For well over 20,000 years people have inhabited Stradbroke Island. The sand depression in this locality was once a 'bora ring,' a broad shallow excavation in the soft soil forming an amphitheater in which tribal rituals and ceremonies were conducted.
Bora rings had special significance to the Aboriginal people. There were separate rings for men and women. "Men's business" was conducted without the women present and vice versa. A man or woman who wandered into the other's secret ceremony risked being killed or banished. Bull roarers were hung from trees, indicating a sacred ceremony and telling all not involved to keep well away. This ring was the site for male ceremonies and rituals such as initiation and circumcision. There are other similar sites nearby which may have accommodated women's rituals. Another ring lies on the southern tip of North Stradbroke Island, which may have been associated with this site back when the two islands were joined.
