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Why birds, culture and language are relevant…and interesting

August 23, 2009 – 6:00 pm

The most substantial single source of Aboriginal bird knowledge in the mainstream ornithological literature was John Gould’s “Handbook to The Birds of Australia”, published in 1865. I’ve not been able to find a replacement candidate as the primary source – and much of the information contained therein was collected by one of Gould’s collectors, John Gilbert, who was taken from us too soon in 1845 while on a cross-country expedition with Ludwig Leichhardt.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Indigenous land management, Northern development | Also tagged Australian Ornithological Conference 2009, Birds that tell us things, Charles Sturt University, Dhariwaa Elders Group, Dr Dave Watson, Dr Rohan Clarke, John Gilbert, John Gould, Ludwig Leichhardt, Monash University, Myfany Turpin, School for Policy and Social Research | Comments (2)

Great Southern on the Tiwi Islands – Timber, Fear, Intimidation and a great tax dodge

May 26, 2009 – 1:07 pm

Under the Senate’s spotlight are the arrangements between the Tiwi Land Council and Great Southern, the promoter of broad-acre MIS forestry schemes on the islands that have seen vast swathes of virgin tropical savanna transformed into a monocrop of the fast growing Acacia mangium.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, Indigenous land management, Northern Territory politics, Northern development, Some places I've been, The Law, The Northern Myth | Also tagged ABC News, Acacia mangium, ANU Wild Country Research and Policy Hub, Background Briefing, Communications and the Arts, Dr Ken Eldridge, Great Southern Plantations, Inquiry into forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands, John Hicks, Marion Scrymgour, Matilda Minerals, Melville Island, NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson, NT News, Paul Everingham, Paul Toohey, PenSyl Ltd, Pentarch Forest Products Ltd, Peter Robertson, Pirntubula Ltd, Professor Brendan Mackey Director, Professor Stephen Garnett, School for Environmental Research, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Senator Trish Crossin, Stratus Shipping Ltd, Sylvatech, The Australian, Timbercorp, Tiwi Islands, Tiwi Land Council, Wendy Carlisle | Comments (7)

Birds that tell people things – 4 posters of central Australian bird knowledge

April 13, 2009 – 9:23 pm

This series of posters features birds that indicate ecological and social events in four Central Australian Aboriginal languages: Arrernte, Anmatyerr, Alyawarr and Kaytetye.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Animals, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Some places I've been, Yuendumu | Also tagged Aboriginal bird knowledge, Alyawarr and Kaytetye, Anmatyerr, Arrernte, Birds That Tell People Things, Cultural Signs of central Australia, Myfany Turpin, School for Policy and Social Research, University of Queensland | Comments (3)

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