Biamanga National Park is a protected area in New South Wales, Australia, After concerns had been raised by local people, the NSW Government set up an advisory committee in 1977 to investigate the woodchipping industry.
21st century
Further protests against logging activities occurred in 2010.
Description
The park covers . It is seen by the traditional owners as "part of a single cultural landscape" with the Gulaga National Park. Azure kingfishers and superb fairywrens abound in the park. The traditional custodians are represented by two Local Aboriginal Land Councils, the Merrimans and Bega LALCs, which own the title to the land and lease it back to the government of New South Wales for use as a national park. in particular Biamanga, also known as Mumbulla Mountain, which is part of a large ceremonial and cultural track on the South Coast of New South Wales. It includes other Aboriginal sacred sites of particular importance to the Yuin peoples. The mountain was named after Yuin leader King Jack Mumbulla, aka Jack Mumbler, whose "tribal" name was Biamanga. King Jack would spend time communing with the ancestor spirits on the highest peak of the mountain and send smoke signals for his people to see. Initiation ceremonies were held by Yuin people at various spots on the mountain, with the last recorded one held there in 1918.