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Understanding and Communicating the Story of Tona Wetlands
Pond at Sunraysia Institute of TAFE

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands
Aboriginal artefacts on cracked clay background

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Introduction

Map of New South Wales

Photograph of the Anabranch above Worras Dam.

Mr Russell Elliott standing by a canoe tree

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Tona Lament

Large plant eater Zygomaturus trilobus

Giant Goanna Megalania

The Giant Kangaroo Procoptodon goliah

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Tona Story

Map of New South Wales

Location of Tona Wetlands

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Time Line

Global picture of the ‘supercontinent’ Gondwanaland

Aborigines spear fishing from a red gum canoe

Early settlers

digital globe pic

The Murray-Darling Basin

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Understanding the Tona Wetlands - The Maraura Story

Representation on the arrival of European explorers

Map of Koori Nations showing the area of occupation for the Barkindji people

Sketch of the Darling and Murray River Junction from the journal of Charles Sturt

Aboriginal walking carrying weapons

Skull discovered on Tona Station

Artefact scatter discovered on Tona Station

Hearth discovered on Tona Station

One of the many scar trees discovered on Tona Station

Boundary tree discovered on Tona Station

Midden site exposed at Tona Station

River Red Gum Woodlands

Black Box Woodlands

Mallee Woodlands

Pine/Belah Woodlands

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Wetlands - What are they?

Natural wetland

Floodplain on Tona Station receiving a much needed drink

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Wetland Fauna found during the day

Photograph of lake Victoria taken from the regulator.(Page background)

Water boatmen

Dragonfly and Damselfly larvae

 

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Water scorpions

Freshwater mussels

Freshwater shrimp

Yabbies

Murray cod

Bony bream

Callop or Golden perch

Silver perch

Freshwater turtles

Red-bellied black snake

Eastern water skink

Gould’s goanna or Sand monitor

Tree Goanna or Lace monitor

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Emu

Ducks and allies

Cormorants and Darters

Pelicans

Herons, Bitterns and Egrets

Ibises and Spoonbills

Hawks, Eagles and Kites

Coots, Rails and Native Hens

Pigeons and Doves

Cockatoos and Parrots

Kookaburras, Kingfishers and Bee-eaters

Swifts, Swallows and Martins

Robins, Shrike-tits and Shrike-thrushes

 

 

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Fantails and Flycatchers

Honeyeaters, Miners and Wattlebirds

Magpies, Woodswallows and Mudnesters

Kangaroos

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Wetland Fauna found during the night

Photograph of lake Victoria taken from the regulator.(Page background)

Huntsman spider

Carpet python

Tessellated gecko

Barking or Long-thumbed frog

Spotted marsh frog

Striped burrowing frog

 

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Emerald spotted tree frog

Hawk owls and Barn owls

Frogmouths, Nightjars and Owlet-nightjars

Little pied bat and Gould’s wattled bat

Lesser long-eared bat

Water rat

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Introduced Species of the wetlands

Photograph of lake Victoria taken from the regulator.(Page background)

Gambusia or Mosquito fish

Redfin

European carp

European rabbit

 

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Feral cat

Feral pig

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Plant Communties of the wetlands

River red gum community

Black box community

Chenopod shrubland community

Pine/belah ridgeland community

 

Understanding the Tona Wetlands - Wetland Benefits

Yabby

 

This precious Resource

Page background

 

This precious Resource - Introduction

Eroded gullies

Young seedlings

 

This precious Resource - Management Program Components

Feral Goats

Kangaroos

Boxthorn

Eroded gullies

 

This precious Resource - Final Report

Bush banana seed

Pigweed

 

 

 

 

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This precious Resource - Tona Threat Map

Threat Map

 

Information Sheets & Posters

Page Background

 

Information Sheets & Posters - Cultural Site Management

Fencing Cultural Site

Marking Cultural Site

Shearing shed

Shearing quarters

Aboriginal skull discovered on Tona Station

One of the many scar trees discovered on Tona Station

 

Information Sheets & Posters - Revegatation

Direct seeder and rip lines, used for revegetation works

Seed Harvesting & Seeds in trays

 

Information Sheets & Posters - Erosion Control

Scald

Controlling erosion with natural litter

Eroded gullies

 

Information Sheets & Posters - Pest Animal Control

Feral Goats

Rabbit diggings

Information Sheets & Posters - Monitoring - Fauna Survey

Spotlight Survey

Checking the trap line

Shingleback Lizard

Blind Snake

 

Information Sheets & Posters - Monitoring - Aquatic Survey

Aquatic Survey Photographs

 

Information Sheets & Posters - Monitoring - Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey Photographs

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Information Sheets & Posters - Scorpion Poster

Photographs of the scorpion, burrow, and site

Barn owl

 

Field Procedures Manual

Tona Map background

 

Field Procedures Manual - Appendix - Data Sheets, Maps & Waypoints

Reeds

 

Field Procedures Manual - Apendix - Planning Map

Planning Map

 

Field Procedures Manual - Apendix - Wetland Study Area Map

Wetland Study Area Map

 

Field Procedures Manual - Apendix - Aquatic sites Map

Aquatic Site Map

 

Field Procedures Manual - Apendix - Threat Map

Threat Map

 

References

Anabranch at dusk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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