In Australianaboriginal mythology, specifically Kulin including Wurundjeri and Bunurong, Bunjil is the supreme god, represented as an eagle. The Kulin claim he is a culture-hero who taught them all the important skills of life, but the Wurundjeri claims he created mankind. He now lives in the sky. Binbeal, the rainbow spirit, is his son. The Aborigines of Australia have a polytheistic, animistic religion. ... The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria, Australia, around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. ... The Wurundjeri are Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who occupied what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. ... Bunurong (also spelt Bunwurrung, Boonwerung, Bunurowrung, Boonoorong and Bururong) is the language and name of the Bunurong people, an Australian Aboriginal tribe of six clans along the coast of Victoria (Australia), Australia. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In Aboriginal mythology, Binbeal is the god of rainbows and a son of Bunjil. ...
According to Carolyn Briggs[1], a Bunurong Elder, Bunjil told the Bunurong always to welcome guests, but stipulated that guests should obey Bunjil's laws and do no harm to children or the land.
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A sky god. Bunjil made men out of clay while his brother, Bat, made women out of water. To mankind Bunjil gave tools, weapons and religious ceremony. Australian Aboriginal kinship is the system of law governing social interaction, particularly marriage, in traditional Aboriginal culture. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythologÃa, from μυολογείν mythologein to relate myths, from μÏος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λόγος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and...
It was opened in 1999 as a temporary home for people who'd previously lived within large state institutions, but years of complaints about cramped conditions, overcrowding and a lack of outdoor spaces for residents even to take some fresh air have all come to nothing.
The Victorian Government says it is spending more than any other state on mental health and that replacing Bunjil House remains a high priority but for the families without a voice of their own such assurances mean little.
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