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GAB RELATED DOCUMENTS PREPARED FOR GABCC
Last updated 22 July 2009
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This page presents documents which are about the Great Artesian Basin and its management, produced for the GAB Coordinating Committee.
Click on the links in the text or at the bottom of this section to access these publications.
GAB DVD
The Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee (GABCC) released Water Down Under - The Great Artesian Basin Story in 2008. The DVD provides background on: the formation of the Basin; its significance to Indigenous people; the importance of its water to unique ecological communities; the history of its use; and its role in exploration, settlement, pastoral development and tourism.
Without the waters of the Basin, many outback towns and communities would simply not exist, and some of our most important industries, including export industries, would struggle to survive. People living in the Basin tell their stories about saving water, restoring artesian pressure by fixing their bores and piping water, and the way that improves their country and their livelihoods.
The DVD is both informative and entertaining. It is an excellent educational resource, ideally suited to screening in schools, tourist information centres, interpertation and exhibition spaces, local libraries or by natural resource management and other community groups.
The DVD was produced by Anvil Media on behalf of GABCC, with funding from the Australian Government and the governments of Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and the Northern Territory, and with assistance from the NSW Western Catchment Management Authority.
To view a promotional version of the DVD, please click on this link.
The DVD is available free of charge. At January 2009, over 1600 copies and information about the DVD had been distributed to government ministers and agencies, local MPs, state GAB groups, regional NRM bodies and facilitators, related committee members, local councils, GAB water users, community and enviroment groups, visitor centres in the GAB, relevant media, some schools and others on request. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.
To obtain a copy(ies) of the DVD please email gabcc@secretariat.com.au or fax 02 6295 9277 and provide your name, organisation, postal address and email address, and the number of copies required. Click here for an Order Form. All personal information provided is protected under the Australian Government privacy statement.
RESEARCH PROSPECTUS
GABCC released a Research prospectus for the Great Artesian Basin in July 2008. The aim of the Prospectus is to identify priority GAB research. It is hoped that the Prospectus will guide the preparation of new research proposals that provide an opportunity for researchers, industry and resource managers to collaborate in meeting the needs of the management of the Basin into the future. The Prospectus was revised in June 2009 and an abridged version is also available - see Research Prospectus for further information.
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