The Land Bridge

Marine ecologist Associate Professor Neville Barrett has mapped the seabed and surveyed the marine life of the shallow waters of the Beagle Marine Park in Bass Strait. His research helps us understand both the drowned landscape of the Bassian Plain and the unique, biodiverse environment of Bass Strait today. To watch parts of Neville’s interview in the Land Bridge documentary film, visit https://thelandbridge.au/the-documentary/ To read more about Neville’s seabed mapping research...

Bunurong Women Aunty Gail Dawson and Tasma Walton talk about women’s spiritual connections to sea and coastal places, the significance of the dreaming, and Bunurong links to the ancient landscape of the land bridge. Episode Credits Host: Lucinda Horrocks. Featuring Aunty Gail Dawson and Tasma Walton. Audio recorded by Lucinda Horrocks. Project production and studio production by Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo, Wind & Sky Productions. With thanks to the Bunurong Land Council Aborigi...

Dr Stefani Crabtree (Santa Fe Institute/Utah State University) and Distinguished Professor Sean Ulm (ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, James Cook University) discuss their research using computational modelling which can help us understand the likely pathways people used to travel to, live on, and traverse the Bass Strait land bridge. To read the companion article to this interview, visit ‘Deep human connection lies under the Bass Strait’ https:/...

Palawa Woman and Pakana Sea Country Ranger Fiona Maher discusses her people’s deep spiritual and cultural connection to the places of Tayaritja/ the Bass Strait Islands, stretching back to the time of the Land Bridge. To watch parts of Fiona Maher’s interview in the Land Bridge documentary film, visit https://thelandbridge.au/the-documentary/ To read more about Fiona’s work you can read the article ‘Tayaritja milathina muka’ https://thelandbridge.au/tayaritja-milaythina-muka/ Epi...

Popular history author Adam Courtenay shares the story of the sailing ship the Sydney Cove which crashed in Bass Strait, on the remnants of the land bridge, in 1797. Seventeen of the stranded crew were compelled to cross Bass Strait and walked 600 miles to Sydney and, in the process, walked their way into Australian history. Adam Courtenay’s book on the Sydney Cove ‘Three Sheets to the Wind’ is published by ABC books and is available at all good bookstores and online: https://www.harper...

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