Seven Seasons of the Kulin People
Iuk Eel Season [March]
Hot winds cease and temperatures cool.
Short Finned Eel
Artist - Karina H McInnes
Source - Museum Victoria
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'We used to set a fishing line at night time, mostly in the lagoons. We got eels out of that . . . they'd go down to where Badger Creek runs into the Yarra. If eels were running that plentiful they'd make a net and put that in.' Martha Nevin, 1969
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Iuk (eels) are fat and ready to harvest.
Binap (Manna Gum) is flowering.
Days and nights are of equal length.
Lo-An Tuka, the Hunter, is the star Canopus, seen almost due south at sunset. |
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Manna Gum in flower
Artist - Karina H McInnes
Source - Museum Victoria |
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