Bunjilaka

Bunjilaka is the Aboriginal Centre at Melbourne Museum. It was developed to empower Aboriginal people to interpret their own cultural heritage for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Bunjilaka has changing exhibitions and a permanent exhibition exploring the experiences and survival of Aboriginal Victoria, Koori Voices.

The name Bunjilaka is derived from the word 'Bunjil' (Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung language). 'Bunjil' was a significant Creation Ancestor for most of Victoria's Aboriginal language groups; 'Aka' means land or place.

Bunjilaka holds Aboriginal cultural heritage items from a collection that is one of the most significant in the world. This material is available to the Koori community in Bunjilaka's 'Keeping Place' - a culturally appropriate space for Aboriginal people to access cultural heritage material.

More information:

• Read about Museum Victoria's Indigenous Collection
• See a video about Bunjil on the First Australians website.