Still colonising the Ord River, northern Australia: a postcolonial geography of the spaces between Indigenous people's and settlers' interests

• DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12025
• Publication Date: 2013-05-10T01:59:18Z
• Authors: Jessica McLean
• Keywords: Pastoralism

The growing use of environmental flows in rivers and wetlands around the world, aimed at maintaining ecological health by allocating water to environment, arguably also provides space for recognition Indigenous values. Theoretically, if values, which nominally determine what is made available restoring river through flows, do coincide with then this mutual benefit conceivable. However, contexts such as O rd northern A ustralia, where values are defined post‐dam construction, further marginalisation interests likely ensues. This paper looks history two key industries rd, pastoralism irrigation, examine origins its current geography emerges that unpacks postcolonial relations manifest society–water relations. I how particular colonial reinforce status quo industry dominate management, effectively sidelining