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Types of Canoe

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David Payne, Watercraft Map, 2014.

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Australian National Maritime Museum

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Australian National Maritime Museum

Bark canoes were built all around Australia.

Different types of canoes were constructed in different areas. This map produced by the Australian National Maritime Museum shows the variations in canoe construction geographically.

Story objects

Seeing the Land from an Aboriginal Canoe ...

Rick Nelson Interview Part 1 at Bet Bet Creek, Dja Dja Wurrung Country

Uncle Bryon Powell Interview Part 1 on the Barwon River, Wadawurrung Country

Jamie Lowe Interview Part 1 at Fyans Creek, Brambuk, Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali Country

Managing the Waterways

Uses of Canoes

Types of Canoe

Settlement

Adapting to Colonisation

Exploration

Gold Fever

Ferrying Services

Valuable Skills

Farm Transport

Flooded Creeks

Fear of Crossing

Woi wurrung Bark Canoe

Bark Canoe, Coranderrk

Alowidgee, Maloga, New South Wales

Proficient Women and Men

Bark Cutting

Rivers

Europeans Drown

Great Rescues

Offering Assistance

Forgetting

Participation

Skill

Rescues

Rick Nelson Interview Part 2 at Bet Bet Creek, Dja Dja Wurrung Country

Uncle Bryon Powell Interview Part 2 on the Barwon River, Wadawurrung Country

Jamie Lowe Interview Part 2 at Fyans Creek, Brambuk, Halls Gap, Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali Country.

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