241 Index Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 84 Aboriginal ceremonies, river locations and 103–4 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 (Qld) 202, 203 Aboriginal Forum 81, 86–7, 215, 223 Aboriginal people 85 arid regions and 63 colonisation and 6 dams 12 Lake Eyre Basin management and 3, 89, 92–106, 213, 222, 223, 224, 225, 229 language groups 107 river flows and 77, 231 waterways and 103–6 Aboriginal values, development proposals and 170 absentee land owners 146 accommodation, demand for 125 active irrigation licences 231 Adani Mining Group 176 adaptive management 134, 201 aerial tourism, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre 123–6 AgForce 207–8, 209, 222, 223 Agricola, Georgius 173 agriculture promotion of 64 regulations 206, 209 shale gas industry versus 188 stockholders 207 aircraft charter business 123–6 air pollution, Mount Isa 179 algae 11 Alice River 8, 195 Alice Springs 3, 6, 63, 81, 174, 196 alien invasive species, see invasive species Alpha coal mine 176, 177 Alpurrurulam (Lake Nash) 103, 105 alternative value estimates 166 amenity value, environment 159, 161 Ampilatwatja 104 Angeldool 127, 128 annual flows, Cooper Creek 154 annual rainfall Brenda Station 137, 138, 139 Ethabuka Reserve 66, 68 aquaculture, controls 206 aquatic fauna, health of 207 aquatic habitats 43–4, 156 aquatic plants 11, 145 Aral Sea 52 Aramac 8, 38, 57 Arckaringa Basin 174, 175, 188 Arid Areas Water Resources Commission (SA) 155 arid zone river systems 19, 156 artesian springs 7, 9, 207 pollution 70 rehabilitation 40 Arthington, Angela 156 athel pine (Tamarix aphylla) 70 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 89, 123 Lake Eyre documentary 151–2, 155 Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) 155 Australian Cotton Federation 155 Australian Floodplain Association 121 Australian Government 64, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 87, 110, 125, 132, 195, 216, 231 northern development policy 234 water flow return policy 167 Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) 10 Australian Riverprize 2014 x, 7, 14, 78, 237 Australian smelt (Retropinna semoni) 33, 34, 47, 48 Australian Society for Limnology 156 average sample value 163 backwaters 49 Balonne River 127–35, 137, 219, 220 see also Lower Balonne system bans 1996, cotton irrigation 156 Barcaldine Springs 31, 32, 39 Barcoo grunter (Scortum barcoo) 33, 34, 36, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50 Barcoo River 6, 8, 20, 22, 33, 36, 43, 80, 107, 108, 114, 195, 215 Aboriginal stone arrangements 77 Barcoo Shire Council 153, 155, 215 Barkly Tablelands 106, 195–6 Barmah–Millewa Forest 168 barred grunter (Amniataba percoides) 33, 34, 36 Barwon–Darling Rivers 145, 164, 165 base metals mining 174, 177–9, 181 Bean, John 151 Beardmore Dam 127, 128, 137, 219 Beatty, Peter 141 beef industry, see cattle grazing industry benefit-transfers 169 benthic algae 45 biennial conferences 87 biodiversity Macquarie Marshes 145–8 water flows and 25 biomass, summer fish stocks 49 Birdsville 7, 11, 65, 81, 103, 114, 124, 125, 196 Birdsville Conference 1995 80, 84, 85 Birdsville Track 7, 119, 120 Birrie River 127, 137, 139, 219 Blanch, Stuart 156 blood lead levels 179 blue claw yabbies (Cherax destructor) 39 Bokhara River 137, 219 bony bream (Nematalosa erebi) 33, 34, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 boom and bust cycle 8–11, 24, 27, 43–54, 63, 64–5, 70, 72, 84, 89, 108, 121, 229 cattle industry and 115 Cooper Creek 56 Cooper Creek turtle and 59 small mammals and 67 tourism and 123