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This item represents a Study Region in Dharmae, the UTS Data Hub of Australian Research on Marine and Aquatic Ecocultures.Description
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.
The Paroo River catchment is in the north‐western corner of the Murray‐Darling Basin. The river flows across the Queensland border into New South Wales, where it spreads out over floodplains. Beccause of this dispersal and the hotter, dryer climate, it now rarely flows into the Darling River and is known as an ephemeral river. It is the last unregulated river of the northern Murray Darling basin and sustains important wetlands and sub-artesian waters.
The region has been inhabited by Aboriginal peoples for around 20 000 years; the Maranganji, Kalali, Badjiri, Kunggari and the Parundji people, from whose name the river's name is derived.
(Source: Sarac, Z., Sewell, H., Baker, E . and Ringwood, G. 2011. "Paroo: Talking fish, making connections with the rivers of the Murray‐Darling Basin." Murray‐Darling Basin Authority, Canberra.")
Subjects
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledge |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History |
Applied research |
Australian History (Excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) |
Cultural Understanding |
Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage |
Ecosystem Assessment and Management |
Environment |
Environmental Science and Management |
Environmental Sciences |
Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments |
Heritage |
Historical Studies |
History and Archaeology |
Natural Resource Management |
fishing |
history |
paroo |
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- Local : https://redbox.research.uts.edu.au/redbox/published/detail/e096feb99d6564b6772262adcf319f36