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FRESHWATER WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS
One of the virtual 'skins' from Imagine The Future Inc's re-interpretation of a traditional Kulin possum skin cloak created by Csaba Szamosy from images contributed by project partners, Painting the future real, 1996. [The 2002 version and accompanying story Freshwater wetlands.] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSDRAFT TEXT ONLY - TO BE CHECKED BY CONTRIBUTORSThe following images were used in this digital composite about freshwater wetland ecosystems of the basalt plain:
Kulin men (probably Wautherong) in a traditional bark canoe. This photograph is believed to have been taken on the Barwon River in the late nineteenth century. It was contributed to the project by Geelong Historical Archives on behalf of the City of Greater Geelong.
White Faced Heron contributed by Parks Victoria.
Sacred kingfisher contributed by Parks Victoria.
Black duck contributed by Parks Victoria.
Hoary Headed Grebe on her nest, contributed by Parks Victoria.
Nesting Brolga (Girus rubicindos) photographed by Steve McCann for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Contributed by Vanessa Craigee for DNRE.
Nesting swan contributed by Parks Victoria.
Redgums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) near Geelong photographed by Mark Trengove of Geelong Indigenous Nursery.
Remnant wetland on the Little River rail reserve, photographed by James Ross for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. This photograph was contributed to the project by Vanessa Craigee for DNRE Return to the possum skin cloak To About the project To the Bioregion To the Painting the Future Real home page. To the Imagine The Future Inc home page. 'Painting the future real' is an initiative of Imagine The Future Inc with the support of project partners. For more information, contact Imagine The Future at 340 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia phone: +61 3 9417 2033, fax: +61 3 9416 0767 email: imagine@peg.apc.org, or merrillf@dingo.vut.edu.au [Page history: created and first published on www.ecoversity.org.au as part o f Painting the future real (1995-97), the prototype for Redreaming the plain (1998-2002); taken off-line in 1998 and re-posted in a slightly modified form in July 2004 as a web archive. For more information contact redreaming@rmit.edu.au.] |