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Journal Article

Author
Jordan, J. W.
Title
The engineering of Budj Bim and the evolution of a societal structure in Aboriginal Australia
In
Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering
Description of Work
Paper presented at the National Engineering Heritage Conference (16th: 2011 : Hobart)
Imprint
vol. 9, no. 1, Engineers Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2012, pp. 63-68
ISBN/ISSN
1448-8388
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.994468550760741
Abstract

In the minds of most present day Australians, both indigenous and non-indigenous, "engineering" came to the continent with the first Europeans. However, if one looks at what "engineering" really is, then structures from history and pre-history, especially in the Middle East, which supplied water to growing settlements cannot be ignored; there were excellent examples present in Australia which may even pre-date those in many northern hemisphere civilisations. This paper looks particularly at the aquaculture structures built from the Budj Bim lava flows (Mt Eccles) in southwestern Victoria. The aquaculture industry produced a permanent food supply, a permanent settlement, food trading and a different form of governance than was generally found elsewhere in Australia. The works have now been recognised as an Engineering Heritage National Landmark by the Institution of Engineers Australia (commonly referred to as Engineers Australia).

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"... the rengitj, as a visible mark or imprint on the land, is characterised as a place of origin, the repository of all names, as well as a kind of mapped visual expression of the connection between people and places which is to be carried out in the temporal sequence of the journey." Fanca Tamisari (1998) 'Body, Vision and Movement: In the footprints of the ancestors'. Oceania 68(4) p260