Right to Climb

Representative of the Ngarakbal - Githubal Women, Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Marlene Boyd, has provided a statement and press release about the closure of the Mt Warning National Park and provided permission to share it. This statement once and for all confirms NPWS have failed in their obligations under the Act to properly consult the rightful Aboriginal Custodians for over 20 years. It confirms the Minister and Public have been misled about Aboriginal Heritage in the Park by NPWS. Based on this extraordinary statement the Minister must act immediately to suspend those involved and initiate a far-ranging independent inquiry into management failures in the Mount Warning National Park. Please send your questions to Minister Griffin and Premier Perrottet! Statement text below: Press Release Statement of Elizabeth Davis Boyd  regarding the closure of the Mount Warning National Park My name is  Elizabeth Davis Boyd — Tribal name "Eelemarni I am an authorised representative of the...

Recent article in the Courier Mail ( Wollumbin scientist questions sacred nature of mountain , 18/12/2022) raises a question as to whether there are any sacred sites on the Mountain. The massif itself features in various mythologies but it seems it's possible that there are no actual sites on the mountain itself. This lines up with Ngarakwaal stories about the mountain being an increase site for brush turkeys where no hunting, and hence no visitation took place. Early ascents (eg Cudgen Guilfoyle 1871 ) make no mention of pre-existing trails to the summit which would have been present if the summit area was used as a male initiation site as recently claimed.  "A scientist who spent years studying Mount Warning Wollumbin has questioned just how “sacred” the site is after a committee recommended closing it to the public forever. Dr Peter Solomon wrote a thesis for the University of Queensland on his findings from years of study during the 1950s, focusing mostly on the area’s uni...