Mount Gulaga

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Mount Gulaga was sighted by James Cook on 21 April 1770 and he named it Mount Dromedary. It is the highest point on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. It rises above the village of Central Tilba and is within the Gulaga National Park. At its highest point it is 797 metres above sea level.^[1]

Gulaga is the place of ancestral origin for Yuin people, the Indigenous Australians of the area. Gulaga itself symbolises the mother and provides a basis for Aboriginal spiritual identity, for Aboriginal women and men.^{[2] [3]}

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1. ^ Mt Dromedary gold. Minerals. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (1997). Retrieved on 2006-05-23.
2. ^ Foster, Warren (2006). Gulaga told by Warren Foster. Stories of the Dreaming. Australian Museum. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.
3. ^ NSW Minister for the Environment, Debus, Bob (2006). Formal handback of Biamanga and Gulaga national parks to Aboriginal community: Media release - Friday, 3 February 2006. Media releases. Department of Environment and Climate Change. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.