Boort is a local Aboriginal word meaning “Smoke from the hill”. Main sources of employment are retail, olive processing and tourism. Agriculture is a major industry and employer in the Boort region.

Where does the word boort come from?

Boort is a local Aboriginal word meaning “Smoke from the hill”. Main sources of employment are retail, olive processing and tourism. Agriculture is a major industry and employer in the Boort region.

Who are the traditional owners of boort?

Many from the local Yung Balug clan were documented through photographs taken by Scottish-born Kerr who owned the property Fernyhurst in Boort. Mr Haw said they were some of the first photographs to be taken of Indigenous people in Australia.

What is the population of boort Vic?

Boort is situated within the Shire of Loddon, Victoria and is approximately 100 kilometres north of Bendigo and 270 kilometres North West of Melbourne. Today the local community of Boort boasts a population of about 1,000 people and services a wider base of 2,300 people from the surrounding districts.

When was boort founded?

The Loddon Waterworks Trust was established in 1882, and six years later a local Boort irrigation trust took over irrigation. The water was for stock purposes. A school and an Anglican church were opened in 1877 and 1879….Boort.

What does the name boort mean?

smoke from the hill
Boort is an Aboriginal name meaning, “ smoke from the hill”. The town is situated on a lunette and on the edge of a lake – Little Lake Boort. The area around Boort and east to the Loddon River was a regular camping area of the Jaara Aborigines.

Can you swim in Lake Boort?

Boort Lakes Holiday Park is situated on the foreshore of ten grassy acres on the edge of the pristine and sparkling Little Lake Boort. It is easily accessible to a range of water sports including skiing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, fishing and swimming.

What Aboriginal land is boort?

Lake Boort is within the Country of the Dja Dja Wurrung people and specifically the Yung Balug clan, one of sixteen clans that comprise the Dja Dja Wurrung nation.

What is it like to live in boort?

“Hot, expensive, isolated and lots of flies and mosquitoes” I live in Boort for 3 years because of husband’s work, had to go to Bendigo to have my baby as hospital catering more for aged care. Very friendly people. 1 and a half hours drive from Bendigo. If you aren’t into sport there is not much else to do.

Is boort Lake man made?

The 400ha Lake Boort just south of the town is a semi-permanent freshwater wetland which features the greatest number of scar trees in Australia, made when Aborigines removed bark from the trees with stone tools for shelter, cooking uses or for drying possum skins.

What are boort scar trees?

The area around Lake Boort contains Australia’s highest concentration of scar trees: trees from which Aboriginal people stripped bark to make canoes, shelters and tools.

How many lakes are in boort?

The Boort wetlands are on the floodplain west of the Loddon River, below Loddon Weir. They consist of temporary and permanent freshwater lakes and swamps: Lake Boort, Lake Leaghur, Lake Yando, Little Lake Meran and Lake Meran.

What feeds Lake eppalock?

The following 5 creeks and rivers flow into Lake Eppalock: Coliban River, Wild Duck Creek, Mount Ida Creek, Meadow Valley Creek and Campaspe River. If you’re interested in Lakes and Dams then you may also be interested in Rivers and Creeks, Springs, Waterfalls and Gorges.

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