Kondalilla is a national park in the Blackall Range of South East Queensland, Australia, 91 km north of Brisbane.
He named it Bon Accord before giving it to the Queensland Government who, during the fifties, renamed it Kondalilla which is an Aboriginal word for running water.
[1] For countless generations, the Blackall Range has held spiritual significance for many Aboriginal people throughout South East Queensland.
[3] Abundant bunya pines growing throughout this area produced large nut crops, providing enough food for huge gatherings.
Many invited guests travelled great distances from coastal and inland areas to share food, songs and dances, arrange marriages, and other social interactions.
[3] From 1842 until 1860, the Blackall Range was part of a large reserve declared by Governor Gipps to protect the bunya pine food source for local Indigenous groups.
In the 1880s, prized timber including red cedar, white beech, bunya pine, blackbutt and tallowwood was logged in the Blackall Range.