Mt Eccles lava flow and the Gunditjmara connection: A landform for all seasons

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-182

  Builth, Heather ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Gunditjmara; Landscape archaeology; Mt Eccles lava flow; Shortfin eel; Southwest Victoria; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAVA FLOW; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS;

EID: 20844438238     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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