
Many thousands of years ago, during the last ice age, falling sea levels exposed the shallow Bass Strait seafloor as land.
Mainland Australia became connected to the great southern island of Lutruwita/Tasmania. This connection is called a ‘land bridge’ because people, plants, and animals could use it to cross to distant lands which before had been separated by the sea.
Scientists have named this ancient landscape the Bassian Plain.
First Nations communities think of it as Country.
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Digital Stories

Once was a grassy plain
What did the Bass Strait land bridge look like during the last ice age and how do we know what and who once lived and journeyed on it?

Underwater worlds
Stories of the seabed, ocean currents and marine life of the Bass Strait today.

Over the waves, on the land & in the sky
Stories of the remnant lands of the ancient Bassian Plain: the islands, promontories and coasts of the Bass Strait today.

Cultural traditions
First Nations knowledge holders share stories and speak of cultural connections to the times of the Old People of the land bridge.
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