Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
The vast plains of southern Australia hide hundreds of ancient volcanoes. Tower Hill, near the town of Koroit, is one of the largest of its kind in the world. It also holds the title of being the first national park in Victoria, although it no longer has that designation.
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Music: Backbay Lounge Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
OpenStreetMap Contributers, 2024
Google Earth, 2024
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'Gunditjmara Country'. Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. https://www.budjbim.com.au/about-us/
Bell, Damien, 'Welcome to Country smoking ceremony and Gunditjmara families with their banners at the native title consent determination at the foot of Budj Bim Volcano'. Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. 2005. Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/photodb/imagesearch.pl?proc=detail;barcode_no=dig020217
'Portrait of w:Nicolas Baudin'. 1800. State Library South Australia. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolas_Baudin_2.jpeg
'Géographe and the Naturaliste'. ca. 19th century. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baudin-ships01.jpgBoser, Friedrich, 'Portrait of Eugene von Guerard'. 1838-1840. National Gallery of Victoria. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/85914/
'Pioneers'. Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum. Britannica. kids.britannica.com/students/assembly/view/228389'Lorry-load of rabbits'. National Museum of Australia. https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced
THE TOWER HILL PARK. (1895, September 12). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197207966
'Tower Hill, Warrnambool'. Victorian Railways. ca. 1945-ca. 1954. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/452450
Collins, John T, 'Koroit. Tower Hill'. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4120070
Jordan, Joseph, 'Tower Hill. 1907. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/412517
'Tower Hill (Vic.)'. ca. 1985. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/372202
'Tower Hill Visitors Centre'. Parks Victoria. https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/-/media/project/pv/main/parks/images/places-to-see/tower-hill-wildlife-reserve/visitor-information-centre_tower-hill-wildlife-reserve_1920x800.jpg
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Gunditjmara people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
The vast plains of southern Australia hide hundreds of ancient volcanoes. Tower Hill, near the town of Koroit, is one of the largest of its kind in the world. It also holds the title of being the first national park in Victoria, although it no longer has that designation.
Check out the new Supporters Portal here! members.philipmallis.com
-------------
MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
-------------
SOURCES
Music: Backbay Lounge Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
OpenStreetMap Contributers, 2024
Google Earth, 2024
Falkenroth, Michaela, 'The formation of a maar lake in 6 simple steps, all you need is groundwater and piping hot, rising magma'. 26 May 2021. timescavengers.wpcomstaging.com/2021/05/26/what-do-a-volcano-a-lake-and-shiny-beetles-have-to-do-with-each-other-nothing-think-again
'Gunditjmara Country'. Budj Bim Cultural Landscape. https://www.budjbim.com.au/about-us/
Bell, Damien, 'Welcome to Country smoking ceremony and Gunditjmara families with their banners at the native title consent determination at the foot of Budj Bim Volcano'. Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. 2005. Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/photodb/imagesearch.pl?proc=detail;barcode_no=dig020217
'Portrait of w:Nicolas Baudin'. 1800. State Library South Australia. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolas_Baudin_2.jpeg
'Géographe and the Naturaliste'. ca. 19th century. Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baudin-ships01.jpgBoser, Friedrich, 'Portrait of Eugene von Guerard'. 1838-1840. National Gallery of Victoria. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/85914/
'Pioneers'. Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum. Britannica. kids.britannica.com/students/assembly/view/228389'Lorry-load of rabbits'. National Museum of Australia. https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced
THE TOWER HILL PARK. (1895, September 12). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197207966
'Tower Hill, Warrnambool'. Victorian Railways. ca. 1945-ca. 1954. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/452450
Collins, John T, 'Koroit. Tower Hill'. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4120070
Jordan, Joseph, 'Tower Hill. 1907. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/412517
'Tower Hill (Vic.)'. ca. 1985. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/372202
'Tower Hill Visitors Centre'. Parks Victoria. https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/-/media/project/pv/main/parks/images/places-to-see/tower-hill-wildlife-reserve/visitor-information-centre_tower-hill-wildlife-reserve_1920x800.jpg
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Gunditjmara people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
