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NUDGEE BORA RING UNCOVERED
People now have an opportunity to witness a unique cultural symbol from Australia's past.
Bora Rings are the only remains of the ceremonial and religious life of native Australians before European colonisation.
The foot hardened earth depression measures about 17 metres in diameter.
European settlement began in the Nudgee area in the 1840s. In 1887 a Government appointed 'Protector of Aboriginals', rounded-up most of the remaining Aboriginal people and transported them to Fraser Island. Sadly, much of the history of the Nudgee Bora Ring was lost at that time.
The Nudgee Bora Ring deserves to be protected and acknowledged for its cultural importance to Aboriginal people. Accordingly, visitors are asked to stay outside the fence and not walk on the ring.
New walking trails with interpretive signage have been provided around the Bora Ring as part of the Nudgee Waterholes Nha-Dha project in 2003.
In 1895 the Natural History Society held a meeting to discuss the Nudgee Bora Ring. Read the paper titled 'A supposed Bora-ground at Nudgee'.
HOW TO FIND THE RING
Park in the car park of the Nudgee Waterholes Nar-Dha facility (Banyo Rugby League Football Club), Childs Rd Nudgee. Follow the path and signs towards the east to the waterholes.
New Nudgee Waterholes Nha-Dha Facility
1895 Bora Ring Paper
Nudgee Waterholes (Heritage Trail)
Nudgee Bora Ring (Heritage Trail)
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