Gummingurru - A Very Special Place

Visiting Gummingurru. The Gummingurru Aboriginal stone arrangement site is north of Toowoomba, between the towns of Highfields and Meringandan on the Darling Downs, in inland southern Queensland. It is almost 5ha in size and is made up of more than a dozen designs made from the arrangement of local rocks which are formed from the basalt that covers parts of the site. It is one of the largest stone arrangement sites in Queensland, and is the most easterly stone Bora site recorded in Queensland. Gummingurru is in the country of the Jarowair Aboriginal people, who are one of the many Aboriginal groups associated with the Bunya Mountains and the feasts and ceremonies that were held there once every three years. Today Gummingurru is no longer used as an initiation site. The Jarowair custodians want the site to be open to everyone who is interested in learning about Aboriginal culture and heritage. They have opened the site to all Australians: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, young and old, male and female.

State: QLD

Where: Lot 2 Old Homebush Road Gowrie Junction 4352

When: Wednesday 19 May 10am-3pm

Cost: $5

Contact: Annie Ross on 3365 1450 or at annie.ross@uq.edu.au