Ancient aquatic system older than the pyramids revealed by Australia bushfires

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Extensive water channels built by indigenous Australians thousands of years ago to trap and harvest eels for food have been revealed after wildfires burned away thick vegetation in the state of Victoria.

last July -- additional sections were revealed by the fires that have ripped through the state in December.

He said other new structures resembling channels and ponds were now visible in the burnt landscape. "It was a surprise continually finding new ones that the fires revealed," he added., the aquaculture system -- which is part of the Budj Bim National Park -- it was built by the indigenous population using the abundant volcanic rocks from a now-dormant volcano in the area.

The fire near the national park was caused by a lightning strike in late December, which eventually spread to some 790 hectares in size, said Mark Mellington, district manager for Forest Fire Management Victoria.

 

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