Experience Gunditjmara Country
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape - south-eastern Australia
The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is a unique place with universal heritage values that demonstrate how Gunditjmara people worked with the natural resources and environment of the Victorian south west region to establish a permanent place of human society over the past 30,000 years and beyond.
World Heritage Listed
We are proud to be inscribed on the World Heritage list for our Outstanding Universal Value.
Our Cultural Sites
The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located within Gunditjmara Country in south-eastern Australia, and comprises of three components; Budj Bim (northern) component, Kurtonitj (central) component and Tyrendarra (southern) component.
Budj Bim (northern) component
The largest and northern-most component of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape comprises Budj Bim (formerly Mount Eccles) National Park, Lake Condah Mission and parts of the Budj Bim Indigenous Protected Area.
Kurtonitj (central) component
The Kurtonitj (central) component of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape comprises a part of the Budj Bim Indigenous Protected Area. The Gunditjmara name Kurtonitj means ‘crossing place’.
Tyrendarra (southern) component
The southerly component of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape comprises the Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area (owned by Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation) and a part of the Budj Bim Indigenous Protected Area.
Plan Your Visit
A visit to the World Heritage listed Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is enabled through the cooperation of the following organisations.
Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation
Winda-Mara's key focus is to provide opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families to access and participate in culturally appropriate services and community activities.
Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
GMTOAC promotes and realises the continuing connection to country by Gunditjmara people through its caring for country programs and projects across its properties and all of Gunditjmara country.
Parks Victoria
Parks Victoria is proud to work with Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation in the co-management of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape.
