Aboriginal heritage of Melbourne

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Aboriginal heritage of Melbourne encompasses the enduring cultural, spiritual, and historical connections of the region’s First Nations peoples to the land, waterways, and urban landscape now known as Melbourne.

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Aboriginal heritage of Melbourne canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal heritage
cultural heritage
intangible cultural heritage
associatedWith Boon Wurrung people
linked to: Boonwurrung people

Boonwurrung language group
linked to: Woiwurrung language

Bunurong people
Kulin Nation
Woiwurrung language group
linked to: Woiwurrung language

Wurundjeri people
connectedTo Birrarung
Maribyrnong River
Merri Creek
Port Phillip Bay
Yarra River
local wetlands
hasAspect ancestral stories
art and material culture
ceremonial practices
continuing custodianship
cultural practices
language heritage
sacred sites
songlines
spiritual connections to Country
traditional ecological knowledge
urban Aboriginal identity
includes artefact scatters
burial sites
ceremonial grounds
middens
registered cultural heritage places
scarred trees
story places
influences contemporary cultural events in Melbourne
place naming in Melbourne
locatedIn Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
ongoingCustodians Traditional Owners of the Kulin Nation
preDates European colonisation of Melbourne
protectedBy Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Victoria)
Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register
recognisedBy City of Melbourne
linked to: Melbourne CBD

Victorian Government
representedIn Acknowledgement of Country practices
Welcome to Country ceremonies
interpretive signage and trails
public art and memorials
timeDepth tens of thousands of years

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Birrarung partOfCulturalHeritage Aboriginal heritage of Melbourne