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Budj Bim or Mount Eccles is an extinct volcano near Macarthur in southwestern Victoria, Australia. Budj Bim is also the Gunditjmara name, meaning High Head. The roughly conical shaped peak rises 178 meters (584 feet).
The World Heritage Centre accepted the nomination for the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape as Australia’s first Aboriginal cultural site to receive World Heritage status.
Google Maps
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Background
Budj Bim, near Lake Condah in southwest Victoria, is sacred to its Gundijtmara traditional owners.
The Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape provides evidence of a system of channels and weirs constructed from the abundant local volcanic rock to manage water flows from nearby Lake Condah to exploit eels as a food source.
Australia has 19 World Heritage places, with Kakadu National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Tasmanian Wilderness and Willandra Lakes Region listed for both natural and Indigenous cultural values.
If added to the World Heritage List Budj Bim will be Australia’s 20th World Heritage place.
Gunditjmara
Long dormant volcano, Budj Bim is the source of the Tyrendarra lava flow which extends over 50 kilometers to the southwest. For at least 6,500 years, the Gunditjmara have used a highly sophisticated aquaculture system, developed on the remains of a lava flow.
The Gunditjmara engineered channels to manage and divert water and ensure a sustainable supply of kooyang or eels. Even today this aquaculture system continues to be actively managed by Gunditjmara.
National Park
Budj Bim/Mount Eccles National Park is Victoria’s first co-managed national park. The park is managed by Gunditjmara Traditional Owners and Parks Victoria.
The park’s tranquil crater lake and pleasant bushland surrounds make it a pleasant place for picnics, camping and bushwalking. Nature trails follow the old crater rim.
Elsewhere on the Web
https://www.budjbim.com.au – https://twitter.com/BudjBimTourism
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/frydenberg/media-releases/mr20180302.html
http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/budj-bim
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6167
http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/mount-eccles-national-park
Recommended Listening
The rich cultural landscape of Budj Bim – Awaye
Videos
Eels, Stone Houses and National Heritage
Embedded Tweets
https://twitter.com/IndigenousX/status/1158684758638915584
https://twitter.com/AboriginalVic/status/970810031925952512
https://twitter.com/BudjBim/status/822606430968672256
2020 Bushfires
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape fire reveals new sections of ancient aquatic system
World Heritage listed site saved from Lake Condah fires – SBS
UNESCO World Heritage site Budj Bim continues to burn after lightening strike on Saturday – The Standard
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https://twitter.com/SarahJaneBell94/status/1213291614279356416
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#43WHC
https://twitter.com/UNESCO/status/1147391627327148032
https://twitter.com/IcomosG/status/1147406341436317696
Wikipedia
Budj Bim
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