Newer Volcanics Province
| Newer Volcanics Province | |
|---|---|
Victoria and South Australia, Australia | |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Volcanic field / Cinder cones / Maars / Crater lakes |
| Last eruption | Holocene |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | BCE |
The Newer Volcanics Province is a geological area which is a
The volcanoes date from the Late-
Volcanoes
Prominent volcanoes within the province include:
- Mount Schank
- Mount Napier
- Blue Lake)
- Tower Hill
- Mount Elephant
- Mount Eccles(Budj Bim), with associated Tyrendarra lava flow
- Mount Leura
- Mount Noorat
- Mount Buninyong
- Lake Bullen Merri
- Lake Purrumbete
- Red Rock
Aboriginal Dreamtime connections
History
Three groups of
Budj Bim
The Gunditjmara people retell the story of their people who witnessed the creation of an important being known as Budj Bim, one of four giant beings who arrived in southeast Australia. While three of these beings strode out to other parts of the continent, one stayed in place; that was Budj Bim. His body transformed into the volcano later given the same name, and his teeth became the lava[5] that transformed the landscape.[6]
Theories and Disagreements
In 1878, Robert B. Smyth, a mining engineer and geologist, raised a question on how Aboriginal Australians get fire. He agreed that there were active volcanoes in Victoria; however, he claimed that there was uncertainty as to whether people actually inhabited that land.[4] However, it was later proven that Smyth had an incomplete idea of Australia's geological past.[4]
See also
References
- Bibcode:2012AGUFM.T31B2594R.
- ^ a b "Newer Volcanics Province". Volcano Discovery. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Selina, Kate; Green, Webber (27 May 2016). "Long time to wait for Australia's next volcanic eruption". ABC News. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ S2CID 225322581.
- ^ "Is an Aboriginal tale of an ancient volcano the oldest story ever told?". www.science.org. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Bell, Damein; Johnston, Chris (2008). "Budj Bim. Caring for the spirit and the people" (PDF). Quebec, Canada: 1–18.
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Further reading
- Articles on Google Scholar
- Boyce, J. (2013). "The Newer Volcanics Province of southeastern Australia: a new classification scheme and distribution map for eruption centres". Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 60 (4). Informa UK Limited: 449–462. S2CID 129019280.
- Eruption Points of the Newer Volcanic Province(Agriculture Victoria)
- "Newer Volcanics Province". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 June 2021.