The First Peoples' Water Engagement Council (FPWEC) was established to provide advice to the National Water Commission (NWC) on national Indigenous water issues, a priority envisaged under the National Water Initiative (NWI).

Country of the Gamilaraay language community

Country of the Githabul language community

The data from this study region includes 18 oral histories (audio as mp3s, and transcripts) and 6 image galleries, as well as a georeferenced hand-drawn map of the area.

The Goulburn River rushes westward down from the steep hills and mountains of…

Photographs feature the Goulburn River and surrounding riparian areas

Born in 1922, Ken’s family have lived on the ‘Hughendon’ property at Thornton since the 1860s. The Goulburn River runs on one side of the property and the Rubicon River runs through the middle.

Photographs provided by Ken Gilmore at the time…