Browse Items (177 total)
- Collection: Talking Fish
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Vern Drew
Tags: Birdsong, Landholder, Murrumbidgee
Position: 162 (70 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of 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…
Tags: Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Fish populations, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Murrumbidgee, Restoration ecology, Riparian restoration, River engineering, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 44 (129 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Darren Rosso
Darren has worked in the Murrumbidgee Corridor since 1988.He talks about the Murrumbidgee Rivers historical fame as a Trout Cod fishery and discusses the practice of restocking fish. He describes the…
Tags: Bushfires, Fish habitat improvement, Fish kills, Fish populations, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Diseases, Murrumbidgee, Recreational fisher, Restoration ecology, River engineering, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 87 (99 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Bryan Pratt
Brian came to the Murrumbidgee in 1965. He talks about seasonal variations in the prevalence of fish, and their breeding and migration habits. He remarks on regional variations within species and…
Tags: Bait fishing, Fish kills, Fish populations, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Diseases, Fishes--Migration, Fishes--Speciation, Fishing industry, Lure fishing, Murrumbidgee, Native Fish Strategy, Recreational fisher
Position: 99 (94 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Adrian Brown
Adrian talks about growing up along the River (around Queanbeyan River, Jumping Creek, and Wanna Wanna Creek) and the way that he and his brother learnt the land by walking it and fishing the river…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Burial sites, Communities, Connection to country, Cultural flows, Fish populations, Indigenous peoples, Kurnai / Gunai people, Land custodianship, Murrumbidgee, Ngarigo / Ngarigu people, Ngunawal / Ngunnawal people, Places of significance, Siltation, Totems, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Walgalu / Walgal people, Wiradjuri people
Position: 23 (185 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee River
The Upper Murrumbidgee meanders through the Snowy Mountains in south‐eastern New South Wales, snaking its…
Position: 78 (102 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Phillip Sullivan
Tags: Aboriginal art, Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal fish traps, Aboriginal kinship systems, Connection to country, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language, Indigenous peoples, Muruwari / Murrawarri people, Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Siltation, Totems, Upper Darling, Water quality, Weirs, Wiradjuri people
Position: 16 (258 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Phillip Parnaby
Phillip has lived in Bourke his entire life and in this interview he talks about his experience fishing while growing up in a family of eight, when fish were a large part of their diet. He explains…
Tags: Bait fishing, Fishing nets, Recreational fisher, River engineering, Upper Darling, Water allocations, Water levels
Position: 36 (147 views)