ANCIENT FINDS IN AUSTRALIA AFTER FIRE SWEPT THROUGH DATED 6,600 YEARS AGO

Extra sections of an ancient aquaculture system built by Indigenous people in south-west Victoria thousands of years ago have been discovered after a fire swept through the area over the past few weeks.

Parts of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape have been dated at 6,600 years old
Traditional owners are confident new sections of the eel-harvesting system have been revealed by the fire

The aquaculture system set up by Gunditjmara people was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List last year
The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, which includes an elaborate series of stone-lined channels and pools set up by the Gunditjmara people to harvest eels, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List last year.

Some parts of the landscape, which also features evidence of stone dwellings, have been dated back 6,600 years — older than Egypt's pyramids.

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