Bunya pines are native to Australia though not specifically from my region (up in south east Queensland). They are culturally significant to first Nations peoples here.

"A collaborative cross-cultural research team have discovered that movement of the culturally significant Bunya Pine by Indigenous Peoples varied among regions and intensified in south-east Queensland to maintain cultural connectivity following European colonisation."

(Link to article in next toot).

Bunya nut article link below.

“We are increasingly aware that what we thought of as ‘wild’ ranges of species did not take into account traditional indigenous activities,” Maurizio said.

“Indigenous Peoples have manipulated environments and species for millennia. However, conservation and restoration science often overlook ancient human plant dispersal," he said.

https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/discover-and-learn/watch-listen-read/genomic-research-highlights-indigenous-ecological-knowledge