Cape-Upstart-Nationalpark

The Cape Upstart National Park (English: Cape Upstart National Park ) is a national park in the eastern part of the Australian state of Queensland.

The Juru Clan of the Birri - Gubba the Aboriginesstammes lived for thousands of years on Cape Upstart.

Location

It is located 1016 km northwest of Brisbane, 60 kilometers west- north-west of Bowen and kilometers east- south-east of Ayr.

Landforms and vegetation

Cape Upstart is constructed from granite cape. It is covered with a dense rainforest. On the coasts there are heaths and sandy beaches.

Culture

In the sand dunes there are many Køkkenmøddinger from which you can see the connection of the Juru Clan to Cape Upstart. There are also sacred sites there, such as the women's field in the ' Worrungo Bay '' and stone arrangements in Mime Iceland, which, as the elders always emphasized, never fish traps, but an important ceremony area for initiation rites were .. The ceremony area was off of the Gubulla Munda (diamond Python) used ways as this created the mainland and the islands that were inhabited by the Juru. ( Dreamtime legend of the Juru and Birri Gubba - ).

Ownership

2011 saw the Federal Court of Australia to Juru to the right of ownership on Cape Upstart National Park. This court victory reached the Juru is a 20 -year-old fight for their property rights. The process was initiated in 1992 by Peter Prior ( Gulamba ) and 2012 of his daughter, Renarta Prior ( Gootha ) completed.