Editing Mount Warning (section)

==Aboriginal significance==
Wollumbin is a place of cultural and traditional significance to the [[Bundjalung people]] and contains sacred sites, where particular ceremonies and initiation rites are performed.<ref name=gnbmountain/> The summit area of the Mountain is a declared ''Aboriginal Place'' under the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/aboriginalplaces/Wollumbin.htm|title=Wollumbin {{!}} NSW Atlas of Aboriginal Places {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage|website=environment.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref>  

While now spelt Wollumbin, the Aboriginal word had numerous alternative spellings which are recorded in the historic record including; Walumban,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18655161|title=GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.|date=1858-05-01|work=Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893)|access-date=2019-02-25|pages=2}}</ref>  Walumbin,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article194039588|title=HISTORY OF TWEED VALLEY; THE WHITE SETTLERS|date=1947-11-01|work=Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949)|access-date=2019-02-25|pages=6}}</ref> and Wooloombin,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193122989|title=Aboriginal Names|date=1946-10-19|work=Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949)|access-date=2019-02-25|pages=2}}</ref> all referring  to the same place. In 1873 reference can be found to the Mountain being referred to by Aboriginal people as "Wollumbin", signifying "big fellow mountain".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190182896|title=OVER THE NIGHTCAP.|date=1923-11-03|work=Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949)|access-date=2019-02-25|pages=6}}</ref> The Aboriginal significance of the area is contextual and dependant on direction of observance, gender, and status of whoever is telling the story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Planning/Heritage/TSC08874_Aboriginal_Cultural_Heritage_Management_Plan_2018.pdf|title=Tweed Shire Council Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Plan|date=2019|website=tweed.nsw.gov.au|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> Several different stories exist about Wollumbin including reference to the Mountain as the Warrior Chief,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetcorroboree.com.au/blogs/culture-country/wollumbin-the-warrior-chief-the-turkey|title=Wollumbin, The Warrior Chief & the Turkey|last=Corroboree|first=Planet|website=Planet Corroboree|language=en|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref> a special place of significance for brush turkey,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://starlore.com.au/2014/07/16/aboriginal-significance-of-mount-warningwollumbin/|title=Wollumbin, The Warrior Chief & the Turkey|last=Corroboree|first=Planet|website=Planet Corroboree|date=16 July 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref> and the cloud catcher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/walking-tracks/wollumbin-mount-warning-summit-track|title=Wollumbin Mount Warning summit track|website=NSW National Parks|language=en|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref> Many more stories exist that are not in the public record.
[[File:Mount-warning-cloudcatcher.jpg|alt=Small cloud over the 'cloud catcher' on a clear day.|thumb|Small cloud over the "cloud catcher", photographed from an aeroplane]]
The name Wollumbin refers to the whole of the central vent and its surrounding ring dykes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/placename_search/extract?id=MnqwBKUluj|title=Extract - Geographical Names Board of NSW|website=gnb.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>

The government National Parks and Wildlife Service do not encourage climbers to hike the Mt. Warning/Wollumbin Trail up the mountain, but it is not forbidden by park regulations.<ref>Park Brochure [http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/~/media/Visitor/Files/PDF/Brochures/wollumbin_mebbin_pdf.ashx Park Brochure].  Retrieved on 4 November 2015.</ref>