People on the river
Meet our champions
Mark
Nauiyu elder, Daly River
“I was born on the banks of this river, it's our life blood. I’ve fought for this river in the past and I’m ready to fight for it again. This river has beautiful cold water for drinking, we must keep it that way.”
Harold
Owner/operator Sinclair’s on Daly Fishing Retreat
"I first moved to Daly River in 1973, then opened the tourism business in 1990. I've watched the industry really take off and expand to the bustling trade it is today. This is one of the very few healthy rivers left and it's already earning big dollars for the Territory.”
Sheila & Theresa
Malak malak Rangers, Daly River
“Wali wali is the Malak name for this part of the Daly river. Water is our life, that’s our bloodline, for every living creature depends on this water. Good floods are good for all river life including our really important animals like sawfish. We're worried about our backyard!”
Jack & Robert
Nauiyu residents, Indigenous social workers
“We fish in this river year in year out. We catch and eat Barramundi, Cherabin, shark depending on the season. We need a healthy river for healthy people. We've seen the damage they’ve done to rivers over east, we must keep our rivers flowing so my kids and grandkids can live on the river like we have.”
Linda WIlliams
Nunggubuyu woman
"I hope the federal government listen to what we're saying about our rivers, and I hope that they speak to the NT government about it, because there's so much water that's already been taken from it, and the impact that we have from the global warming, that not many of our rivers are running well."
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