Fact Sheet Budj Bim REVISED MP - Parks...
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Parks Victoria Phone 13 1963 www.parks.vic.gov.au What is Budj Bim? The story of the Gunditjmara people is intimately related to the volcanic eruption of Mount Eccles around 30,000 years ago, when an ancestral creation-being revealed himself in the landscape to the Gunditjmara people. Budj Bim, meaning high head, is part of the ancestral creation- being’s body. The mountain is his forehead and the stones are his teeth. In addition to the stories of the landscape, this area contains signficiant cultural heritage arefacts including weirs, eel traps and stone dwellings. Who manages the park? Parks Victoria has a co-management agreement for the national park with the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners through the Budj Bim Council. The Council consists of Gunditj Mirring, Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and Parks Victoria. Why change the name? Consultation on a proposal to rename the park was undertaken during development of the Ngootyoong Gunditj Ngootyoong Mara South West Management Plan in 2012 and 2013. The name of the park was one of the main topics raised in public submissions in response to the draft plan. The majority of submissions proposed the single name of Budj Bim National Park. Following the release of the final plan in May 2015, Budj Bim Council recommended renaming both the peak and the park Budj Bim. The proposed name also aligns with the existing Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape, which was included on the National Heritage List in 2004. The renaming will support the growth of sustainable tourism opportunities within the Budj Bim Landscape in a way that is consistent with Gunditjmara values and economic objectives. How do I comment? Parks Victoria is seeking your comments on the proposal to: 1. Rename Mount Eccles (the peak) to Budj Bim 2. Rename Mount Eccles National Park to Budj Bim National Park Further detail on the proposal is available on the Parks Victoria website www.parks.vic.gov.au/budjbim. Comments can be submitted until 5 September 2016 online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/BudjBim or by emailing [email protected]. Fact Sheet Renaming Mount Eccles to Budj Bim Budj Bim Council and Parks Victoria propose to change the name of Mount Eccles National Park to Budj Bim National Park and the name of the peak Mount Eccles to Budj Bim.
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Parks Victoria Phone 13 1963 www.parks.vic.gov.au
What is Budj Bim?
The story of the Gunditjmara people is intimately related to the
volcanic eruption of Mount Eccles around 30,000 years ago, when
an ancestral creation-being revealed himself in the landscape to the
Gunditjmara people.
Budj Bim, meaning high head, is part of the ancestral creation-
being’s body. The mountain is his forehead and the stones are his
teeth.
In addition to the stories of the landscape, this area contains
signficiant cultural heritage arefacts including weirs, eel traps and
stone dwellings.
Who manages the park?
Parks Victoria has a co-management agreement for the national
park with the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners through the Budj
Bim Council. The Council consists of Gunditj Mirring, Glenelg
Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, the Department of
Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and Parks Victoria.
Why change the name?
Consultation on a proposal to rename the park was undertaken
during development of the Ngootyoong Gunditj Ngootyoong Mara
South West Management Plan in 2012 and 2013.
The name of the park was one of the main topics raised in public
submissions in response to the draft plan. The majority of
submissions proposed the single name of Budj Bim National Park.
Following the release of the final plan in May 2015, Budj Bim Council
recommended renaming both the peak and the park Budj Bim.
The proposed name also aligns with the existing Budj Bim National
Heritage Landscape, which was included on the National Heritage
List in 2004.
The renaming will support the growth of sustainable tourism opportunities within the Budj Bim Landscape in a way that is consistent with Gunditjmara values and economic objectives.
How do I comment?
Parks Victoria is seeking your comments on the proposal to:
1. Rename Mount Eccles (the peak) to Budj Bim
2. Rename Mount Eccles National Park to Budj Bim National Park
Further detail on the proposal is available on the Parks Victoria
website www.parks.vic.gov.au/budjbim.
Comments can be submitted until 5 September 2016 online at
www.surveymonkey.com/r/BudjBim or by emailing
Fact Sheet
Renaming Mount Eccles to Budj Bim
Budj Bim Council and Parks Victoria propose to change the name of Mount Eccles National Park to Budj
Bim National Park and the name of the peak Mount Eccles to Budj Bim.
