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Leanganook: His teeth - This Place

30 September 2020
Culture and Capability
A young adult man wrapped in animal skins stands on a rocky outcrop and looks over tree covered rolling hills below.

Dja Dja Wurrung man Trent Nelson shows us where the young men’s ceremonies were held on Leanganook or Mount Alexander.

High above the ground stands Leanganook or Mount Alexander which means ‘his teeth’. We learn of the cultural significance of this place from Dja Dja Wurrung man Trent Nelson who shows us where the young men’s ceremonies were held with the nearby Taungurung people and of ‘Bunjil’, the Wedge-tailed Eagle and creator spirit.

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