Aboriginal stone arrangement in Victoria, Australia
A small part of the Wurdi Youang stone arrangementA survey of the arrangement showing the solar alignments contained within
Wurdi Youang is the name attributed to an Aboriginal stone arrangement located off the Little River – Ripley Road at Mount Rothwell, near Little River, Victoria in Australia.[1] The site was acquired by the Indigenous Land Corporation on 14 January 2000 and transferred to the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative on 17 August 2006.[2]
^"Wurdi Youang, Australia". Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy. UNESCO. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^Indigenous Land Corporation, Annual Report 2006–2007 ILC October 2007, ISSN 1325-3395
WurdiYouang is the name attributed to an Aboriginal stone arrangement located off the Little River – Ripley Road at Mount Rothwell, near Little River...
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