The people of Budj Bim : engineers of aquaculture, builders of stone house settlements and warriors defending country / by the Gunditjmara with Gib Wettenhall
- Bib ID:
- 10035116
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wettenhall, Gib, author
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Description:
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- Heywood, VIC : Em PRESS Publishing for the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, [2022]
- ©2022
- 91 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780955777820 (paperback)
- Summary:
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This updated and revised edition covers the story of Australia's first Indigenous community-led nomination bid for World Heritage listing of their cultural landscape. In 2019, the Gunditjmara were recognised through World Heritage listing for their demonstrated technological ingenuity in engineering water flows and managing food resources across the Budj Bim lava flows in south-west Victoria over many millenia. In 2009, carbon dating had found that a fishtrap system constructed by the Gunditjmara is an incredible 6,600 years old. A permanent supply of freshwater and abundant eels, fish and water plants meant that the Gunditjmara led a settled life there - an experience without parallel among Aboriginal societies and landscapes in Australia.In The People of Budj Bim, the Gunditjmara people with Gib Wettenhall bring to life the amazing, unknown history of their traditional eel aquaculture systems and associated stone house settlements, once scattered throughout the lakes, streams and ponds that pockmark the Budj Bim lava flow from peak to sea. At first contact, the rough and broken ground of the lava flow acted as a fortress. It became the setting for what Robbery Under Arms author, Rolf Boldrewood, called the Eumeralla War, a six year battle fought by Gunditjmara clans against squatters taking over their land. The fighting Gunditjmara never gave up their connection to Country. In 2014, they won Native Title to much of their land and with World Heritage recognition are now stepping up in healing Country and culture. And, in the process, the Gunditjmara are positively healing their people from the trauma of the past and restoring their confidence and identity.
- ICIP notice:
- This material contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Gunditjmara peoples. Restrictions on access and use of this material may apply. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-91).
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Native title
- Animals - Fish - Eels
- Fishing - Fish traps
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Settlement and contacts - Government settlements, reserves
- Housing - House construction
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Race relations - Violent
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Environment - Conservation - Conservation areas - World Heritage List
- Gunditjmara / Gurndidy / Dhaurwurd-Wurrung people (S20) (Vic SJ54-11)
- Budj Bim / Mount Eccles (SW Vic SJ54-07)
- Eumeralla (W Vic SJ54-11)
- Tae Rak / Lake Condah (W Vic SJ54-11)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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