Cultural water in the Edward/Kolety and Wakool river system
Indigenous people in south-east Australia have developed strategies and theories around the allocation of cultural water and the broader notion of ‘cultural flows’ in response to two key triggers: the poor environmental health of the inland river country and the historic and contemporary failure of...
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ftapo:oai:apo.org.au:36064 2023-05-15T16:16:30+02:00 Cultural water in the Edward/Kolety and Wakool river system Jessica Weir Australia New South Wales 2013-10-21 00:00:00 http://apo.org.au/node/36064 unknown Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies http://apo.org.au/node/36064 Water Report 2013 ftapo 2020-05-20T09:43:47Z Indigenous people in south-east Australia have developed strategies and theories around the allocation of cultural water and the broader notion of ‘cultural flows’ in response to two key triggers: the poor environmental health of the inland river country and the historic and contemporary failure of the Australian state and common law to recognise the property rights and political status of Australia’s first nations. In the Murray–Darling Basin, the very recent marked decline in river health and long history of agricultural settlement and colonisation are felt acutely by the traditional owners, whose ancestral homes are now inseparable from the new communities based on the agricultural and irrigation industries. In this paper we consider the experiences of the Wamba Wamba and Perrepa Perrepa people and the work of one of their key organisations, Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Aboriginal Corporation. The discussion does not encompass the whole of Wamba Wamba country but focuses on the Edward/Kolety and Wakool rivers and the town of Deniliquin, where Yarkuwa is based. Authors: Jessica K. Weir, Steven L Ross, David RJ Crew and Jeanette L Crew Report First Nations Australian Policy Online (Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology) Weir ENVELOPE(177.167,177.167,-84.983,-84.983) |
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Indigenous people in south-east Australia have developed strategies and theories around the allocation of cultural water and the broader notion of ‘cultural flows’ in response to two key triggers: the poor environmental health of the inland river country and the historic and contemporary failure of the Australian state and common law to recognise the property rights and political status of Australia’s first nations. In the Murray–Darling Basin, the very recent marked decline in river health and long history of agricultural settlement and colonisation are felt acutely by the traditional owners, whose ancestral homes are now inseparable from the new communities based on the agricultural and irrigation industries. In this paper we consider the experiences of the Wamba Wamba and Perrepa Perrepa people and the work of one of their key organisations, Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Aboriginal Corporation. The discussion does not encompass the whole of Wamba Wamba country but focuses on the Edward/Kolety and Wakool rivers and the town of Deniliquin, where Yarkuwa is based. Authors: Jessica K. Weir, Steven L Ross, David RJ Crew and Jeanette L Crew |
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Cultural water in the Edward/Kolety and Wakool river system |
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Cultural water in the Edward/Kolety and Wakool river system |
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Cultural water in the Edward/Kolety and Wakool river system |
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
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