: in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River, John Gladstone Steele

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