"Cross-Currents -Stories of Water”

"Cross-Currents -Stories of Water” is an innovative project of community capacity building aimed at water management, utilising a creative framework to improve knowledge and understanding of Australia’s water resources.
It explored the significance of water in the contemporary lives of people living in the Bankstown region, from a cross-cultural perspective, specifically targeting Elders from the Arabic, Vietnamese and Aboriginal communities
The premise of the project was to value traditional knowledge and cross-cultural understanding of water - that each region of the world has a different way of holding water sacred, but each recognises its value, and its central place in human lives.
The project was developed with advice and support from stakeholders including the Bankstown Elders groups, Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Advisory Committee, Woodville Community Services and Arab Council of Australia, the Ethnic Communities Sustainable Living Project (DECCW) and the Hawkesbury and Sydney Catchment Authorities.

• Cultural Officer

  Vandana Ram ()

• Award Category

  Programs Projects and Partnerships – Division C

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