It covers an area of 15,000 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi), with over 400 small shield volcanoes and volcanic vents.

The area is characterised by flat lava flows, forming a plain above which rise numerous small scoria cones, tuff rings, and maars.

These stories act as oral histories of natural events, and can be utilised by modern scientists to understand historical geological and seismic activity on the continent.

[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.