Upper Condamine: Oral History of Noal Kuhl [BOWENVILLE]
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048655' target='_blank'>Fish stocking</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048874' target='_blank'>Fish surveys</a>
The twelfth of a twelve part interview with Noal Kuhl.
Noal discusses efforts to improve the riparian zone and the first resnagging project in Queensland. He talks about the electric fishing technique used in surveys, restocking fingerlings at Bowenville Reserve, and annual Creel Surveys (catch surveys). He also talks about land owners becoming more mindful of and involved in improving the riparian zone. He notes that native fish favour narrow passages when feeding.
Aquatic life mentioned: jewfish, yellowbelly, silver perch, golden perch murray cod
Plants mentioned: bottle brush, fig, black wattle, ironbark, Condamine Cooch, Johnson grass, Stramonium, acacia
Animals mentioned: finch, kookaburra, peewee, kingfisher, turtle, wood duck, reed wobbler, whistling kite, wedgetail eagle
NSW DPI (http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/642095?c=people). River Trust, Napco
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Hamish Sewell
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-09-30
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Upper Condamine: Oral History of Noal Kuhl [JONDARYAN RESERVE]
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003006648' target='_blank'>Riparian areas--Management</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048655' target='_blank'>Fish stocking</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004578' target='_blank'>Restoration ecology</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/3333' target='_blank'>Grazing</a>
The eighth and ninth parts of a twelve part interview with Noal Kuhl.
Noal discusses the history of Jondaryan Station and the creek surrounds, and covers subdivisions; grazing; floods; and land clearance. His talks about his extensive research into the prior state of the local ecosystem and discusses his efforts to return the river to a prior state (Noal is a member of the Oakey Freshwater Fish Stocking Association). He also talks about stocking impoundment permits; negotiating with local land holders to stock the river; and cleaning up the river.
Golden Perch, Silver Perch, Murray Cod, Eel Tailed Catfish, European Carp, Rainbow Fish, Blackfish
Shrimp, Mussels, Yabbies
Marijuana
Environmental Protection agency, Napco
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Hamish Sewell
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-09-30
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Goulburn: Oral History of Charlee Campbell and Faye Crowe
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85128574' target='_blank'>Stream flow</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6986' target='_blank'>Water levels</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6272' target='_blank'>Floods</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5366' target='_blank'>Droughts</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6712' target='_blank'>Springs (Groundwater)</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000600' target='_blank'>Stream restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120678' target='_blank'>Fishing--Australia</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5397' target='_blank'>Erosion</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/4322' target='_blank'>Revegetation</a>
An interview in three parts with Charlee Campbell and Faye Crowe.
Charlee and Faye talk about Hollands Creek; growing up along the creek; memories of swimming and playing in the river; the cycle of flooding and the dry; and Aerial maps. Faye mentions learning to fish with her uncles; and both Charlee and Faye talk about horse riding; picnics; water levels and flow rates; changes in the river structure due to floods; walking on the creek bed; a large flood; the 2004, 2005 drought; their efforts to warn Benalla (Victoria) of the approaching flood; natural springs; sand deposits; erosion; their involvement with Holland's Creek Demonstration Reach; re-snagging work; collaboration with Goulburn Broken Catchment Authority; riffles; field days; re-vegetation; historical popularity of fishing ; and water rats.
Mention of "McGregor's Bridge"; "Crowe's swimming pool" - a local waterhole.
Mention of Koala, Platypus, Water rats, Frogs, Echidna, Wombat, Deer, Snakes, Blackberry
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-11-16
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Upper Darling: Oral History of Dwayne Willoughby
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120678' target='_blank'>Fishing--Australia</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/973' target='_blank'>Water quality</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004578' target='_blank'>Restoration ecology</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000600' target='_blank'>Stream restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96006425' target='_blank'>Introduced fishes</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048621' target='_blank'>Fishes--Breeding</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6272' target='_blank'>Floods</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048745' target='_blank'>Fishes--Diseases</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048874' target='_blank'>Fish surveys</a>
An interview in six parts with Dwayne Willoughby.
Dwayne talks about fishing with his family; tagging fish; the influence of water colour on fish colour; fish parasites; his two boats; electric motors; and his dislike of nets. He says the water takes two years to clear after a flush and mentions that lure fishing is at its best when it does. He discusses the river ecosystem; bank stabilisation; re-snagging programs; the impact of Carp; carp musters and changing attitudes towards angling (catch and release). He also talks about flooding and fish breeding habits; yabbying on the Warrego River; and mentions storing yabbies with gum leaves and sighting black Yellowbellies at a place called Black Rocks.
