Apartment building in Green Square, Sydney. Photo: Adobe Stock.
Alexandra Crosby, Shannon Foster
Did you know the Sydney suburb Rosebery was home to the now-endangered green and golden bell frogs? That enormous cauliflowers were nourished by fresh water springs? And that dugong bones were found during excavation for the Alexandra Canal?
Research has revealed these and other water stories in a project that maps and brings to life the histories and practices of water in Green Square. For Traditional Owners, the Country now known as Green Square is nadunga gurad, sand dune Country, known for millennia for its nattai bamalmarray, freshwater wetlands and ephemeral ponds.
Read the full story in The Conversation: Bell frogs, dugong bones and giant cauliflowers: water stories come to life at Green Square.