Challenging aqua nullius through education, decolonising water management
An episode of the Earth Matters podcast, hosted by Claudia Craig, kate harriden, titled "Challenging aqua nullius through education, decolonising water management" was published on May 11, 2025.
May 11, 2025 · Earth Matters
Summary
Western hubris about water leads to really bad water policy - kate harriden Australia’s First Peoples looked after the country’s waterscapes for millennia before colonisation brought Western ways that exclude their contribution. This week on Earth Matters Wiradyuri woman and indigenous water expert kate harriden from the Monash Sustainable Development Institute explains how educating settler societies about indigenous ways of knowing is crucial to decolonising water management in Australia. Produced by Claudia Craig at the studios of 3CR on unceded Wurundjeri land. Sound recordings of Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, created and supplied by kate harriden. MSDI Water camp, May 20-22 MSDI Water camp, May 20-22, Australian National University, Ngunnawal Country - registrations open! First Nations Bookings, Non-indigenous EOI References Overturning Aqua nullius, Virginia Marshall Indigenous design: Water Country by kate harriden ‘Hear Their Voices: Australia’s First Nations Women and the Legal Recognition of Their Rights to Water’ Katie O’Bryan & kate harriden Victorian Government Water is Life Policy document
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