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Conference Paper

Authors
Kutay, Cat; and Lawrence, Christopher
Title
Enduring engineering for our water resources
In
19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply
Editors
Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia
Imprint
Engineering Heritage Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2017, pp. 243-257
ISBN/ISSN
9781922107923
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.384726348574776
Subject
History of Human Sciences
Description

Aboriginal utilisation and management of water resources, and the development of fish traps.

Abstract

Aboriginal communities have successful maintained a technological culture in this country for over 50,000 years (Malaspinas et al., 2016). During this time their civilisation survived many major climate changes and the irregular climate cycles of the region. This enduring engineering provides many lessons for modern engineering including the holistic nature of sustainable practices, the design of technology to suit the needs of society and narrative methods of sharing and maintaining the knowledge around the technology.

One such technology was the development of fish traps both in fresh and salt water, and which were developed and maintained for many thousands of years. The significance of water as the bringer of life and of regeneration is linked to the stories of the various types of fish traps.

Source
cohn 2018

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