PHOTO: Elders in the community fondly remember enjoying the weir in their youth. (Facebook: DEG)
For 20 years, Walgett’s Indigenous Elders have been asking for access to the local weir as a place to enjoy. This month, they celebrated winning a two-decade long fight.
The Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG) have been at the forefront of a council dispute since 2003, when the public road to the Baawan Weir at Walgett was locked.
“When we first started asking for the locked gates to be opened, we found out that it was a Crown Public Road and had been since the early days of Walgett white settlement,” DEG Secretary Virginia Robinson said…