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41373
Type
conference item
Titre
Budj Bim. Caring for the spirit and the people
Langues
English
Auteurs
Bell, Damein / Johnston, Chris
Date
2008
Pagination de section
1-18
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
Résumé en anglais
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape represents theextraordinary 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 southwesternVictoria, 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.
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 southwesternVictoria, 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.
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