Water management and rights

From ancient to modern environments in southeastern Australia: evidence from the unique natural archives of Lake George

The year 2020 marked the 200th anniversary of European settlers first encountering the ‘noble expanse of water’ of Lake George in New South Wales.

The invisible farmer: Securing Australian farm women's history

This project, believed to be the first national study of farm women in Australia, aims to address their historical and contemporary invisibility by creating an online, publicly accessible, multimed

Cross-cultural management of freshwater on resource-constrained islands

This project aims to develop a methodology for community-led adaptive water management on resource-constrained islands and will involve Indigenous communities in the development of predictive groun

Social implications of market-based policy instruments for carbon and water

This project aims to analyse socio-cultural benefits and risks in the two significant environmental markets of carbon and water across three sites in Australia and Timor-Leste.

Networked knowledge for repatriation communities

This project worked with First Nations partner organisations, universities, government and museums to build a major digital archive of information about the theft and return of Indigenous Ancestral

Securing the essential: assisting Indigenous communities and their service providers to sustainably manage water and energy supply

The provision of water and energy supplies to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a critical challenge for service providers.

Incorporating Indigenous knowledge, values and interests into environmental water planning in the Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Ramsar Wetland

The Goyder Institute For Water Research Project E.1.17 ‘Incorporating Indigenous knowledge, values  and interests into environmental water planning in the Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Alb