Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- The engineering of Budj Bim and the evolution of a societal structure in Aboriginal Australia
- In
- 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference: Conserving Our Heritage - Make a Difference!
- Imprint
- Engineers Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2011, pp. 428-434
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780858258877
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.895235032029702
- 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 south-western 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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- 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference: Conserving Our Heritage - Make a Difference! (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Engineers Australia, 2011), 551 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.9780858258877. Details