Subject: Science
Topic: Aboriginal people and groundwater
Description: Describes the importance of groundwater to aboriginal people - past and present. Provides examples of how groundwater was managed through stories and art.
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Aboriginal people and groundwater
Describes the importance of groundwater to aboriginal people – past and present. Provides examples of how groundwater was managed through stories and art.
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Excercises
Aboriginal groundwater use
Provides some practical activities to explore aboriginal groundwater use (research).
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Case Studies
CS1 - Groundwater in Aboriginal Art, NSW
Describes the depiction of water resources, often groundwater, in aboriginal art.
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CS2 - Stories from the aboriginal dreamtime, NSW
This is the story of Gurangatch and Mirragan, a dreaming story of the Gundungurra people, who are to be found south-west of Sydney NSW.
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CS3 - Stories from the aboriginal dreamtime, NSW
Tells the story of the formation of Lake Narracan in northern NSW.
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CS8 - Groundwater and the dreamtime
Provides a summary of the importance of storytelling to aboriginal people as a means of sharing knowledge. This summary has a specific focus on water resources, including groundwater.
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CS9 - Stories from the aboriginal dreamtime, NT
This case study tells the story of a fresh water spring at Raymanggirr, on the northern coast of Arnhem Land somewhere near Lake Evell.
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CS19 - Stories from the Dreamtime, South Australia
This is the story of Tjilbruke and the formation of coastal springs, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
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CS20 - Aboriginal stories form the Dreamtime, SA2
This is the story of the formation of spring fed waterholes in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
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CS21 - Aboriginal stories form the Dreamtime, SA3
This is the story of Arkaroo’s Dreamtime journey, Gammon Ranges, south-central South Australia.
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CS29 - Knowledge transfer by Aboriginal Art, WA1
Look at the geographical drawing by Katabulka of the Ngadadjara tribe in the arid Warburton Ranges in central Western Australia. The painting depicts geographical map of water sources showing pools and soakages.
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CS30 - Knowledge transfer by Aboriginal Art, WA2
Describes a highly conventionalized map of the Western Australian water resources of the Bindibu [=Pintupi], central Western Australia, as carved into the back of a spear-thrower.
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CS37 - Groundwater and the Dreamtime
Describes the story of 3 brothers who came from over the sea to populate our country.
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CS38 - Stories from the Dreamtime, NSW
Tells the story of the importance of St Mary’s Waterhole situated within Gumbainggeri country on the NSW north coast.
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