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Mount Wheeler
Sign in to saveGai-i (previously known as Mount Wheeler) is a small mountain situated between Rockhampton and Yeppoon in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is one of several igneous volcanic plug formations that feature on the landscape near the Capricorn Coast. The mountain is situated on a site known as Gawula, which is administered by the Gawula Aboriginal Land Trust. Traditionally home to a group of Aboriginal Australians known as the Darumbal people, it was returned to them in 2007 under the Aboriginal Land Act.
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It sits within the topics Massacres of ethnic groups, Mountains of Queensland and Rockhampton.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Australia
- Located in
- Queensland
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Gai-i (previously known as Mount Wheeler) is a small mountain situated between Rockhampton and Yeppoon in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is one of several igneous volcanic plug formations that feature on the landscape near the Capricorn Coast. The mountain is situated on a site known as Gawula, which is administered by the Gawula Aboriginal Land Trust. Traditionally home to a group of Aboriginal Australians known as the Darumbal people, it was returned to them in 2007 under the Aboriginal Land Act.
==History== Gawula is the traditional home of the Darumbal people. Many indigenous groups from the region would meet at this site to exchange tools and arrange marriages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Wheeler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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