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The Gubbi Gubbi - The traditional owners of the Blackall Range are the Gubbi Gubbi people, who, before European settlement, would gather every two or three years on the banks of the Obi Obi at Baroon Pocket to feast on the fruit of the Bunya Pine (Bonyi Bonyi). Today, the tall Bunya Pine still grows on the range.
In August 2006 the Glass House Mountains were registered as the 32nd addition to the National Heritage List. The Mountains date back approximately 25 million years.
In all, there are 15 mountains spread over 600,000 hectares from Mount Mellum in the north to Round Mountain in the south and east to Wild Horse Mountain on the Bruce highway. One of the best places to view the Glass House Mountains is from Mary Cairncross Park, which sits atop the Blackall Range just 15 mins out of Landsborough.
According to Aboriginal Legend - Tibrogargan the father (364 metres), and Beerwah the mother (the tallest at 556 metres), had many children - Coonowrin - or "Crookneck " (the eldest and 377 metres tall), Beerburrum, the Tunbubudla twins (338 and 296 metres) , Coochin, Ngungun, Tibberoowuccum, Miketeebumulgrai and Elimbah. According to legend there was also Round, who was fat and small, and Wild Horse (pressumably Saddleback), who was always straying to paddle in the sea. One day, when Tibrogargan was gazing out to sea, he noticed a great rising of the waters. Hurrying off to gather his younger children to flee to the safety of the mounts to the west, he called out to Coonowrin to help his mother, who once again was with child. Looking back to see if Coonowrin was assisting Beerwah, Tibrogragan was greatly angered to see him running off alone. He pursued Coonowrin and, raising his club, struck him such a mighty blow that it dislocated Coonowrin's neck, and he has never been able to straighten it since. After the floods had subsided and the family had returned to the plains, the other children teased Coonowrin about his crooked neck, Feeling ashamed Coonowrin went to Tibrogargan and asked for forgiveness but filled with shame at his son's cowardice, Tibrogargan could do nothing but weep copious tears which , trickling along the ground, formed a stream flowing in the sea. Then Coonowrin went to his brothers and sisters but they also wept at the shame of their brother's cowardice. The lamentations of Coonowrin's parents and his brothers and sisters at his disgrace explain the presence today of the numerous small streams in the area. Tibrogargan then called Coonowrin, asking him why he had deserted Beerwah, at which Coonowrin replied that as Beerwah was the biggest of them all she should be able to take care of herself. He did not know that Beerwah was again pregnant, which was the reason for her great size. Then Tibrogargan turned his back on Coonowrin and vowed he would never look at him again. Even today, Tibrogargan gazes far out to sea and never looks at Coonowrin, who hangs his head and cries, his tears running off to the sea. His mother, Beerwah is still heavy with child as it takes a long, long time to give birth to a mountain.
According to Aboriginal Legend - Tibrogargan the father (364 metres), and Beerwah the mother (the tallest at 556 metres), had many children - Coonowrin - or "Crookneck " (the eldest and 377 metres tall), Beerburrum, the Tunbubudla twins (338 and 296 metres) , Coochin, Ngungun, Tibberoowuccum, Miketeebumulgrai and Elimbah. According to legend there was also Round, who was fat and small, and Wild Horse (pressumably Saddleback), who was always straying to paddle in the sea. One day, when Tibrogargan was gazing out to sea, he noticed a great rising of the waters. Hurrying off to gather his younger children to flee to the safety of the mounts to the west, he called out to Coonowrin to help his mother, who once again was with child. Looking back to see if Coonowrin was assisting Beerwah, Tibrogragan was greatly angered to see him running off alone. He pursued Coonowrin and, raising his club, struck him such a mighty blow that it dislocated Coonowrin's neck, and he has never been able to straighten it since. After the floods had subsided and the family had returned to the plains, the other children teased Coonowrin about his crooked neck, Feeling ashamed Coonowrin went to Tibrogargan and asked for forgiveness but filled with shame at his son's cowardice, Tibrogargan could do nothing but weep copious tears which , trickling along the ground, formed a stream flowing in the sea. Then Coonowrin went to his brothers and sisters but they also wept at the shame of their brother's cowardice. The lamentations of Coonowrin's parents and his brothers and sisters at his disgrace explain the presence today of the numerous small streams in the area. Tibrogargan then called Coonowrin, asking him why he had deserted Beerwah, at which Coonowrin replied that as Beerwah was the biggest of them all she should be able to take care of herself. He did not know that Beerwah was again pregnant, which was the reason for her great size. Then Tibrogargan turned his back on Coonowrin and vowed he would never look at him again. Even today, Tibrogargan gazes far out to sea and never looks at Coonowrin, who hangs his head and cries, his tears running off to the sea. His mother, Beerwah is still heavy with child as it takes a long, long time to give birth to a mountain.
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