[9] The 292-metre-high (958 ft) mountain on which the south-eastern sector of the township is built was first named by the Aboriginal people of the area, the Worimi.

Decreasing profitability meant mining had ceased by 1952 and in 1979 NSW State Forests took over management of the mountain.

A disused mining cart trail directly up the mountain (known by the locals as "the trolley track") is part of the heritage mine-site complex.

An area of State forest, open to tourists for camping and hiking this bushland set of ranges is visible from the town of Bulahdelah and Alum Mountain.

Logging was a traditional industry of Bulahdelah until 1994 when much of the Forestry Commission land was dedicated to National Parks.