Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator. Waa is the Ancestral Crow, the protector. Bunjil created much of south-eastern Australia and the features and animals within it.
Bunjil, also spelt Bundjil, is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle in Australian Aboriginal mythology of some of the Aboriginal peoples of Victoria.
Breadcrumb. The impressive architecture and the name, Bunjil Place, were inspired by stories of Bunjil (also referred to as 'Bundjil') by our First Nation's people.
Bunjil – the Creator
Long ago Bunjil, the Wedge-Tail Eagle, was a very powerful man. He was the headman of the Kulin.
In the Dreamtime, Aboriginal people lived in the forests which covered the land. Bunjil the Eagle and Waa the Crow (who was white then) ruled over the mountain together, but Eagle was greedy and sent Crow far away. One day, when lightning struck a tree, Crow fell into the fire and was turned black.
They include bunji, "a mate, a close friend a kinsman" (from Warlpiri and other languages of the Northern Territory and northern Queensland), boorie, "a boy, a child" (from Wiradjuri), jarjum, "a child" (from Bundjalung), kumanjayi, "a substitute name for a dead person" (from Western Desert language), pukamani "a ...
Bunjil is the spiritual totem or moiety ancestor for many of the clans between Geelong and Ballarat. Some Wuthaurung clans have 'Waa' the Crow as their ancestral moiety.
Bunjil is represented in the sky by the star Altair (Alpha Aquilae) in the constellation Aquila. There are no prizes for guessing that Aquila is another eagle in the sky, but one of the classical 88-constellations as used by astronomers today.
The Boonwurrung language, also anglicised as Bunurong, Bun wurrung, and other variant spellings, is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation of central Victoria prior to European settlement in the colony of Victoria.
The story of Bunjil the eagle
The Wurundjeri people believe an ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle called 'Bunjil' created the land. Bunjil originated from a falling star, and as he fell from the sky, he blew air from his beak to create the earth we live on today.
It's the only known painting of Bunjil to exist in Australia. The exact age of the shelter is still unknown, but it is estimated that the artwork is over a thousand years old. In Aboriginal culture, Bunjil was the main Dreaming Being of south-eastern Australia.
Waalitj is the Aboriginal Noongar name for the Park's iconic wedge-tailed eagle or 'wedgie', one of Australia's three key terrestrial (land-based) apex predators.
Bunji: Aboriginal English for mate. Eg. “How're you doing bunji?”
The Mimi are tall, thin beings that live in the rocky ridges of northern Australia as spirits. Before the coming of Aboriginal people they had human forms. When Aboriginal people first came to northern Australia, the Mimi taught them how to hunt and cook kangaroos and other animals.
"The crow is sacred and most Aboriginal people will not kill the crow," he said. "Aboriginal people have different stories about how they spread messages and lead people to safety if they're lost.
Welcome to the City of Melbourne. Wominjeka / Womindjeka means 'welcome' in the Woi-wurrung language of the Wurundjeri people and Boon Wurrung language of the Bunurong people of the Eastern Kulin.
The Bunurong People are Indigenous People from south-east Victoria, their traditional lands are from the Werribee River in the north-west, down to Wilson's Promontory in the south-east, taking in the catchments of the old Carrum swamp, Tarwin River and Westernport Bay, and including Mornington Peninsula, French and ...
The Mornington Peninsula is located on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung / Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.
Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator. Waa is the Ancestral Crow, the protector. Bunjil created much of south-eastern Australia and the features and animals within it. He also created people, by breathing life into figures moulded from clay.
They call it Ginan — a name that's now been officially recognised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). "It was very exciting to give an Aboriginal name to the fifth star of the Southern Cross," said Dr Duane Hamacher, a senior research fellow at Monash University's Indigenous Study Centre.
A Bunurong story tells of a time of conflict among the Kulin nations, when people argued and fought with one another, neglecting their families and the land: The mounting chaos and disunity angered the sea, which began to rise until it had covered the plains and threatened to flood the entire country.
We teach the children that Bunjil (often represented as an eagle) is the creator spirit for the Wurundjeri people – he created the people, animals and plants and he is watching how we respect the land.
Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and would be erected to be visible within a community.