The National Library holds a variety of materials about Indigenous Australian weather and climate knowledge and related resources. There is also a range of reputable online resources about Indigenous Australians’ relationship to weather and climate. You will find a selection of these resources below.

Print resources

The National Library’s print collection contains a range of material about Indigenous Australian weather and climate knowledge and land management practices. These materials include titles like Wulmaa text in the Burarra language of central coast Arnhem Land about the south east wind, Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Save Australia, Rivers, the Veins of our Country, Sustainable Land Sector Development in Northern Australia and Landscapes or Our Hearts: Reconciling People and Environment. Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: the Search for Legal Remedies considers climate and Indigenous peoples globally.

For advice on how to access these materials, see Searching for weather and climate.

Non-print resources

The Library holds a variety of non-print material about Indigenous Australian weather and climate knowledge and related resources, including oral history interviews with Aden Ridgeway where he discusses his work with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and as the Executive Director of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council as part of the Aboriginal leaders oral history project. Other material includes Walmajarrijarti Wangki Martuwarra Kadaji, a poster documenting Walmajarri knowledge of the seasons in the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia,  and a video interview with Kukuna Mona Chuguna from the same region.

For advice on how to access these materials, see Searching for weather and climate.

Online resources

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A group of protesters brandishing placards and holding the Torres Strait and Aboriginal flags march in the streets of Melbourne with their fists raised during the School Strike for Climate Rally in May 2021.
Leigh Henningham, n.d., Protesters Holding Placards Marching Through the City Streets During the Scholl Strike 4 Climate Rally, Melbourne, 21 May 2021, nla.cat-vn8596644