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Granite tors and eucalypt woodland on the slopes of Langi Ghiran, with mist in the valley below

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Lar-ne-jeering. Home of the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos.

It's impossible to tell our story without acknowledging the mountain beside us. Langi Ghiran rises from the plains between Ararat and Beaufort, and its granite outcrops, woodlands, waterways and wildlife make it unlike the farming country around it.

01Djab Wurrung Country

The story of Langi Ghiran began long before modern settlement. Parks Victoria records the mountain's name in the language of the Djab Wurrung people as Lar-ne-jeering, meaning "Home of the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos". Langi Ghiran is the anglicised form of that name.

The park holds ancient rock art and a rock shelter, a place of significance to the Djab Wurrung people. Parks Victoria recognises the Djab Wurrung and Eastern Maar Traditional Owners in its management of the park.

These places sit within a living cultural landscape and an ongoing connection between people and Country.

LG Recycling acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Lar-ne-jeering and respects their enduring connection to this Country.

From 350 million years ago to today: read the deep history →

02Country before industry

This history matters to the philosophy behind LG Recycling. Long before ideas like waste management, resource recovery or the circular economy existed, Aboriginal people cared for Country through knowledge built up over countless generations.

Land isn't simply something we use.

It's something we have a responsibility to leave in good condition for those who follow.

Langi Ghiran's granite peak rising above woodland and golden grassland

Granite, woodland and water. A landscape unlike the farming country around it.

03Water, timber and settlement

European settlement brought another period of change. Surveyor Thomas Mitchell passed through in 1836 and was the first European to climb the mountain.

One of Langi Ghiran's most remarkable features was built to supply water to the growing town of Ararat. In 1880 a reservoir and stone water races were constructed from granite quarried nearby, hand-laid work by tradesmen that is still visible in the park today.

Timber milling and quarrying also became part of the area's working history. Those industries helped build communities, and they changed parts of the natural landscape. LG Recycling represents the next chapter: restoration.

A living landscape

Granite ranges, woodland and wildlife.

Langi Ghiran State Park protects a striking transition from the plains to the granite ranges, including plants found nowhere else.

Trees of the park

  • River Red Gum
  • Yellow Box
  • Candlebark
  • Messmate
  • Manna Gum
  • Red Stringybark
  • Yarra Gum

Found nowhere else

  • Langi Ghiran Grevillea
  • Grampians Bitter-pea

Wildlife

  • Eastern Grey Kangaroo
  • Wallabies and echidnas
  • Shingleback lizard
  • Crimson Rosella
  • Powerful Owl
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle
A yellow-tailed black cockatoo in flight over granite and eucalypt woodland

And above the forest, the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, whose home is remembered in the name Lar-ne-jeering.

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