POBBLEBONK - ANIMALS OF THE MARIBYRNONG RIVER ESTUARY
The lower Maribyrnong River is an ‘estuary’, which is that part
of the river that meets, and is affected by the sea;
in this case Port Phillip Bay.
THE EXHIBITION
The exhibition, Pobblebonk, is made up of ten panels and is on display
at the Living Museum Visitor Centre, a second copy is available to hire or borrow.
Research and text by
Peter Haffenden and Kevin Wood.
All photography by Kerrie Poliness with the following exceptions: electron microscopy, Joan Clark, University of Melbourne; Pobblebonk frog and Growling grass frog by Kwai Chang-Kum at Werribee Zoo; Rakali (indigenous water rat) image courtesy Melbourne Aquarium; Shore crab photographs by Tamara Wright; Seal (found in Maribyrnong), Warwick Somerville.
All other images and information are credited below.
The panoramic format for this display was designed and digitally constructed by artist and Living Museum associate Kerrie Poliness.
© Melbourne's Living Museum of the West and Kerrie Poliness, 2005
Click the image below to find out more about the
exhibition and the animals in the display.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Peter Haffenden, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
concept and production
Kevin Wood, Ecowise Consultants
research and text
Kerrie Poliness, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
photography, exhibition design, reasearch and digital
construction
The
following organisations and individuals have contributed to the material
in this exhibition through input with research, text, images, finding
and naming animals and other activities.
Joan Clark, Zoology Dept, Melbourne University
electron microscopy
Denise and Katherine, Ecowise Consultants
mud analysis and microscope work
Paul Paton, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Aboriginal names
Karen Jackson, Moondani Balluk, Victoria University
Aboriginal names
Rhys Coleman, Melbourne Water
frog distribution
Dr Greg Parry, MAFRI
marine organisms
Dr Chris Walsh, Monash Uni/CRC FE (Ph. 9905 4091)
freshwater shrimp, estuarine ecology
Dr Richard Marchant, Museum of Victoria
estuarine ecology
Dr Gary Poore, Museum of Victoria
marine ecology
Lindy Lumsden, Arthur Rylah Institute, DSE
micro-bats
Andy Stephens, EPA
estuarine ecology
Leon Metzling, EPA
estuarine ecology
Graham Rooney, Melbourne Water
Assoc. Professor Geoffrey Wescott
Deakin University
Michael Patti, local researcher
finding and identifying fish species
Natasha Schedvin, Friends of the Organ Pipes
finding and identifying bats
Robert Bender, Friends of the Organ Pipes
bat text
Janine Hill, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
title development
Gavin Somerville, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
finding animals in Pipemakers Park
Brett Hosie, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
finding and identifying animals in Pipemakers Park
Libby McKinnon, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
wetland background photograph (Pipemakers Park)
Warwick Somerville, Maribyrnong River Cruises
seal photograph
Tamara Wright
shorecrab photographs
Kate Pahlow, Werribee Zoo Education Centre
frog information
Kwai Chang-Kum, Werribee Zoo
photograph of Pobblebonk Frog and the Growling Grass Frog
Pol McMahon, local artist and environmentalist
identifying plant species
David Tran, D & K Live Seafoods, Footscray
assisting with eel photography
The picture of the indigenous river rat has been supplied by the Melbourne
Aquarium
Ian Hunter, elder of the Wurundjeri people; and Carol Briggs, elder of the Bunurong
people.
Organisations:
EPA Victoria
Gould LeagueMelbourne Aquarium
Healesville Sanctuary
Melbourne Zoo
Werribee Zoo
CSIRO
Ecowise Consultants
Museum of VictoriaAustralia MuseumDepartment of Primary Industries, VictoriaProduced
by Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, 2005
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