Sunbury earth rings

It is responsible for managing and protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage in an area of 7,089.34 km2 The Sunbury Earth Rings are located within the Jacksons Creek biik wurrdha Regional Parklands and are viewable periodically by invitation of the WWCHAC.

They are somewhat different from the Bora Rings found in New South Wales and southeast Queensland, which tend to be located in hidden, flat sites, and in connected pairs.

[6] Recent archaeological investigations have reanalysed the stone artefacts and re-excavated one of Frankel's excavation trenches which crossed the earth mound on the outside of the Sunbury Ring G. [4] Residue and use wear analysis showed that some of the tools may have been used for cutting animal skin, or possibly for ceremonial scarification.

[8] Several of the Sunbury Earth Rings are located and protected within the Jacksons Creek biik wurrdha Regional Parklands and in other open space reserves.

[9] In October 2009, the Sunbury Maribyrnong Valley Green Wedge Defenders made a Submission to the Parliamentary, Legislative Council regarding their inquiry into the impact of the state government’s decision to change the Urban Growth Boundary, citing the Aboriginal ring as a significant element of the threatened Bundanoon woodlands and grasslands, which was being encroached upon by housing.