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Sculpture, Ellen José, Boon wurrung Blossom, 2008

  • Photograph of an outdoor sculpture comprising of a group of six large bluestones laid on crushed yellow ochre sandstone surrounded by grass and distant vegetation.

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  • Photograph of an outdoor sculpture comprising of a group of six large bluestones laid on crushed yellow ochre sandstone surrounded by grass and distant vegetation.

    Untitled image

  • Photograph of an outdoor sculpture comprising of a group of six large bluestones laid on crushed yellow ochre sandstone surrounded by grass and distant vegetation.
  • Photograph of an outdoor sculpture comprising of a group of six large bluestones laid on crushed yellow ochre sandstone surrounded by grass and distant vegetation.

Historical information

The bluestone is laid on crushed yellow ochre sandstone, with the base encircled by indigenous flowering plants. Each rock represents one of the six clans that made up the Boon wurrung. For thousands of years, Boon wurrung women and children congregated in this area during special periods in spring and summer. The area was rich in seafood and had fresh water wells
dotted around it. Among the Banksia trees that provided shelter, grew indigenous plants and flowers through which the women made garlands to wear in their hair.

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