The Three Sisters is located near Anakie, at the foothills of the Brisbane Ranges, the base start of Hovell’s Creek water catchment. The Three Sisters represent a spiritual location for the Wathaurong/ Wadawurrung People that had a significant story attached to its creation. Since colonisation “The three hills can still be seen today, although one hill is being excavated for red scoria.” (Uncle David Tournier) Three Sisters are a series of three scoria cones, which emerged from the volcano of Mount Anakie 1.2 to 1.4 million years ago.

A thesis conclusion on Wadawurrung Landscapes in Victoria’s Planning Process from Deakin University Ms Susan Ryan, and Professor David Jones, 2018 states:

“Long time before today, on Wadawurrung Country, people tell the story of the ‘Three Sisters’, Anakie Youang, a story that is tens of thousands of years old. Along with their people and Country, this story could have been lost with the impact of colonisation. A colonisation that would see a planning framework that could be described as a system that holds the pre-conception that this Country began only with colonisation. As professionals face off on the development of land, challenging each other’s conflicting understandings and the perception that heritage with Indigenous value is problematic, we erode the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 purpose to protect Aboriginal cultural and intangible heritage while empowering traditional owners as protectors. While we work within the constraints of our planning frameworks, it does not mean that we can’t change our methodology towards one of a holistic and cross-disciplinary approach. As we continue to challenge this storyline, of our first people’s, Coranguilook, Baccheriburt and Woollerbeen can be seen today more as a western cultural landscape, a site of economic importance for red scoria and basalt than that of the Country. “

Deakin University, Susan Ryan, Professor David Jones, 2018.

https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2018-06/apo-nid212806.pdf

Uncle David Tournier, Three Sisters Story.

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