Project Category: Paper

Presenting the case to decommission the world’s longest environmental barrier in the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030

Examining New Zealand’s Use of Toxins in Defense of the Environment

Carving a 5614km incision through remote inland Australia, the Dingo Barrier Fence has for around 70 years divided the ecology o f a large area of the continent, while providing a lifeline to the nation’s sheep industry.

For thousands of years, the water-finding abilities of the Australian dingo (Canis dingo), has assisted human survival in one of the most extreme, arid environments on earth. In addition to their contribution to Traditional Aboriginal society as a guardian, living blanket, hunting assistant and companion, the dingo’s role as intermediary between the earth’s surface and...

An examination of Dingo-Human encounters in Australian cultuiral and environmental heritage. PART FOUR

An examination of Dingo-Human encounters in Australian cultuiral and environmental heritage. PART THREE

An examination of Dingo-Human encounters in Australian cultuiral and environmental heritage. PART TWO

An examination of Dingo-Human encounters in Australian cultuiral and environmental heritage. PART ONE

This report examines the history and significance of indigenous companion animals within traditional Aboriginal society and in early Euro-Australian settlements. Working from historical photographic and anthropological records, the project constructs a visual and written record of these often-transient human-animal relationships, including cockatoos who spoke in Aboriginal language; companion brolgas; and the traditions of raising the...