Mentions Darling River Weir 19A (30°13'55.0"S 145°41'49.0"E; MDBA Site ID 425037; "19-mile weir"), Ford's Bridge (NSW, -29.753215, 145.430510), Warren Reservoir (SA), Bourke Weir (-30.086914, 145.894400), Bree Weir, Black Rocks
Mention of garden worms, white sea eagles, emu, king brown snakes, carpet snakes, red belly black snakes, water lillies, gums, algae and Dace Cordina of the Cathment Management Authority
Bourke Shire Council Environmental Officer. Has a fishing hut at Beemery - half way between Bourke and Brewarrina. Passionate catch and release fisherman. Fishes with father-in-law and extended family. Tagging fish with sheep tags.
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-11-30
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Upper Darling: Oral History of Feli McHughes
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048775' target='_blank'>Fishes--Identification</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/9962' target='_blank'>Billabongs</a>
<a href='http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/show/397' target='_blank'>Cultural flows</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/973' target='_blank'>Water quality</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/15435' target='_blank'>Connection to Country</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/9862' target='_blank'>Native plants</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2015000120' target='_blank'>Clean energy</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048655' target='_blank'>Fish stocking</a>
<a href='http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ngemba.htm' target='_blank'>Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language</a>
Feli McHughes is a Ngemba man from the Upper Darling region of Brewarrina. His passion about the Brewarrina Ngemba Billabong and the wider river system has seen him involved in a number of projects with numerous organisations. His visions for the environment are intertwined with the Aboriginal cultural and environmental values that he holds, and his personal views explore further the wider social issues facing Aboriginal people today.
Feli believes that the root of social issues facing Aboriginal people is the lack of culturally appropriate employment. He reflects on his personal experiences where he recalls having to adopt another identity and therefore understands the difficulties this entails. He says that Aboriginal people as instinctive custodians possess valuable skills that are transferable to specialised areas of employment.
Feli’s vision for billabongs, that he says are the antibiotics for the damaged systems, include the revegetation of native bush tucker and restocking the waters with native fingerlings. He is working with scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Industry & Investment (now Department of Trade and Investment), and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to help realise these goals.
Feli also discusses the Native Fish Strategy for the Murray-Darling Basin (2003-2013) and the Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) in which these billabongs are located.
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-12-01
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Gay and Dick Lawler
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96006425' target='_blank'>Introduced fishes</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6272' target='_blank'>Floods</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004578' target='_blank'>Restoration ecology</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/973' target='_blank'>Water quality</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114241' target='_blank'>River engineering</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048646' target='_blank'>Fish populations</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120678' target='_blank'>Fishing--Australia</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000600' target='_blank'>Stream restoration</a>
An interview in five parts with Gay and Dick Lawler.
Gay and Dick talk about the arrival of Carp and St John's Wort following a big flood in 1991. They stopped fishing soon afterward. They discuss their efforts to reintroduce native plants, and their involvement in replanting schemes organised by the Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach and LandCare. They also talk about fish populations, local wildlife, water turbidity, and man made changes to water flows and the River's character. They briefly discuss fishing canoeing, camping and their experience with theft.
Mention of Black Snakes, Brown Snakes, Platypus, Water Dragons, Turtles, White Sea Eagle, Cormorants, Wombats, Echidna, Rosenberg's Monitor/Goanna (Varanus rosenbergi), Eastern Water Dragons
Also mentions St John's Wort, Vipers bugloss ("Salvation Jane") , Hoarhound, Hemlock, African Love Grass, Eucalyptus, Manna Gums,
Mention of Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach, LandCare, Snowy Mountain Scheme
Younger son of one of the early Europeans in the area. Negotiated 100 acres on the river from the family and restored a stone shepherds outbuilding in the 1980s which he uses regularly with his wife Gay.
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-10-07
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Namoi: Images from interview with Jason Simpson
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93005906' target='_blank'>Lure fishing</a>
A selection of photographs dating back to 1990s of the Namoi River and Murray Cod, courtesy of Jacqui Jamaeson and Jason Simpson. Images of vegetation and riparian areas were taken by the Talking Fish project team.
Jason Simpson and his boss Doug Jamaeson have been rehabilitating the banks of the river, planting trees, grasses and shrubs where Doug’s farms have frontage.
