Bunjil (The Eagle)
Bunjil is the great creator deity and ancestral spirit of the Kulin Nation, the collective of Aboriginal Australian peoples including the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Taungurung, Djadjawurrung, and Wathaurung who inhabit the Port Phillip region of Victoria. Represented as a wedge-tailed eagle, Bunjil is revered as the supreme being who created the earth, carved out waterways, shaped the mountains and valleys, and brought forth animals, plants, and the first humans. He is a benevolent and wise figure who established the laws, social structures, and ceremonial traditions that govern Kulin life, serv