Gunditjmara Eel Farming

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What was the main purpose of the traps used by the Gunditjmara people?

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To trap eels as the tide went out

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What is the significance of the eel trap system at Lake Condah?

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It is 8000 years old

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What is significant about First Nations Australians people existing 60,000 years ago and still existing today?

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They have the world's oldest continuing cultures

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What did the Gunditjmara people create to manage water?

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Ponds and wetlands

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What were the ponds used for by the Gunditjmara people?

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To harvest mature eels

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What does the extensive network of traps prove?

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That Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people did farm and improve the land.

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What is agriculture or farming?

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The practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.

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What does the evidence suggest about the daily life of the ancient First Nations people at Budj Bim?

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They engaged in farming fish and trading.

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What is Budj Bim?

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A now dormant volcano.

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What does Budj Bim mean in the language of Gunditjmara people?

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High head.