An Aboriginal woman, Diane Kelly from the Brewarrina, NSW tells her happy memories of growing up on the Barwon-Darling River when she was a child. She expresses concerns about water quality is decreasing. Find out more: ...
This video is part of an ABC produced series named This Place. It tells the story behind one of these special places: Wangal people know Sydney as the place of eel Dreaming and before it was known as the Parramatta River, the waterway was called Burramattagal....
By Dr Aparna Lal, the Australian National University Growing up in India in the 1980s, Dr Aparna Lal had access to running water for only two hours a day, and it wasn’t always clean. At the time she didn’t even question this, until she moved to New Zealand...
The Wimmera River is known as Barengi Djul in Wergaia language spoken by the Wotjobaluk people. Along the water, not far from the township of Dimboola is a special place known as Ackle Bend or Wutiyeti which means camping place, and is also known for its stories of...
Badger Bates, a Baarkindji man from Western NSW, explains how traditional Aboriginal people found water in an arid environment, such as following animals to water or identifying signs left by other people. He also demonstrates a traditional technique for reducing...
A water story by Dr Anne Poelina Kimberley Dr Anne Poelina is a Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Owner and a guardian of the Mardoowarra, Lower Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Anne is the Managing Director of Madjulla Inc., Chair of the...
A water story by Dr Anne Poelina Kimberley Dr Anne Poelina is a Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Owner and a guardian of the Mardoowarra, Lower Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Anne is the Managing Director of Madjulla Inc., Chair of the...
Bruce Shillingsworth - 2019 Corroboree Project - Yaama Ngunna Barka (Welcome to our River) Find out more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaCNHuJZtwE WARNINGS: These stories may contain videos, images, voices or content of deceased persons. The inclusion of links to...
Saving the Rivers from Corporates: An Interview With Water Activist Bruce Shillingsworth. "Bruce Shillingsworth is a First Nations artist and rights activist. The Muruwari and Budjiti man has been prominently campaigning for just management of the river system. And as...
A water story on SBS This Indigenous river community say they've lost their culture due to water mismanagement. "Water is life and water is these people's lives. The Barkindji people have lived and hunted on the banks of the Darling River for more than 40,000 years....