Aboriginal knowledge and values of the Fleurieu swamps
The traditional and scientific values of the Fleurieu’s freshwater swamps are being brought together in a new project instigated by a local Aboriginal enterprise.
The Aboriginal Knowledge and Values in Fleurieu Swamps project was implemented by the Kula-Tind-Jeri enterprise, led by State Aboriginal Heritage Committee Chair Mark Koolmatrie, and supported by a Grassroots Grant from the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board.
The project aims to understand and explain ecology as it was and is experienced and imagined by Aboriginal peoples from the eastern Fleurieu Peninsula and Lower Murray regions.
Yarluwar-Ruwe Assessment - Swamp Revival
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Read this overview for a quick snapshot of the project, or for a deeper understanding, read about these different areas of Aboriginal knowledge:
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values - Introduction
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – Sharing and trading
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – Swamps before and after European settlement
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – People and landscapes/environment
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – Food plants
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – Medicinal plants
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – Food animals
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – Materials
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values – Spirits and mythological creatures
- Fleurieu Swamps Aboriginal Values - References
Photo: Nicole Bennett (Team Leader, Partnerships and Engagement, Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board) with project initiator Mark Koolmatrie.
Photo credit: Nicole Motteux