Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory)
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Black Mountain is a small mountain with an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". Template:AHD that is situated to the west of the Canberra central business district on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the Australian Capital Territory of Australia. Black Mountain is protected from development by the Canberra Nature Park and is predominantly covered in native bushland and is a haven to native wildlife.
Aboriginal significance
Galambary (Black Mountain) is a sacred Aboriginal meeting and business site, predominantly for men’s business. Black Mountain and adjacent Mount Ainslie are referred to as women’s breasts. Galambary was also used by Ngunnawal people as an initiation site, with the mountain itself said to represent the growth of a boy into a man.[1]
Location and features
The mountain is located west of the main campus of the Australian National University and, together with the Template:ACTcity ridge, forms a natural west and northwestern boundary for Canberra city. Black Mountain rises Script error: No such module "convert". above the water level of Lake Burley Griffin that lies at its base. Situated close to the highest point on the mountain is Black Mountain Tower (previously known as Telstra Tower, and Telecom Tower), a broadcasting tower rising a further Script error: No such module "convert". above the summit.
The Australian National Botanic Gardens and the CSIRO share the eastern base of Black Mountain, next to the Australian National University.
Black Mountain was originally named Black Hill at the same time as the naming of nearby Red Hill.[2] The original name explains why the mountain is not named Mount Black, like nearby Mount Majura and Mount Ainslie. The early European settlers referred to the mountain formation as the Canberry Ranges.[3]
Geology
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