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- Tags: Irrigation
Upper Condamine: Oral History of Geoffrey Reilly
Geoffrey Riley is the owner of the property 'Lennie Brae' that has been in his family for generations. Geoffrey speaks of the changes as a result of the weirs, flood irrigation, and fish ways. He talks about a…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Condamine, Crustaceans, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Irrigation, Landholder, No-till farming, Plants--Identification, Reptiles--Identification, Vertisols, Weirs
Position: 85 (57 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Ron Heinemann and Ron Gardiner
Tags: Blackwater, Environmental flows, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Native animals, Paroo, Plants--Identification, Siltation, Traditional ecological knowledge
Position: 62 (66 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Gordon Warner
Gordon has spent most of his life in the Eulo district, and thirty years on a cattle property at Wandilla on the eastern side of the Paroo River. The district is sheep and cattle country; the Paroo…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Blackwater, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Paroo, Physical characteristics (Animals), Plants--Identification, Siltation
Position: 92 (55 views)
Ovens: Oral History of Lyall Hogg and Ollie Evans
Lyall grew up in Merbien, and learnt to fish with his father. His uncle was a professional fisherman who built boats and sent his catch from Bourke to Sydney. He talks about irrigation;…
Tags: Bait fishing, Droughts, Fish kills, Fisheries--Equipment and supplies, Fishing industry, Floods, Irrigation, Ovens, Pesticides, Recreational fisher, Stream flow, Tobacco industry, Tournament fishing
Position: 195 (34 views)
Namoi: Oral History of Jason Simpson
Tags: Bait fishing, Billabongs, Camping, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Irrigation, Lure fishing, Namoi, Recreational fisher, Riparian restoration, Siltation, Tournament fishing, Weeds
Position: 103 (51 views)
Murray: Oral History of the 'Kerang Crew'
Tags: Baraba Baraba people, Blackwater, Fish kills, Fish populations, Fishes--Speciation, Fishing industry, Fishing regulations, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, Murray, Native Fish Strategy, Recreational fisher, River engineering, Salinisation, Siltation, Stream flow, Tournament fishing, Water levels, Water quality
Position: 71 (62 views)
Murray: Oral History of Gavin Vale
Born in 1957, Gavin has lived all his life at Picola on the Murray River, at the edge of the Barmah Forest. Gavin‘s family property was used predominantly for sheep farming, with the occasional crop…
Tags: Bait fishing, Communities, Fishes--Identification, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Murray, Recreational fisher, Water quality
Position: 169 (38 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Howard Hendrick
Born in Renmark in 1923, Howard lives on the banks of the Murray River at Pyap, near Loxton. He grew up in an underprivileged First World War settlement in Renmark, spending school holidays helping…
Tags: Bait fishing, Birds--Identification, Communities, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Irrigation, Katarapko, Landholder, Local history, Plants--Identification, Riparian areas, Salinisation, Soldier settlement
Position: 32 (87 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Eric (John) Aston
Born in 1942, John held a commercial licence between 1956 and 1997. He discusses his family history in commercial fishing since 1918, three generations. His grandfather was also a boat maker.…
Tags: Dams--Australia, Environmental flows, Family life, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Fishing industry, Fishing nets, Fishing regulations, Flood plains, Irrigation, Katarapko, Professional fisher, Salinisation, Water quality, Water--Law and legislation, Weirs
Position: 141 (43 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of John Koehn, John Douglas, and Roy Patterson
John Koehn is a research officer for the Arthur Rylah Institute, Melbourne, and studies freshwater fish ecology. John Douglas works for Victorian Fisheries, and Roy Patterson is a…
Tags: Billabongs, Ecological sustainability, Environmental flows, Fish habitat improvement, Fishes--Identification, Fishing industry, Flood plains, Geomorphology, Goulburn, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Irrigation, Physical characteristics (Animals), Recreational fisher, Riparian areas, Scientist, Taungurung people, Wetlands
Position: 141 (43 views)