Aboriginal Insights
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0Our water, our life
A new report released this month shows how Aboriginal people in the northern basin have overwhelmingly ranked environmental watering as a significant factor in their lives.
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0Celebrating our heritage
From the 16th to the 24th of April 2016, the Murray–Darling Basin Authority celebrated Australian Heritage Week. Celebrating the Basin’s unique heritage adds to our sense of place, community and history and helps shape our identity as Australians. The Murray–Darling Basin is full of historic sites, informing us about the unique history of Australia and highlighting how Australia’s […]
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0Investigating Progress in the Basin
The Murray–Darling Basin is a diverse and complex river system, with its different environments, communities and users constantly in a state of change. The Basin Plan was created to ensure a balance is achieved between the water made available for community, industry and environmental purposes. The recently released 2014-15 Basin Plan annual report highlights progress […]
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0True Tales - Aboriginal Fisheries Management
That the aborigines made fish-traps and fish-balks (as we used to call them when we came across them) is a fact. Sixty years ago there were many of the smaller balks in existence, and white people knew them and made use of them for other purposes than those intended by the aborigines. The larger fish-traps […]
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0Baiame's Ngunnhu - Brewarrina Fish Traps
The point where the Barwon River ends and the Darling River commences is a place of enormous cultural, recreational and economic importance for the Ngemba people, and for many other Indigenous groups in the area. This is also the site where the Baiame’s Ngunnhu (Brewarrina Fish Traps) are situated, an ingenious structure used by Indigenous […]
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0Through Our Eyes: Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge Project
Indigenous people have much to teach today’s land managers and the wider community about caring for the environment. “Through Our Eyes: Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge: Past, Present and Future”, is an innovative project that shares the traditional ecological knowledge of elders and their communities throughout the Western NSW Catchment. So far, there have been 44 videos made featuring […]
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1Budj Bim Restoration Project
The Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape is a section of volcanic plain that encompasses the area from Mt Eccles to the sea. The basalt lava flow created a series of wetlands and rivers including Lake Condah, Darlots Creek and Fitzroy River and estuary. In 2010, Lake Condah was restored and the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners are now focusing on protecting and restoring other waterways in the landscape.
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0Aboriginal Water Values
Glenelg Hopkins CMA, in partnership with Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation and Barengi Gadjin Land Council, has funding from DELWP to develop an Aboriginal Water Values project for the Glenelg River system from July 2015 to December 2016. The Glenelg River is valued by Victorians and South Australians for its high social, economic, cultural and environmental attributes and runs through two Traditional Owner areas, managed by Gunditj Mirring TOAC and Barengi Gadjin Land Council.
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0Wirraminna
WIRRAMINNA is a wonderful volunteer run and community based project which fosters an understanding of native plants and animals within our local woodland environments. It occupies four hectares of formerly unused ground around the old government dam, between the school and the recreation ground in Burrumbuttock, 30 km north of Albury, in southern NSW. From its […]
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0Y Water Discovery Centre and the Yea Wetlands
One of Yea’s best kept secrets, the Y Water discovery centre at the Yea Wetlands offers a unique look at the history, cultural heritage and flora and fauna of this special place. The Wetlands are a short walk from the town centre and accessible via a boardwalk, walking track and footbridges. Bushwalking, birdwatching and simply relaxing and […]