Cultural Heritage
Over a period of at least 35 000 years, Aboriginal communities have moved across this land, made use of its resources and by their activities modified its ecology. Aboriginal communities today form a significant proportion of Victoria's rural and urban society. In inhabiting this land these communities have left signs and products of their activities in the form of the various features and objects that form an important part of the Aboriginal cultural heritage of Victoria. Over this immense lengh of time these features and objects have become distributed across the state, sometimes in great numbers. It is highly likely that these features and objects will occur within any locality in the state.
 Heritage Investigation Ground Survey Boundaries | The majority of Aboriginal cultural heritage places registered within the state of Victoria have been located in the course of heritage surveys. The map on the left shows the location of Heritage Investigation ground surveys in the Werribee Plains region. The map on the right provides an indication of Registered Aboriginal cultural heritage place types (e.g. artefact scatters, scarred trees) in this region. It should be noted that the absence of cultural heritage information within areas displayed in this map can not be taken as an absence of Aboriginal cultural heritage. |  Registered Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Place Type |
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This document was last reviewed on 30/12/2008