Heritage Stories
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0Deakin’s American dreams for the Basin
As part of Australian Heritage Week, the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is looking back on the diverse history of the Basin to understand how the nation developed and reflect on what makes the Murray–Darling Basin so special. Alfred Deakin, Australia’s second Prime Minister, is one of the most iconic and widely celebrated historical figures throughout […]
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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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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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0Lachlan River Catchment History
My father had the stories; he always used to say that at Easter time he wouldn’t have to buy fish, he would just catch a fish, down the Lachlan here, always four to five cod and not much of anything else, that’s what dad used to tell us. There was also what they used to […]
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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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0Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is a shallow lake approximately 60 km downstream of the Murray-Darling junction covering approximately 12,000 hectares. It is a naturally occurring lake which in the past received water when the Murray River flooded. Works to install embankments and regulators in the 1920s turned Lake Victoria into a highly managed off-river storage which today serves to […]
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0Kulcurna Homestead
On a recent trip to map parts of far Western New South Wales, Australian UAV staff took some impressive aerial photos of Kulcurna Homestead, a station on the Murray River near the South Australian border. This part of the Murray features iconic tall red sandstone cliffs and a horizon that seems to stretch on forever. Kulcurna […]