Pipeclay is a national park in
Queensland
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Australia
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, 165 km north of
Brisbane
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The park was originally established in 1972 to protect an intect
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
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bora ring
Bora is an initiation ceremony of the Aboriginal people of Eastern Australia. The word "bora" also refers to the site on which the initiation is performed. At such a site, boys, having reached puberty, achieve the status of men. The initiation c ...
, This is the "little bora ring" which represented the highest level of initiation. According to Aboroginal tradition, only those who had been initiated at the bora ring were allowed to visit it. The last initiation at the bora ring was in 1865.
It was made a national park by the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Under its management plan, recreational use is not encouraged, and access to the park is by permit only.
Its name comes from the clay in the area, which was used for making pipes by both the Aboriginal and White populations.
See also
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Protected areas of Queensland
Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains around 500 separate protected areas. In 2020, it was estimated a total of 14.2 million hectares or 8.25% of Queensland's landmass was protected.
List of terrestrial protected are ...
References
National parks of Queensland
Protected areas established in 1963
Wide Bay–Burnett
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