Bunya Gathering

Nations gathered whenever the bunya pines cropped heavily.

Back of Bunya Gathering: the Bunya gatherings (Bunya Festival) tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #97 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #97, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Bunya Gathering: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #97 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Bunya Gathering: a color medallion of Noun #97 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

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The tradition · pre-colonial–1902; being revived

Bunya gatherings (Bunya Festival)

About every three years, when bunya pines cropped heavily, Aboriginal nations met in the Bunya Mountains to feast, trade and settle disputes; the last known was in 1902, and it is being revived.

Source: Bunya governance (Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, Australian Government) ↗

How a note would work

Cones are earned by bringing food, tools or skills to a seasonal gathering and spent on what other groups bring. They are never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

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PlaceBunya Mountains, Qld, Australia
Erapre-colonial–1902; being revived
RegionOceania & the Pacific
UnitCone · Cones
Face value3 Cones
SerialGB-G053-N0097
NounActual Noun #97 ↗
Why this NounBunya pines belong to an ancient lineage that reaches back to the age of the dinosaurs.
Headdino
Glassessquare teal
Bodyteal
Accessorycheckers blue
Seedbg 1 · body 28 · acc 36 · head 69 · glasses 17