For thousands of years, carefully placed rocks in rivers and creeks have created fish and eel traps that have fed generations of Indigenous families all over Australia.
He sees ancient ingenuity that could help solve problems in rural and remote Indigenous communities today. "For engineers who are Indigenous, it provides a massive opportunity for them to bring their community challenges, issues and futures into the modern technology space, and bring those modern technologies back," Dr West said.
"My hope is for young children in those communities, Indigenous or not, to believe that they do have a space in this field," Ms Mahr said.Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum tour guide Bradley Hardy said archaeologists and scientists who had visited the site over the years "all have different opinions about the ages of the fish traps".
Another example of early Indigenous engineering is the Budj Bim eel traps, in south-western Victoria, that are believed to be at least 6,000 years old and became Australia's 20th site on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019.Dr West said engineering students from all backgrounds could learn a lot from how Indigenous knowledge could be used to design and develop projects that were long-lasting and impactful.
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