• PHOTO: Local people marched a symbolic coffin to through Walgett to the river. (Source: David Dennis for NSW Aboriginal Lands Council) (This is a 2019 news story)
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is taking the lead in tackling the water crisis in the Murray Darling Basin by staging a Day of Action in multiple river communities.
The When The River Runs Dry action day was hosted by Land Councils in six highly-impacted townships at Bourke, Dareton, Dubbo, Menindee, Walgett and Wilcannia on Sunday . . .
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