Little Desert: Episode 3

The Little Desert today

Although it is protected as a national park, time does not stand still in the Little Desert. Even to this day the region remains a hotbed for social and environmental innovations in Victoria.

We look beyond the Desert’s dramatic history that led to the 1969 conservation controversy, and turn to some recent highlights.

Hear from Brett Harrison, Executive Officer of the Barengi Gadjin Land Council. They achieved the first successful case of Native Title Consent Determination in Victoria.

Together with the retired farmers and naturalists couple Maree and Graham Goods we do a little inventory of the diverse and beautiful flora and fauna that still lives today in the Little Desert, and hear about the changes in local agriculture.

We also talk about one of the latest innovations in nature conservation called “rewilding” — with Ben Holmes from Conservation Volunteers Australia.

Interviewees:

• Brett Harrison, CEO of Barengi Gadjin Land Council
• Maree and Graham Goods, authors of the photographic guide book: Birds and plants of the Little Desert.
• Ben Holmes, Conversation Volunteers Australia