Creation Stories
The great creative spirit who the Aboriginal peoples believe formed the earth, and carved it's features.
Who is Bunjil the eagle?
November, when weather is warm and it rains a lot.
What month was grasses season?
To create boomerangs and spear throwers for hunting.
What did the Wurundjeri people use wattle branches for?
It mean ""river of mists"
What does Birrarung mean?
A large part of central and southern Victoria.
What area of Australia does the Kulin nation cover?
Ant eggs and found on a red stringybark and powdered stringybark mixed together. It would taste like butter and sugar.
What was the People of the Kulin Nations sweet treat?
It was verdant and green, with eels, dolphins, sharks and stingrays and waterfalls.
How was the Yarra River like back when the Wurundjeri people lived there?
It was part of the Maritime warm summer.
What climate zone was Melbourne part of?
They would catch them using woven traps.
How did the Wurundjeri people catch eels?
The leader of the Woiwurrung (Bar-wool) cut a channel up the creak. When they reached Port Phillip, the water rushed out.
What happens in the creation story of the Yarra River/Birrarung?
Where did the Wurundjeri people's diet, shelter, clothing and customs develop from?
At least 40,000 years.
How long have the peoples of the Kulin Nation been living in Victoria for?
They rose around 6000 to 1000 years ago.