VCE Outdoor & Environmental Studies Resources

Unit Three: Relationships with natural environments
Area of Study One: Historical perspectives

Interactions and relationships with the Australian environment as expressed by indigenous cultures

"People and destruction" by Robbo Bennetts

"In the rush to embrace indigenous culture, some commentators seem to disregard important evidence by giving the impression that - since their arrival in Australia - the aboriginal people lived in harmony with the natural environment...Although the spiritual connection of traditional aboriginal culture with the land cannot be denied, there is persuasive evidence that the aborigines changed the Australian landscape almost beyond recognition." More...

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Boag’s Rocks Gunnamatta

Notes on the relationship between the criteria and the Clean Ocean Foundation, Boag’s Rocks Gunnamatta Campaign, supplied by Madeline Chandler, Education Officer, Clean Ocean Foundation.

Indigenous Cultures

Bunnerong - aboriginal community using the Mornington Peninsula coastline was made up of many clans. Boag’s Rocks was specifically a family place with fresh water and ample food indicated by the large midden at Boag’s Rocks. Melbourne Water has not contacted or consulted with aboriginal people from where the water comes from: (Thompson River) Gunai/Kurnai and (Yarra River) Wurundjeri/Woirurung or where it is dumped at Boag’s Rocks, Bunnerong people. It is estimated 300 aboriginals lived on the coast around Cape Schanck and moved around in groups with the seasons.

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