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**Online Resources ** 

The Web sites listed on this page have been selected to help you with your assignment on The Murray-Darling Basin. The Web sites contain a lot of information.

Remember:
 * The purpose of your assignment and to **define** what you really want to find out
 * **Locate** the best information for your purpose
 * **Select** your information well to use
 * **Self-evaluate**.

These links will take you away from the pathfinder. When you visit a Web site use the browser's back button to return to the pathfinder.

**The Murray-Darling River, Australia** [] This website gives an outline as to the geographical location of the Murray and Darling Rivers and how they had found to be a part of the same river system by Charles Sturt. It gives easy to navigate links to maps and more geographical information on the Murray-Darling Basin. The site also explores some of the major towns located along this river system.

**The Murray-darling Rescue** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This website is mega site. You will need to navigate around this site to locate relevant information. The site is devoted to how environment issures may be addressed when looking at the Murray-Darling Basin. There is a link titled 'The Murray', this gives general information about the Murray River and the basin.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Murray-Darling Basin Authority Education Resources** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">These pages contain educational information for teachers, students and anyone interested in learning about the Murray–Darling Basin. There are resources, information and activities for students. There are 5 main areas of information on this site; Basin Info, Water info, Environmental issues, Activities and Curriculum Links. Remember to search and locate the information that is relevant to your topic and task.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Discover Murray: Murray-Darling Basin** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This site is a more scientific look at the Murray-darling Basin. It gives a brief outline of flora and fauna found in the area. This site does have a good link that describes how the river is formed. This may be useful if you are doing the topic on the geography of the Murray-Darling Basin. Another excellent link is the access to 50 free images about the Murray-Darling Basin. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This website relates to the DVD 'Living River'. Each episode is divided up and labelled for ease of navigation and topic. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Australian Museum: Creation Story** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This site shows a video of Aunty Beryl Carmichael telling the creation story of the river system. It comes from the Australian Museum link. This site will also take you to links about the dreaming and what it means to the Aboriginal people

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Aboriginal occupation in the Murray-Darling Basin** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This site is easy to navigate and gives a detailed commentary of the Aboriginal occupation in the Murray-Darling Basin. It explores the effects the European Settlers had on the Aboriginal people and their land.

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Journey along a River ** [] This site has many links about rivers in general. it describes the parts of a river in detail. The site contains its own glossary which may be helpful to understanding the scientific components of the language.

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