Aboriginal water use
Policy
Water for Victoria: water plan
Water for Victoria is the Victorian Government's strategic plan for management of water resources, now and into the future. We will ensure we manage water to support a healthy environment, a prosperous economy and thriving communities. To meet the challenges of climate change and population growth, the government will take action to ensure that our...
Report
Cultural water in the Edward/Kolety and Wakool river system
This paper considers 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.
Report
Encountering the South Australian landscape: early European misconceptions and our present water problems
Jennifer McKay writes that the early Europeans perceived water and land in Australia in ways that led them to over-allocate and overuse water. As a result of this misperception Australians as a whole need to devise new policies to ensure that water allocation is within principles requiring environmental, social and economic sustainability. This will involve...