Table 12: Township comparison regarding the importance of environmental water to Financial Capital (5=100%) Question Assets Weighted Weighted Weighted average average - average – Brewarrina St George N=116 N=70 N=11 Q.31: Financial Capital - Cultural Capital: My 4.88 (98%) 4.6 4.36 Having bush tucker and culture income from my waterways is important to… Natural Capital: My 4.88 (98%) 4.57 4.36 Country Human Capital: My 4.85 4.43 4.27 wellbeing Social Capital: My life 4.78 4.27 4 (80%) in Aboriginal organisations Physical Capital: My 4.8 4.46 4.09 every day home life Financial Capital: My 4.86 4.39 4.09 livelihood Natural Capital The value of environmental water to biodiversity (native fish, bird and medicine plant populations) and thus the health of Country reflected the same trends as with the other questions. Brewarrina scored very high in relationship to the Natural Capital (99%), and in St George and Dirranbandi were lowest for Social Capital (82%). interpretation of this result is that cultural education NBAN’s is stronger in Brewarrina, enabling a more direct connection to the waterways in relationship to other aspects of lives such as Social and Financial Capitals. peoples’ Table 13: Township comparison regarding the importance of environmental water to Natural Capital (5=100%) Question Assets Weighted Weighted Weighted average average - average – Brewarrina St George N=117 N=70 N=11 Q.35: Natural Capital: lots Cultural Capital: My 4.94 4.59 4.27 of healthy native fish, birds culture and medicine plants in season at my waterways is important to… Natural Capital: My 4.98 (99%) 4.57 4.36 Country
Table 12: Township comparison regarding the importance of environmental water to Financial Capital (5=100%) Question Assets Weighted average – Brewarrina N=116 Weighted average - St George N=70 Weighted average N=11 Q.31: Financial Capital - Having bush tucker and income from my waterways is important to… Cultural Capital: My culture 4.88 (98%) 4.6 4.36 Natural Capital: My Country 4.88 (98%) 4.57 4.36 Human Capital: My wellbeing 4.85 4.43 4.27 Social Capital: My life in Aboriginal organisations 4.78 4.27 4 (80%) Physical Capital: My every day home life 4.8 4.46 4.09 Financial Capital: My livelihood 4.86 4.39 4.09 Natural Capital The value of environmental water to biodiversity (native fish, bird and medicine plant populations) and thus the health of Country reflected the same trends as with the other questions. Brewarrina scored very high in relationship to the Natural Capital (99%), and in St George and Dirranbandi were lowest for Social Capital (82%). NBAN’s interpretation of this result is that cultural education is stronger in Brewarrina, enabling a more direct connection to the waterways in relationship to other aspects of peoples’ lives such as Social and Financial Capitals. Table 13: Township comparison regarding the importance of environmental water to Natural Capital (5=100%) Question Assets Weighted average – Brewarrina N=117 Weighted average - St George N=70 Weighted average N=11 Q.35: Natural Capital: lots of healthy native fish, birds and medicine plants in season at my waterways is important to… Cultural Capital: My culture 4.94 4.59 4.27 Natural Capital: My Country 4.98 (99%) 4.57 4.36