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> Water and the Murray–Darling Basin

What can a museum exhibition help us understand about water use and management in the Murray-Darling Basin?

> Old new land: Exploring land and people over time

Investigate aspects of the Australian environment and our changing relationship with the land.

> Can we 'drought-proof' Australia?

Explore the causes and effects of drought and whether drought can be managed, even eliminated.

> Extremes: Survival in the great deserts of the southern hemisphere

Explore the science, cultural history and contemporary societies of the Namib and Kalahari in Africa, Australia's red centre and the Atacama in South America.

> Fire in Australia

Investigate the complex place of bushfires in Australia, including the impact of bushfires on the natural environment and people's lives.

> Gold and civilisation

Investigate the impact of the discovery of gold on Australia. Includes information on current mining methods and the uses of gold in contemporary society.

Resources to order

> Australian History Mysteries

A video, print and web resource – inquiry-based case studies, including 'What are the mysteries of Maralinga?'.

> Audio-on-demand

Explore audio recordings of presentations about the Australian environment.

> Collection images associated with 'environment'

> Pass the salt

Explore places, examine objects and hear stories of salinity in the Wagga Wagga region, New South Wales.

> Basin bytes – Echuca, Goolwa/Toowoomba and Wentworth

A community outreach initiative – using digital photography and text to encourage members of the community to explore issues that relate to cultural heritage and natural resource management in their location.

> Farmers' stories from the upper Murray

Short interviews and images are of real farmers who work for themselves, reliant on the forces of nature for their income.

> Hooked on the Goulburn River

A collection of stories about people and fish 'hooked' on the Goulburn River.

> Snapshots of remote communities

See how students living in remote areas of Australia have documented their community, through images of what they think is important about their community from local characters and daily life to natural features or landmarks.

> National parks

Meet Myles Dunphy, one of the founders of Australia's conservation movement in the 1930s.

> Gold rush

Explore the Ballarat goldfields of 1865, the challenges miners faced finding gold, and the importance of the Gold Rush era in shaping Australia's population during the mid to late 1800s.