Oral Presentation Australian Freshwater Sciences Society Conference 2024

On the Border - Silent Whispers (116274)

Sonia Cooper 1
  1. Yorta Yorta Traditional Owner Land Management Board, Barmah, VICTORIA, Australia

Sonia will be talking about her interpretation of ‘on the borderline’. She will relate it to multiple sets of thinking, multiple sets of behaviour, identity. And what does it all mean if you were to try to understand it? Sonia has lived in the bush since 2020 and she will share a story about her connection with silence. There’s more to caring for country and water than just delivering water and thinking this is the mandate. She wishes to challenge you in ways that should tap into your skin and your hearts. She will discuss these connections by using examples of lived experience. She wishes to challenge your thinking and ask that you be comfortable with the uncomfortable.