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Rudi Maxwell

Unis need new angle for attracting Indigenous engineers

Tully Mahr and Joseph West are part of the Return to Country scheme aiming to lift interest in STEM. (HANDOUT/MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY)

The work of Aboriginal engineers has survived thousands of years but universities are missing out on attracting a new generation of Indigenous scientists, according to experts.  

Brewarrina fish traps are one of the oldest known engineering feats in the world, a complex network of river stones arranged to form ponds and channels that catch fish as they swim the Barwon River on the outskirts of the north-west NSW town.

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