Budj Bim heritage areas

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Victoria, Australia
Criteria	Cultural: iii, v
Reference	1577
Inscription	2019 (43rd Session)
Area	9,935 hectares (24,550 acres)
Coordinates	38°05′S 141°54′E / 38.083°S 141.900°E
Australian National Heritage List
Official name	Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape
Type	National heritage (landscape)
Designated	20 July 2004
Reference no.	105673
Class	Indigenous
Legal Status	Listed place
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	Location of Budj Bim heritage areas in Victoria

Budj Bim heritage areas includes several protected areas in Victoria, Australia, the largest two being Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape and the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. Within the latter, there are three Indigenous Protected Areas: the Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area, Kurtonitj Indigenous Protected Area, and the Lake Condah Indigenous Protected Area.

All of the protected areas are related to the volcanic landscape created by the eruption of Budj Bim (Mount Eccles) more than 30,000 years ago, and the dormant volcano is included in the National Heritage and World Heritage sites (which also include Budj Bim National Park). The various areas are of great historic and cultural significance to various clans of the Gunditjmara, the local Aboriginal people: Budj Bim features in their mythology as a creator-being, and the Gunditjmara people developed an extensive system of aquaculture on the land created by the lava flows up to 8,000 years ago. Tae Rak (Lake Condah) forms part of the wetlands, and its English name is remembered for the Lake Condah Mission which was established a few kilometres away in 1867.

Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape was added to the National Heritage List on 20 July 2004, and Budj Bim Cultural Landscape was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 6 July 2019. The land is owned and managed by Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, a Registered Aboriginal Party, along with various other bodies involved in landcare.