#Barkandji community in #Wilcannia documents critically endangered species living and breeding in the old town weir. large oral history project which collected knowledge from Barkandji and kin about fish traps.
#indigenouspeoples #Australia ##fishweirs
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Why don’t we distribute solar powered water aerators on major rivers to keep oxygen levels high? #DarlingRiver #Wilcannia

'A second letter from the health service, also seen by the Guardian, was sent last week to #ScottMorrison, calling on him to take control of the “unfolding humanitarian crisis” in #Wilcannia'

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Thanks for your excellent live cross to #Wilcannia with Peter Murphy @abcnews - the first date #NSWHealth offered vaccine was 18 August.
#GladysFail #COVID19nsw

'Census data from 2016 recorded the population of #Wilcannia at just 549

Today, more than 60, or 11% of Wilcannia's predominantly Aboriginal population have been infected with #COVID19 since the New South Wales Delta outbreak started in mid-June'
#auspol
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'Vaccination rates in the largely Indigenous NSW town of #Wilcannia are less than half the state average, while infection rates are twice the rate in western Sydney'
#COVID19nsw
#COVID19Aus
#Auspol
#IndigenousAustralians

'This week, the #Wilcannia River #Radio station opened up a 30-minute morning slot to #teachers from the school to read a story and inform students of their daily tasks..'

#CV_19
#Education...

'Frustrated by a lack of help from authorities to stem the steady stream of visitors through their towns, #Wilcannia and #Menindee have erected their own signs that urged visitors not to stop'...