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The National Museum of Australia undertakes a range of projects working with communities around Australia. Here you can explore a number of other projects the Museum has done involving Murray-Darling Basin communities.

Basin Bytes project

> Basin Bytes
A collection of photographs taken by people living in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, showing local landscapes, resources, cultural heritage and characters. (2004-06)

Pass the Salt

> Pass the Salt
An online exhibition exploring places, examining objects and telling people's stories about salinity in the Wagga Wagga region of New South Wales. (2006)

Hooked on the Goulburn

> Hooked ... on the Goulburn
An online exhibition about life, fishing and environmental efforts on the Goulburn River in Victoria. (2006)

Farmers' stories
> Farmers' Stories

A series of short interviews and images of farmers from the Upper Murray region, exploring their environmental connections and reliance on the weather. (2007)

Early morning on the Murray River. Photo: Matthew Higgins.

> Murray Meander, photos on Flickr
Photos taken by National Museum of Australia senior curator Matthew Higgins on a reflective journey down the Murray River as part of the research for Australia's Water Story, a part of the Water exhibition. (2009)

Combaning Creek waterhole.
> The Waterhole Project research blog
A National Museum of Australia blog exploring the histories and contemporary realities of a waterhole and its surrounds at Combaning, NSW. (2010)

Other resources

> Water and the Murray-Darling Basin (education resource)
A National Museum of Australia classroom resource developed to support the Water exhibition. The focus of the unit is: What can museum objects help us understand about water use and management in the Murray-Darling Basin?

> Special forever (education resource)
Special Forever is a water education project for primary schools in the Murray-Darling Basin. It is a joint project of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and e:lit - the Primary English Teaching Association. Writing and artwork submitted for Special Forever is included in the Water exhibition.

> The Murray–Darling Basin Authority
The Murray–Darling Basin Authority is responsible for planning the integrated management of water resources of the vast Murray–Darling Basin.

> National Waterwatch
A national community water quality monitoring network that encourages all Australians to become active in the protection of their waterways.

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