Case file · Sacred site
Budj Bim, a volcano in living memory
In 2019 Budj Bim in western Victoria was inscribed as a World Heritage site for the Gunditjmara eel traps, more than 6,600 years old. Gunditjmara tradition tells of an ancestral being revealed as the volcano.
2019 CE · -38.07, 141.93 · status: official
The account
Researchers suggest the account may preserve memory of eruptions dated to about 37,000 years ago, making it one of the oldest stories in the world, though the link is debated.
Connections in the atlas
- Budj Bim, the creator being revealed