24 October 2011

Aboriginal sites Leylines in Canberra?

24 October 2011 | By Flatone

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Does anyone know of any sacred energy sites or leylines in Canberra?

I believe the Aboriginal people call them “boorooah”??

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arthwollipot7:55 pm 25 Oct 11

Poplar said :

Not sure if you have read this excellent article… see http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:13443/n04_139_Proudfoot.pdf.

It might help. The Burley-Griffins were well onto it.
Goodness me, what a wonderful source of unsupported assertions, wooly thinking and spurious connections between unrelated subjects! I’m going to keep a copy of this as a perfect example of irrationality! Thank you so much for posting it!

Grrrr1:13 am 25 Oct 11

Ah, humans .. always thinking they’ve finding patterns in random behaviour/formation!

knuckles8:51 pm 24 Oct 11

Poplar said :

I myself don’t have any knowledge about leylines or sacred sites in Canberra, but I have always wondered. Whenever I walk up on Mount Majura I get a very strong feeling that it is a special place.

Well that settles it then. If you get a strong feeling it must be true.

cranky8:51 pm 24 Oct 11

Pandy @ #21,

Your secret informants lie!

They are Rovers, and yes, they are piled long and high.

Pandy7:54 pm 24 Oct 11

Shhh!!! But I have been secretly told that there is this place in Queanbeyan that has a stack of Leylands piled on high.

Jethro7:44 pm 24 Oct 11

beejay76 said :

Leylines and whatnot aren’t really my bag, but Gubur Dhaura in Franklin is a significant Indigenous site, if that’s any help.

On that note, a sign recently appeared on the section of the Bicentennial Trail running behind the new housing development in west Macgregor, identifying the land surrounding the creek as one of the most fertile sites for indigenous artefacts in the ACT.

I-filed5:35 pm 24 Oct 11

I’d be a little cautious about any claims of Indigenous laylines.
A few years ago a local Aborigine was telling me about traditional activities that had happened throughout history, centred on the shore at Acton Peninsula … I decided not to embarrass him by mentioning that the lake had only been there since the early 1960s and there could only have been intermittent floods causing the water to go that high before then …
And remember those “axe sharpening grooves” along the Murrumbidgee between Yass and Canberra that caused a great deal of faux Indigenous cultural history discussion, but then turned out to be natural grooves from running water.

Stevian5:20 pm 24 Oct 11

justin heywood said :

Stevian said :

Just as I expected, an overwhelming display of ignorance and contempt for anything out side of peoples narrow experience.

…and just as I suspected, as soon as an indigenous topic comes up, we will some self righteous ‘spokesperson’ implying that he has a deeper understanding of the issue and that anyone who disagrees with him is an ignorant redneck.

Got got one, pal. I’m better than you

justin heywood5:15 pm 24 Oct 11

Stevian said :

Just as I expected, an overwhelming display of ignorance and contempt for anything out side of peoples narrow experience.

…and just as I suspected, as soon as an indigenous topic comes up, we will some self righteous ‘spokesperson’ implying that he has a deeper understanding of the issue and that anyone who disagrees with him is an ignorant redneck.

Stevian5:03 pm 24 Oct 11

Just as I expected, an overwhelming display of ignorance and contempt for anything out side of peoples narrow experience.

That said there are no leylines in Canberra