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This item represents a Study Region in Dharmae, the UTS Data Hub ofAustralian Research on Marine and Aquatic Ecocultures.
The data from this study region includes 8 oral histories (audio as mp3s, and transcripts) and 5 image galleries, as well as a georeferenced hand-drawn map of the area.
Once known as Crabb’s Creek, Katarapko Creek is a small anabranch of the Murray River, located between the towns of Berri and Loxton in the Riverland region of South Australia. Its 9,000 hectare grey clay floodplain is covered with blackbox, saltbush and lignum. The creek’s horseshoe lagoons, marshes and islands are the traditional lands of the Meru peoples.
Today, Katarapko’s red gum and river coobahͲlined waters leave the Murray near Lock and Weir 4, rejoining the river 16km later. Katarapko has seen many changes as its waters were blocked, floodplains grazed, and surrounding irrigation districts flourished. Berri Evaporation Basin and Katarapko Island Disposal Basin have both taken a toll as they collected salty irrigation drainage water.
(Source: Frawley, J., Nichols, S., Goodall, H. and Baker, E. 2011. Katarapko: Talking fish, making connections with the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin. Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra.)
text: Gerard Reserve for Aborigines, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Chowilla, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Pyap, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Loxton, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Berri, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Katarapko Creek, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Katarapko Island, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Murray River, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Renmark, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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text: Barmera, AU (Australia/Adelaide)
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