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Caroline Spry, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University

New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history

Earth ring on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, near Sunbury, Victoria. David Mullins

On the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, there is a series of large rings which rise mysteriously out of hills.

These “earth rings”, located on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country in the suburb of Sunbury, aren’t natural phenomena. In fact, they represent large scale feats of human endeavour. They also represent the ancient and ongoing connection Aboriginal people have to Country.

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