Located in the traditional country of Gunditjmara Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia, the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is an example of one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems.
Comprising three serial components which are connected by the Budj Bim Lava flows, the aquaculture system in the property was developed by the Gunditjmara, based on deliberate redirection, modification and management of waterways and wetlands. This system provided an economic and social base for the Gunditjmara society for close to six millennia. It is today documented through present-day Gunditjmara cultural knowledge, practices, material culture, scientific research and historical texts.
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