Bunjil, also spelt Bundjil, is a creator deity, culture hero and ancestral being, often depicted as a wedge-tailed eagle in Australian Aboriginal mythology of some of the Aboriginal peoples of Victoria.
Bunjil's Shelter
The wedge-tailed eagle is the largest bird of prey in Australia
Eagle is a 23-metre tall sculpture by Bruce Armstrong, inspired by Bunjil.
Aboriginal Victorians, the Aboriginal Australians of Victoria, Australia, occupied the land for tens of thousands of years prior to European settlement. Aboriginal people have lived a semi-nomadic existence of fishing, hunting and gathering and associated activities for at least 40,000 years.
Victorian indigenous with war implements and possum-skin cloaks (c. 1883) by Fred Kruger