- Title
- Bunjils Shelter, Black Range Scenic Reserve
- Creator
- Clark, Ian
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/159737
- Identifier
- vital:12029
- Identifier
-
https://doi.org/10.2478/9783110370119.4
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783110370102
- Abstract
- This chapter presents a detailed history of the Aboriginal art site known as Bunjils Shelter situated in the Black Range Scenic Reserve, near Stawell (see Fig.4.1). It is the only known site in Victoria to contain bichrome figures and an anthropomorphic figure whose identity is known. The existence of the art site had been rumoured among the European population since the 1850s, however its existence was first confirmed when Alfred William Howitt (1904) revealed its general location, from information he gained in the summer of 1883/84 from John Connolly, a Jardwadjali speaker he interviewed at Ramahyuck Aboriginal station. Although the location of the site did not become public knowledge until 1957, its location was known to a select group of local European people from at least 1911. The incidence of graffiti also dates from this time. The site is generally regarded to be one of the most significant of the 150 or so Aboriginal art sites in Victoria, and yet its management has been characterized by nagging doubts about its authenticity (see Clark, 2005).
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Open
- Relation
- An Historical Geography of Tourism in Victoria, Australia Chapter 4 p. 64-86
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Reviewed
- Hits: 441
- Visitors: 425
- Downloads: 0
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format |
|---|