All the stories in one place

Introduction

Start here for an overview of the land bridge story.

Timeline

Learn about the land bridge chronologically.

Documentary

Watch the 30 minute film.

Digital stories

Landforms of the land bridge

Landforms of the land bridge

First Peoples witnessed the most recent transition of Bass Strait from land to sea between 45,000 to 10,000 years ago, but the strait has alternated between being a land bridge and a seaway for more than four million years. Its geological origins reach even further back in time.

Charcoal and pollen from old lakes

Charcoal and pollen from old lakes

Collecting sediment cores from Bass Strait island lakes provides insight into life on the ancient Bassian Plain, and provides evidence of First Nations People effectively using fire to manage these landscapes over thousands of years.

Flood dreaming stories

Flood dreaming stories

Dreaming stories like Gurawul the Whale and other stories involving flood and sea change link the Original First People to the Ancestors, culture, song lines and the land bridge.

Mapping the seabed

Mapping the seabed

Newly discovered reef systems within the Beagle Marine Park, now hotspots for sponge biodiversity, were once important shelter along the Bass Strait land bridge for First Peoples.

Tayaritja milaythina muka

Tayaritja milaythina muka

Pakana Sea Country Rangers are working with community and government to monitor the health of Sea Country around Tayaritja/the Bass Strait Islands and northeastern Lutruwita/Tasmania and develop a Sea Country Indigenous Protected Area (IPA).