The Moorabool News FREE [email protected] Your Local News www.themooraboolnews.com.au Tuesday 8 July, 2014 Serving Ballan and district since 1872 Phone 5368 1966 Fax 5368 2764 Vol 8 No 26 A small group braved the arctic conditions to celebrate the beginning of NAIDOC Week in Ballan last Friday with the flag raising ceremony. Inset – Mayor Paul Tatchell helps six year old Emily Dudzik raise the Australian flag.Photo Helen Tatchell I am; you are; we NAIDOC Week celebrations are being held Torres Strait Islands and the Australian flags nal people and traditional owners of the land Aboriginal people over the last century and across Moorabool Shire this week to recog- all week. are still here. We could make a huge impact said: “Underneath the surface there is a mas- nise and celebrate the significant contribu- “We really need to encourage the young on people’s knowledge of the history of this sive problem and it still exists.” tion Aboriginal people and culture have ones to be involved and be proud of where country. “There’s history, strength and adversity all made to the community. they come from and this is an opportunity “I thank Moorabool for doing this because it tied up within the Aboriginal culture,” Cr Wadawurrung Aboriginal elder, Uncle which only comes around once or twice a shows that they do lead, they’re not just talk- Tatchell said. Bryon Powell, unfurled the Aboriginal flag year,” Uncle Bryon said. ing the talk, they’re walking the walk.” “Sometimes the secret is just to be ‘you’. 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Department of Environment Breakfast & Lunch At the end of May former and Primary Industries In Victoria Gambusia holbrooki has been declared fish biologist John Kowarsky (DEPI) confirmed that mos- a Noxious Aquatic Species under the Fisheries Tue to Sun, 8 til 5 caught mosquito fish near quito fish were considered Act 1995. As a declared noxious fish, this species Jopling Street in Ballan. noxious. restaurant & cafe cannot be returned to water. • Fresh seasonal menu Mr Kowarsky said after “They predate smaller na- Mosquito fish were introduced into Australia in 1925 catching the tiny fish he read tive fish and compete with from North and Central America as a biological • Quality coffee native fish for resources,” recent Melbourne Water sur- control agent for mosquitoes. They have a dorsally • House made cakes veys which had found mos- she said. quito fish in Werribee Gorge, “There are records of mos- flattened head, rounded tail and a single dorsal fin. • c 1857 stone cottage but not as far upstream as quito fish caught in various Their back is green to brown, becoming grey down Ballan. locations along the Werribee their sides and silver on the belly. Females reach “This altitude may be a new River. This species is rela- up to 6cm, while males only grow to 3cm in length. thing for this species. Wer- tively widespread.” They prefer warm, still or slow flowing water. Ballan’s Main Rd | 96 Inglis St | 5368 2999 ribee Gorge is about 300 me- She said invasive species Once introduced into a waterway, Mosquito Fish Tuesday to Sunday 8am - 5pm tres lower. Maybe it’s a sign such as mosquito fish was are usually able to disperse along its entire length restaurant & cafe just one factor taken into ac- of increasing urbanisation,” due to their tolerance of diverse environmental www.themillcottage.com.au Mr Kowarsky said. count when assessing over- conditions. “In the Werribee River all river health. around Ballan three native “Restoration efforts are in Gambusia holbrooki are extremely aggressive © designscope 2011 fish species have been re- place that will see the health predators that compete with native fish, eat their BMScreens+Blinds corded: Mountain Galaxias, of the Werribee River eggs and predate their young. Environmental Southern Pigmy Perch and improved and maintained reports suggest they are partially responsible for the Short -finned Eel. The over time. 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