In Australia, tribal elders say a series of mountains near Brisbane not only play an important role in Aboriginal Astrology and culture, but are necessary in formulating a cohesive bond among the people of this southern hemisphere continent. These are the Glass House Mountains and it is said one mountain peak resembles an Aboriginal spiritual father, Baiame.

According to the storytellers, Baiame, a spirit father, was the leader of the four brothers. He lived in a cave on top of Mt. Beerwah and many natives believe that if Australia is ever going to unite as a people, they should unite with their

ancestors at this place where this spirit father was known to have stayed. In this way, the ancestors are making their presence felt in this world again.

Researchers have found that this archaeoastronomical site was used as a birthing spot, and the birthing tradition recorded the star constellations directly overhead by the midwife or the second mother. She would dot out on a piece of bark their position on the night that a girl child was born. Then that bark would be kept for that baby until she came into her childbearing years. It was then explained to her that these dots on this chart represent her coming down time, when they line up in the sky exactly as they do now.

That not only indicated when her ovulation began, but would be the proof she would show to the second or third wife to indicate it was her turn to sleep with the husband to create a new generation of children. For tens of thousands of years this mountain served and a focal point for cultural identity and mythology.

Why did they choose Mt. Beerwah? It seems the sun heats the rock during the course of the day and at night time when the sun sets; the heat rises and separates the clouds directly over head.

Overcast skies would normally prevent the people from recording the stars, but this phenomenon allows observers access to the skies above that mountain 356 days of the year. The elders claim that because of the bond made between heaven and earth, not only did the people gain knowledge of aboriginal astrology, but in a sense regulated their body clocks as well. The elders say with great pride that gleaning celestial information for future generations can still be recorded there.

The Aboriginal elders strongly believe that this is just one of the many unifying elements that exist in the land down under and because of them; Australia will lead the rest of the planet in the new millennium.