INDIGENOUS CULTURAL & SPIRITUAL VALUES IN WATER QUALITY PLANNING Prepared by Neva Collings Submitted 21 May 2012 ISBN 978-1-921733-64-2 Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia 2012 This work is copyright. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Public Affairs, GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 or email
[email protected] Disclaimers The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Photos Yellow Water Lagoon, Kakadu National Park – John Baker; Daly River – Allan Fox; Boardwalk, Yalata Indigenous Protected Area – Ivan Haskovec Boardwalk; Yalata Indigenous Protected Area – Ivan Haskovec; Cleaning of Pupu rockhole near Walalkara – Mike Jensen; Coorong National Park – Bruce Gray; and Pelicans, Coorong National Park – Bruce Gray. CONTENTS Executive Summary 2 Conclusions 4 Glossary 6 A. Adelaide Coastal Water Quality Improvement Plan 8 B. Police Lagoons Wetland Conceptual Model, Queensland 13 C. Engaging with and Incorporating the Views of the Queensland Far South West Aboriginal Natural Resource Management Group in Water Quality Management Planning 20 D. Prioritising Rock-Holes of Aboriginal and Ecological Significance in the Gawler Ranges, South Australia 23 E. Recognising Indigenous Cultural and Spiritual Values: Maintaining River Health of the Daly River (NT) 32 F.