Clayton Bay

History

The Ngarrindjeri peoples are the Aboriginal Australian Owners of the lower Murray River, eastern Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Coorong of the southern-central area of the state of South Australia. The Ngarrindjeri consist of several distinct if closely related groups, including the Jarildekald, Tanganekald, Meintangk and Ramindjeri, who began to form a unified cultural bloc after Aboriginal peoples were forcibly removed to Raukkan, South Australia (formerly Point McLeay Mission). Archaeology, particularly in excavations conducted at Roonka Flat, (which affords an outstanding sites for investigating "pre–European contact Aboriginal burial populations in Australia,") have revealed that the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri have been inhabited since the Holocene period, beginning around 8,000 B.C. down to around 1840 CE. For thousands of years, the Lower Murray, Lower Lakes and Coorong region was one of the most densely populated areas of Australia, and the land ( or ) and waterways were home to thousands of Ngarrindjeri peoples. Ngarrindjeri lived in communities in the . Everything Ngarrindjeri needed was present–clean waters, foods, medicines, shelter and warmth. Ngarrindjeri peoples and supporters have challenged and partnered with the South Australian Government for decades, including its natural resource management representatives, over questions of justice, agency, control, sovereignty and the decolonisation of existing and long-standing relationships. Ngarrindjeri led the development of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) Ngarrindjeri Partnerships and Murrundi (Riverine) Recovery Projects. In 2002, the Alexandrina Council made an agreement with the Ngarrindjeri Nation. The agreement included a series of commitments to work together and…

Most-observed species

• Australian Pelican

  Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 · Aves
  2,408
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  2,292
• Black Swan

  Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,224
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  2,185
• Australian Ibis

  Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) · Aves
  2,172
• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  2,085
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  2,069
• Pacific Black Duck

  Anas superciliosa J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  1,942

Most recent

• M 3 — 2022-03-29
  3 km ESE of Macclesfield, Australia
• M 4 — 2022-03-05
  3 km SW of Mount Barker, Australia
• M 3.2 — 2018-08-08
  11 km WNW of Mannum, Australia
• M 3.9 — 2017-02-01
  9 km NW of Murray Bridge, Australia
• M 3.3 — 2011-10-18
  3 km ESE of Hawthorndene, Australia
• M 3.8 — 2010-04-16
  2 km N of Macclesfield, Australia