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- Tags: Floods
Anabranch: Images from interview with Trish Johnson
Trish Johnson, a Paakintji woman, was an executive on the Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations (NBAN)…
Tags: Anabranch, Boats, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Riparian areas
Position: 71 (67 views)
Anabranch: Oral History of Bill Lever
Bill, a professional fisher since 1953, resides in the small town of Wentworth in northern Victoria. Born in 1926, his life experiences of the neighbouring areas of the Murray, Darling and the Great…
Tags: Anabranch, Billabongs, Cotton, Crustaceans, Dams--Australia, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Fishing industry, Fishing nets, Fishing regulations, Floods, Introduced species, Professional fisher, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 46 (84 views)
Anabranch: Oral History of Carmel Chapman
Born in 1941, Carmel talks about her life growing up in Merbein, near Mildura, on the Victorian side of the Murray River. She recalls fishing with…
Tags: Anabranch, Droughts, Floods, Irrigation, Tourism, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 82 (63 views)
Anabranch: Oral History of Rodney Stone
Born in 1955 at Mildura, Rodney grew up on the Darling. He has witnessed the changes in the native fish population, particularly relating to the arrival of the…
Tags: Anabranch, Billabongs, Birds--Identification, Blackwater, Crustaceans, Dams--Australia, Droughts, Fish stocking, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Plants--Identification, Recreational fisher, Reptiles--Identification, Water quality, Water--Law and legislation, Weeds
Position: 46 (84 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Brian Schulz
Tags: Bait fishing, Blackwater, Coorong, Environmental flows, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Fishing nets, Floods, Lure fishing, Recreational fisher, Riparian areas, Salinisation, Tournament fishing, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality, Water--Law and legislation
Position: 177 (40 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Gary Hera-Singh
Gary is a commercial fisher in the Lower Lakes and Coorong Fishery for 28 years; a third generation fisher on his father’s side, and a fifth generation fisher on his mother’s side (lineage to the…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Acid sulfate soils, Coorong, Estuarine ecology, Fisheries, Fishes--Identification, Fishing regulations, Floods, Introduced species, Local history, Marine ecosystems, Ngarrindjeri people, Professional fisher, Salinisation, Sustainable fisheries, Trade routes, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water--Law and legislation
Position: 26 (102 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Henry Jones
Born in 1941, Henry is a sixth generation commercial fisher, and also ran a yabby restaurant for thirty years. He talks about learning to fish from his father, a commercial fisherman at Renmark, in the…
Tags: Aboriginal spirituality, Aquifers--Australia, Barrages, Coorong, Cultural flows, Dams--Australia, Ecological sustainability, Fishes--Breeding, Fishing industry, Fishing regulations, Floods, Irrigation, Land custodianship, Livestock, Professional fisher, Restoration ecology, Riparian areas, River engineering, Salinisation, Siltation, Sustainable fisheries, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality
Position: 144 (46 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Sally Grundy and Dean Tugwell
Dean, born 1929, is from Victor Harbour, and lived through the 1956 flood. Married since 1960, Dean and Sally live at Mundoo Island near the mouth of the Murray River. Dean recalls…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Coorong, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Fishing nets, Floods, Landholder, Marine ecosystems, Salinisation
Position: 78 (64 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Terry Sim and John Yelland
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Acid sulfate soils, Barrages, Birds--Identification, Coorong, Dredging, Fish surveys, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Local history, Naturalists, Ngarrindjeri people, Plants--Identification, Recreational fisher, Salinisation, Trade routes, Traditional ecological knowledge, Weeds
Position: 71 (67 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Images from interview with Peter and Margaret Petersen
Position: 14 (168 views)