Humanities Learning Resources by Miss Zhu https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky en-us 2023-04-25 02:48:43 UTC 2025-12-18 05:06:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Treasure-Hunting Garden Tour kimberleyice2000 https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2566596461 This document represents some areas in Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne, what Indigenous plants students can find in those areas and how those are used by the Indigenous people. When it is made into a handout for students, the descriptions on uses of those plants will not be shown. Instead, they will go explore the plants themselves and take guesses on their uses. ]]> 2023-04-25 03:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2566596461 Case 1 kimberleyice2000 https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2571820728 Bottle Bend Lagoon is a natural ephemeral wetland located in the Gol Gol State Forest near Mildura in Victoria, on the NSW side of the Murray River. The construction of Lock 11 weir pool at Mildura changed the natural flows of this wetland, which has resulted in many years of semi-permanent inundation. This inundation combined with a drying and wetting cycle in 2001/2002 lead to significant changes in pH levels from 7.24 (April 2002) to 3.69 (June 2002), and the intrusion of highly saline groundwater which resulted in lethal concentrations of heave metals such as aluminium and manganese. This cycle resulted in a massive fish kill and the eventual death of thousands of trees and other vegetation. 
On a site visit to Bottle Bend Lagoon, traditional owners discussed there concerns about the state of the Lagoon, and their frustration in addressing these issues with Government. In particular, they were concerned that some wetlands are significantly deteriorating in very short periods of time.50 
Other traditional owners have also expressed their concern over the scale and speed of the decline. Mutti Mutti Elder Mary Pappin said: 
Such a short space of time! I can’t take my grandchildren down to my favourite fishing spots and do what I used to do.51 
In 2004, the NSW Environmental Trust and the NSW Murray Working Wetlands Group co-funded a project to examine a range of wetlands in NSW. Of 81 NSW wetlands surveyed by the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, 20 percent showed some evidence of sulfidic sediments. If mismanaged, significant ecological damage is expected.52 
Such degradation of wetlands and waterways also has a significant affect on the rights of the Indigenous peoples of the MDB to conduct cultural activities and undertake their responsibilities which ensure the health of the rivers. 
]]> 2023-04-28 13:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2571820728 Case 2 kimberleyice2000 https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2571823374 2023-04-28 13:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2571823374 Questions kimberleyice2000 https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2571828445 1. Is such use of land sustainable/unsustainable?
2. What are impacts of it on the local environment (e.g., water/soil)?
3. How have those impacts led to better/worse food production in local areas?
4. Who're the possible group(s) of people benefiting/not benefiting from such impacts? Why? ]]> 2023-04-28 13:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberleyice2000/xkqt4957qneyduky/wish/2571828445