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- Tags: Water quality
Ovens: Oral History of 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…
Tags: Bait fishing, Depressions--1929--Australia, Fishes--Speciation, Fishing nets, Lure fishing, Ovens, Recreational fisher, Riparian restoration, River engineering, Sewerage, Stream flow, Stream restoration, Swimming, Water levels, Water quality
Position: 202 (33 views)
Ovens: Oral History of Adam Pascoe and Ron Dawson
Adam and Ron talk about the conditions that fish find favourable to breed in. They recall the effect of the Black Saturday Fires (2009), the 'chocolate river' event, and the Yarrabulla…
Tags: Bushfires, Deforestation, Environmental conservation, Fish kills, Fisheries--Equipment and supplies, Fishes--Breeding, Lure fishing, Ovens, Pesticides, Recreational fisher, Restoration ecology, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 226 (27 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: 148 (42 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: 175 (37 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Mick Hall
Mick Hall is a fly fisher living in Alexandra in Victoria. He learned how to fish when he was four years of age. After a break, he took up fishing again around the age of 14 and has been fishing ever since.
Mick…
Tags: Droughts, Fish stocking, Fisheries, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Fly fishing, Goulburn, Recreational fisher, Water quality
Position: 29 (90 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Seymour Anglers
Tags: Bait fishing, Fishes--Identification, Fishing regulations, Floods, Goulburn, Hunting, Predatory animals--Behavior, Recreational fisher, Water conservation, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 121 (47 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Daryl Sloan
Daryl Sloan has been a resident of the Shepparton area for 35 years since his teenage years. He has worked in the social welfare industry for around 15 years and his work sees him regularly visiting the Goulburn River…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Aboriginal scarred tree, Camping, Colonisation, Connection to country, Environmental conservation, Goulburn, Homeless camps, Indigenous peoples, Mental illness, Native animals, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality, Water--Symbolic aspects
Position: 48 (79 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Kingsley Abdulla
Kingsley is from the Gerard Aboriginal community in South Australia. Born in 1971, he has always lived on the river; camping with family and extended family, a time for Elders to educate the…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Burial sites, Dredging, Droughts, Erosion, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Katarapko, Salinisation, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality, Wetlands
Position: 7 (224 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)
Murray: Oral History of Wally Cooper and Pat Larkin
Wally talks about traditional fishing, fishing women, tickling fish, fishing with spears, hand lines, baiting, canoe fishing and diving for Crayfish. He also…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Connection to country, Cotton, Fishing nets, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Murray, Tobacco industry, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 93 (55 views)