Publicomos

Réf.

41373

Type

conference item

Titre

Budj Bim : caring for the spirit and the people

Langues

English

Auteurs

Bell, Damein / Johnston, Chris

Date

2008

Pages

18 p.

Titre de conférence

16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’

Lieu de conférence

Quebec, Canada

Date de conférence

29 sept – 4 oct 2008

Mots-clés

intangible heritage / Aboriginal cultures / indigenous peoples / sacred places / management / cultural landscapes / traditional knowledge

Pays mentionnés

Australia

Monuments et sites

Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape, Australia

N° Patrimoine mondial

1577

Résumé en anglais

Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape represents the extraordinary triumph of the Gunditjmara people in having this place recognised as a place of the spirit, a place of humantechnology and ingenuity and as a place of resistance. The Gunditjmara are the indigenous people of this part of southwestern Victoria, Australia. In this landscape, more than 30 000 years ago the Gunditjmara witnessed an important creation being, reveal himself in the landscape. Budj Bim (known today as Mount Eccles) is the source of animmense lava flow which transformed the landscape. The Gunditjmara people developed this landscape by digging channels,creating ponds and wetlands and shaping an extensive aquaculture system, providing an economic basis for the development of asettled society. This paper will present the complex management planning that hasgone into restoring the lake and re-establishing Gunditjmara management, reversing the tide of Australian history, and enablingthe spirit of this sacred place to again be cared for.

Document joint

77-7xnf-104.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)