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-09-07
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
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Namoi: Oral History of Jason Simpson
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6272' target='_blank'>Floods</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/8796' target='_blank'>Siltation</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048655' target='_blank'>Fish stocking</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/10464' target='_blank'>Camping</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/832' target='_blank'>Irrigation</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96006425' target='_blank'>Introduced fishes</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93005906' target='_blank'>Lure fishing</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011046' target='_blank'>Bait fishing</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/665' target='_blank'>Family life</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2477' target='_blank'>Weeds</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/9962' target='_blank'>Billabongs</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048621' target='_blank'>Fishes--Breeding</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136273' target='_blank'>Tournament fishing</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048775' target='_blank'>Fishes--Identification</a>
Jason Simpson is a recreational fisher living in the northern New South Wales town of Narrabri through which the Namoi River flows. Born in 1976, he has lived in this country town since the age of four and has been fishing since his youth, becoming more dedicated as an adult.
In the interview, Jason covers the changes in the river including silting, the declining frequency of floods, his work in land care and regeneration with the Catchment Management Authority (CMA), the fishing techniques he employs, occurrences of illegal fishing and the continually changing laws, issues with Carp, and the interesting prevalence of Cod over Yellowbelly. He also discusses: the impact of irrigation on water levels, fish migration and breeding; translocating Catfish into dams and the hardiness of the species; a 'red carp' and 'mirror carp' species, the latter with large scales.
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-09-07
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Ovens: Oral History of Greg Sharp
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048874' target='_blank'>Fish surveys</a>
<a href='http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/show/403' target='_blank'>Blackwater</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2848' target='_blank'>Rivers</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051944' target='_blank'>Freshwater ecology</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/4309' target='_blank'>Environmental conservation</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120678' target='_blank'>Fishing--Australia</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048694' target='_blank'>Fishing regulations</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
An interview in three parts with Greg Sharp.
Born in 1964, Greg Grew up in Croydon, Melbourne, before working as a fisheries officer in northern Victoria. He shares his experience in freshwater fish research and surveying, and explains the influence of fires, farming, pests, weeds and floods on the river ecosystem. He mentions a big Yabby catch in 1994 and a particularly destructive black water event at Broken Creek.
He discusses changes in fishing culture, noting an increasing awareness and concern for the continuity of species and environmental sustainability. Greg says that these attitude shifts express themselves in different ways, from the sponsorship of vegetation regrowth programs, the introduction of catch limits and size restrictions, and to the practice of catch and release,
He also talks about fishing further afield in California, Mexico, Canada, England, Kenya, and Juneau, Alaska, where he ate fermented raw fish with indigenous people.
Mention of Yarra Valley Fly Fishing Club, Deepdene Fishing Club, Monash University, Healsville Sanctuary, Fisheries and Wildlife, Californian Conservation Core, Freshwater Fishing Australia magazine, Murray Cod Classic
Mention of Garfish, 'Rainbow Fish', and bardigrubs, Willows
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2011-02-18
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Ovens: Oral History of Gary Daws
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120678' target='_blank'>Fishing--Australia</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011046' target='_blank'>Bait fishing</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5361' target='_blank'>Fishing nets</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85128574' target='_blank'>Stream flow</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6986' target='_blank'>Water levels</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/973' target='_blank'>Water quality</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114241' target='_blank'>River engineering</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000600' target='_blank'>Stream restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004809' target='_blank'>Riparian restoration</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048809' target='_blank'>Fishes--Speciation</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009123209' target='_blank'>Depressions--1929--Australia</a>
An interview in three parts with Gary Daws.
Gary grew up in Gunbower and has spent most of his life on the Murray. He talks about how to lure and bait different types of fish and describes the river conditions that make for good fishing and eating. He also shares his experience with aeroplane spinners, floppies (lures), drum nets, gill nets, cross lines and springers. He recalls selling bait to tourists with his brother and talks about his father selling fish during The Great Depression.
Gary discusses man-made and environmental changes in water quality, river flows and and river height and talks about their effect on fish and crayfish behaviour. He says that the Willow has an outsized effect on the shape and path of the river and talks about his efforts to replace them with native plants. He goes on to talk about the hybridisation of Murray Cod and non-native cod.
Mentions 'greasies', galaxiids, bardi grubs, deer, cypress, phragmites
Mentions of Myrtleford Sewerage Farm, timber industry, pulp mill, sulphites, phenols (chlorophenol wood preservative), algae, Catchment Management Authority (CMA), Murray River Trust
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2011-02-16
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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