Budj Bim Cultural Landscape was the first site in Australia to be included by UNESCO on the World Heritage List exclusively for its Aboriginal cultural significance.
Budj Bim is of one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems, dating back at least 6,600 years. It is one of only 20 sites in Australia on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
It is a place that shows the cultural traditions, knowledge, practices and ingenuity of the Gunditjmara Aboriginal people.
Gunditjmara engineered a complex system of fish traps combining knowledge of seasonal water levels to provide food that sustained thousands of people for generations.
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