Gunditjmara people

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The Gunditjmara people are an Aboriginal Australian group from south-western Victoria, renowned for their sophisticated ancient aquaculture systems and deep cultural connection to the region’s lands and waterways.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Victoria
associatedWithTown Heywood, Victoria NERFINISHED
Portland, Victoria NERFINISHED
Warrnambool, Victoria NERFINISHED
country Australia
culturalRegion Gunditjmara Country NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Budj Bim Cultural Landscape NERFINISHED
experienced dispossession of land during European colonization
frontier conflict in the 19th century
hasAlternativeName Gundidj Mara NERFINISHED
Gunditj Mara NERFINISHED
Gunditjmara NERFINISHED
hasClanSystem multiple Gunditjmara clans
hasCulturalConnectionTo Budj Bim volcano NERFINISHED
lands of south-western Victoria
waterways of south-western Victoria
hasHeritageListing Budj Bim Cultural Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape NERFINISHED
hasHistoricEvent Eumeralla Wars NERFINISHED
hasLegalRecognition native title determinations in south-western Victoria
hasOrganization Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasSacredSite Budj Bim NERFINISHED
Kurtonitj NERFINISHED
Tae Rak (Lake Condah) NERFINISHED
knownFor ancient aquaculture systems
eel trapping and farming
sophisticated water management
stone-walled fish traps
language Gunditjmara language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn south-western Victoria
partOf Koori peoples of south-eastern Australia NERFINISHED
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersOf Budj Bim Cultural Landscape NERFINISHED
Tyrendarra area
religion Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalCountry Budj Bim region NERFINISHED
south-western Victoria
traditionalFoodSource fish
short-finned eel
wetland plants
traditionalPractice complex channel and weir building
eel aquaculture
seasonal burning of country
stone house construction
usesMaterialCulture stone fish traps
stone houses
weirs and channels

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Grampians National Park hasTraditionalOwners Gunditjmara people