TY - JOUR
T1 - Aboriginal people and groundwater
AU - Moggridge, Bradley J.
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to acknowledge my Kamilaroi ancestors, including elders and warriors who are living or have passed, for their wisdom and guidance; my wife Karen, son Kye and daughter Miah; the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC); the National Centre for Groundwater Management at UTS, in part supported by the Education and Training Steering Committee (CRC for Water Quality and Treatment) ? Adjunct Professor Dennis Mulcahy and Carolyn Bellamy; the New South Wales Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability (DEUS) ? Matt Parmeter; the New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning & Natural Resources (DIPNR) ? Liz Webb and George Gates; Emma Yuen and Robyn Grey-Gardner from the Centre for Appropriate Technology; Ian A. Bayly, Peter Veth, Chris Arends and Belinda Leo; and Camden Council. I also acknowledge encouragement and advice from the editors of the Special Issue on Springs of the Great Artesian Basin published by The Royal Society of Queensland.
Funding Information:
I would like to acknowledge my Kamilaroi ancestors, including elders and warriors who are living or have passed, for their wisdom and guidance; my wife Karen, son Kye and daughter Miah; the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC); the National Centre for Groundwater Management at UTS, in part supported by the Education and Training Steering Committee (CRC for Water Quality and Treatment) – Adjunct Professor Dennis Mulcahy and Carolyn Bellamy; the New South Wales Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability (DEUS) – Matt Parmeter; the New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning & Natural Resources (DIPNR) – Liz Webb and George Gates; Emma Yuen and Robyn Grey-Gardner from the Centre for Appropriate Technology; Ian A. Bayly, Peter Veth, Chris Arends and Belinda Leo; and Camden Council. I also acknowledge encouragement and advice from the editors of the Special Issue on Springs of the Great Artesian Basin published by The Royal Society of Queensland.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Royal Society of Queensland. All rights reserved.
Funding Information:
I would like to acknowledge my Kamilaroi ancestors, including elders and warriors who are living or have passed, for their wisdom and guidance; my wife Karen, son Kye and daughter Miah; the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC); the National Centre for Groundwater Management at UTS, in part supported by the Education and Training Steering Committee (CRC for Water Quality and Treatment) – Adjunct Professor Dennis Mulcahy and Carolyn Bellamy; the New South Wales Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability (DEUS) – Matt Parmeter; the New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning & Natural Resources (DIPNR) – Liz Webb and George Gates; Emma Yuen and Robyn Grey-Gardner from the Centre for Appropriate Technology; Ian A. Bayly, Peter Veth, Chris Arends and Belinda Leo; and Camden Council. I also acknowledge encouragement and advice from the editors of the Special Issue on Springs of the Great Artesian Basin published by The Royal Society of Queensland.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Royal Society of Queensland. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Aboriginal people have been part of the Australian landscape for 65,000 years or more, and in many areas, including the Great Artesian Basin, they have relied on groundwater for sur-vival. Aboriginal people believe their story originated in the Dreamtime – the beginning, when Aboriginal cultural heroes created groundwater sites along with all other sacred sites. Their survival, particularly in a desert environment, has intrigued non-Aboriginal people for many years. While many studies have been conducted on how Aboriginal people survived at a local or regional level by accessing groundwater, no research has collated and reviewed the entire subject matter of ‘Aboriginal People and Groundwater’. This paper, based on my 2005 Masters Thesis, endeavours to collate and review available research and provide an insight into the cultural relationships and dependence of Aboriginal people on groundwater. Since colonisa-tion, the Australian continent, its landscape and the complex nature of Aboriginal society have changed. So too have human uses and reliance on groundwater, for it has become a favoured water supply for many communities and types of industry. In some cases, these uses have led to over-allocation and groundwater depletion or degradation. The future of groundwater use has to be managed sustainably, as Aboriginal people have done for thousands of years.
AB - Aboriginal people have been part of the Australian landscape for 65,000 years or more, and in many areas, including the Great Artesian Basin, they have relied on groundwater for sur-vival. Aboriginal people believe their story originated in the Dreamtime – the beginning, when Aboriginal cultural heroes created groundwater sites along with all other sacred sites. Their survival, particularly in a desert environment, has intrigued non-Aboriginal people for many years. While many studies have been conducted on how Aboriginal people survived at a local or regional level by accessing groundwater, no research has collated and reviewed the entire subject matter of ‘Aboriginal People and Groundwater’. This paper, based on my 2005 Masters Thesis, endeavours to collate and review available research and provide an insight into the cultural relationships and dependence of Aboriginal people on groundwater. Since colonisa-tion, the Australian continent, its landscape and the complex nature of Aboriginal society have changed. So too have human uses and reliance on groundwater, for it has become a favoured water supply for many communities and types of industry. In some cases, these uses have led to over-allocation and groundwater depletion or degradation. The future of groundwater use has to be managed sustainably, as Aboriginal people have done for thousands of years.
KW - Dreamtime stories
KW - Indigenous cultural values
KW - Rainbow serpent
KW - Springs
KW - Sustainable management of groundwater
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101884169&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5962/p.357835
DO - 10.5962/p.357835
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101884169
SN - 0080-469X
VL - 126
SP - 11
EP - 27
JO - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland
JF - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland
ER -