Gariwerd has the highest concentration of rock art in south-east Australia.
There are hundreds of sites throughout the mountain ranges. Billimina is the most prolific single rock art site in Victoria with more than 2,000 symbols. Gariwerd is also a place of scarred trees, stone quarries, mounds and artefacts.
Gariwerd has been the living, hunting, gathering, cultivating, ceremonial, Dreaming Country and territory of Jadawadjali and Djab Wurrung people for more than 22,000 years. Stories are passed down here about how the land was created, along with lessons on how to care for Country.
Gariwerd is on the National Heritage List as a place of outstanding significance to Australia.
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