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Diving into the Desert. Indigenous and Future Floodplain Management (2023–2026)

Abstract:
This project aims to discover how Indigenous communities managed cycles of drought and flood in the Lake Eyre Basin, and to learn from this to manage Australia¿s inland rivers sustainably. By integrating archaeology ¿ done underwater, on land and from the air ¿ with Indigenous knowledge and environmental and flow modelling, the project expects to uncover a deep history of Indigenous environmental engineering in one of the world's last unregulated desert river systems . The project's outcomes ¿ an Australian National Maritime Museum touring exhibition plus written, audio and 3D immersive communications ¿ seek to benefit Australia's cultural life and flood mitigation, and to protect the Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation's culture and country.
Grant type:
ARC Linkage Projects
Researchers:

  • Dr Michael Westaway

    Associate Professor
    School of Social Science
    Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    Associate Professor
    School of Social Science
    Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

  • Professor Hubert Chanson

    Professor
    School of Civil Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

  • Dr Jennifer Silcock

    Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Faculty of Science
    Research Fellow
    School of the Environment
    Faculty of Science
Funded by:
Australian Research Council