Muckadilla, which means “muddy waters” or “murky waters”, is thought to have been the setting where the famous warrior Bussamarai defended Aboriginal land against invading colonists, supported by neighbouring Aboriginal groups in the ‘the Great Land War’ of the mid-1800’s (see for example the book Goodbye Bussamarai by Patrick Collins http://www.goodbyebussamarai.com/text.htm). Mount Abundance station, which once stretched to Muckadilla Creek, is a sacred site of great significance to Aboriginal people. ‘Connection sites’ have been identified that are up to 750 years old, and an old camp oven dated as 600 years old. Important ancestors of Aboriginal people in the Maranoa lived on Mt Abundance, and many grandparents, uncles and aunties worked for the white station owners who arrived after colonization. The station is listed on the State Heritage Register, and is open for visitors by appointment.