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Understanding and Communicating the Story of Tona Wetlands
Understanding the Tona Wetlands
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
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
 
Water scorpions
Freshwater mussels
Freshwater shrimp
Yabbies
Murray cod
Murray Darling Basin Commission. 2006, Basin Fish A-O of Native Fish - Murray Cod
Maccullochella peeli peeli
[Online, accessed 2
nd
Mar. 2006] URL:
http://kids.mdbc.gov.au/basin_fish/ao_of_native_fish/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
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
 
 
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
 
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 wetlandsPhotograph of lake Victoria taken from the regulator.(Page background)
Gambusia or Mosquito fish
Redfin
European carp
European rabbit
 
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
 
 
 
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
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
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