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Maybe there were the more recent flows from this volcano? I could not find info on when it went extinct.
by ars 7y ago
Maybe there were the more recent flows from this volcano?
I could not find info on when it went extinct.
- princekolt 7y ago> There have been no other large volcanic eruptions in the area in the intervening years that could have provided inspiration for the stories It's literally in the article
- dwd 7y agoNot completely correct. The Mount Gambier eruption (VEI 4) was about 5,000 years ago and it's only 100km away, so it's possible they had contact with people fleeing that area, along with ash fall and a 10km high plume. VEI 5 and you have a Mount St Helens scale event. A similar eruption (and one of the more likely to occur in Australia) would be catastrophic with the town literally built around the crater.
- dwd 7y agoYou may need to search for Mount Eccles. I grew up in Warrnambool but mobed away years ago and had never heard it referred by the traditional name until the recent fires went through there: The painting was instantly recognisable though. Probably of more interest... https://www.newsweek.com/australia-bushfires-unearth-6600-year-old-indigenous-fish-trapping-system-1483650 https://www.newsweek.com/australia-bushfires-unearth-6600-ye...