'Into the Aboriginal world' – Victoria's secret emerges from lake and creek
'Into the Aboriginal world' – Victoria's secret emerges from lake and creek
- This is sacred and ancient Aboriginal ground. Few know about the 500 scarred trees here; trees with bark peeled hundreds of years ago for Indigenous canoes, sculptures, head-dresses, vessels and pegboards to stretch possum skins on. Within the creek is the site of an old meeting place, denoted by three tall trees. "A place for ceremony, lore, knowledge, language," said Gulpilil.
- This is sacred and ancient Aboriginal ground. Few know about the 500 scarred trees here; trees with bark peeled hundreds of years ago for Indigenous canoes, sculptures, head-dresses, vessels and pegboards to stretch possum skins on. Within the creek is the site of an old meeting place, denoted by three tall trees. "A place for ceremony, lore, knowledge, language," said Gulpilil.
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