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eshape the elements in the same way as including Oriners Mob residence in the early dry
season.
4.2 Models of processes affecting Oriners and Jewfish Lagoons
Figure 85. Erosion channel upstream from Oriners Lagoon.
4.2.1 Model Introduction
The models of Section 4.1 attempted to generalise across the flooded forest country of
Oriners, although they were informed and oriented by observations made around the
homestead. However even without considering the clear cultural, affective, and spiritual
components of Indigenous relations with country, those models also highlighted the
importance of Oriners Mob residence to the appropriate management of the station. That
residence relies on homestead infrastructure, but also on the existence and ongoing health
of the adjacent Oriners Lagoon to provide water and food. The lagoon is one of 4 substantial
permanent lagoons which are of particular ecological, historical and cultural significance (and
potentially of future economic significance). The others are Jewfish, Mosquito, and
Horseshoe - see Section 1.5.3 and Figure 4. These are two major reasons for considering
Oriners Lagoon in more detail – it is crucial to Oriners Mob residence and it provides a guide
to and proxy for potential relationships and issues regarding the other major lagoons on the
station.
As noted earlier, the models below draw heavily on the scientific account of landscape
processes in Part 3. It is a materialist model of physical processes, rather than purporting to
represent significant sociocultural and spiritual processes. It is therefore constrained in the
way that Strang has identified wider catchment management processes in the Mitchell often
are (Strang 2005). However the purpose of focusing on Oriners Lagoon is that it underpins
human residence in the area, and residence in turn enables the development and
appropriate management of sociocultural, spiritual, and affective ties. The key element for
supporting human residence is that the lagoon retains sufficient volume and water quality at
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