Budj Bim
Gunditjmara aquaculture landscape in Victoria, Australia, with stone eel traps and channels among the world's oldest.
Dated events and their evidence
- 36,900 BCE mainstream
Budj Bim volcanic eruption, dated by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar to ~36,900 ± 3,100 years BP (Matchan et al. 2020) - the volcanic event itself, distinct from the later Gunditjmara aquaculture below source - 4,600 BCE mainstream
oldest dated eel-trap system at Lake Condah (~6,600 years old) source - 2019 CE mainstream
inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage for Aboriginal aquaculture (ref. 1577) source
Where
38.0628° S, 141.9256° E
Sources
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