Editing Kalkajaka National Park (section)

==Cultural history==
Kalkajaka ("Black Mountain") is a heavily significant feature of the [[Kuku Nyungkal people]]'s [[cultural landscape]]. Kalkajaka translates to "place of the spear".

Queensland's Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been advised of at least four sites of particular [[Australian Aboriginal mythology|mythological]] significance within the area as follows:<ref name="nch"/>

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''There are at least four sites of religious or mythological significance on the mountain. These are the Kambi, a large rock with a cave where flying-foxes are found; Julbanu, a big grey kangaroo-shaped rock looking toward Cooktown; Birmba, a stone facing toward Helenvale where sulphur-crested cockatoos are seen; and a taboo place called Yirrmbal near the foot of the range.''
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Kalkajaka also features strongly in local, more non-Aboriginal cultural landscapes, some of which has also been described by Queensland's [[Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland)|Department of Environment and Resource Management]] as follows:<ref name="nch"/>

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''When European colonists arrived late last century, they added to the many Aboriginal legends of the area with a few of their own. Stories abound of people, horses and whole mobs of cattle disappearing into the labyrinth of rocks, never to be seen again''
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It is believed that those who vanished most probably fell into one of the chasms under the rocks or after entering one of these places became lost.  It is estimated only three in ten would survive such falls, wandering below the Earth's surface with only ground water streams and insects to nourish them.  A minority group is referred to by colonists as the Outback Moles (perhaps in reference to New York's underground population).<ref name="naq"/>