Tag: AU – Budj Bim Cultural Landscape

5 Indigenous engineering feats you should know about; Cat Kutay; The Conversation

Photo: Office of the Premier of Victoria

For many millennia, Indigenous Australians have engineered Australia landscape. From an ochre mine to fish traps, here are five remarkable examples of First Nations technical know-how.

Source: 5 Indigenous engineering feats you should know about

Australia’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site is brilliantly alive; Andrew Bain; Traveller

Photo: Visit Victoria

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape in Victoria is Australia’s first site listed purely for its Indigenous cultural value.

Source: Australia’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site is brilliantly alive

An enduring Indigenous engineering project illuminates a path to a sustainable future; Matilda Bowra; Create

Budj Bim is a sophisticated and complex aquaculture system comprising weirs, dams and stone canals designed to manipulate water levels in various parts of Lake Condah and trap and farm fish and migrating kooyang — eels.

Source: An enduring Indigenous engineering project illuminates a path to a sustainable future – Create