Browse Items (177 total)
- Collection: Talking Fish
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: 84 (106 views)
Anabranch: Images from interview with Bill and Elaine Grace
They discuss the Darling Anabranch Pipeline scheme and other water issues.
No…
Tags: Anabranch, Landholder, Livestock
Position: 91 (103 views)
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: 84 (106 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: 58 (126 views)
Anabranch: Oral History of Clayton Sharpe
Born in 1974, Clayton grew up in Mildura, angling and yabbying in the irrigation channels,…
Tags: Anabranch, Recreational fisher, Scientist
Position: 65 (117 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: 64 (118 views)
Anabranch: Oral History of William Riley
Born in 1934, William talks about growing up in Wilcannia and Broken Hill in north-western New South Wales. He recalls being taught to fish by his Grandmother and Aunties using hand…
Tags: Aboriginal fish traps, Anabranch, Colonisation, Connection to country, Cotton, Droughts, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Overfishing, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Plants--Identification, Racism, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Water allocations, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 34 (162 views)
Anabranch: Oral History of Jenny Whyman
Nations Committee (NBAN).
Born in 1956, Jenny talks about families and growing up on the river at a camp on the Darling at…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Anabranch, Connection to country, Cotton, Crustaceans, Cultural flows, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous foods, Indigenous peoples, Land custodianship, Native animals, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water allocations, Weirs
Position: 96 (101 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Michael Anderson
Tags: Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal kinship systems, Aboriginal spirituality, Connection to country, Cotton, Culgoa-Balonne, Cultural flows, Dams--Australia, Dreaming (Spiritual), Ecological sustainability, Environmental flows, Fishes--Cannibalism, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Landholder, Riparian areas--Management, Siltation, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water allocations, Weirs, Wetlands, Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay language
Position: 49 (134 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Keith Codrington, George Thomas, and Robert Worboys
With over 50 years experience fishing in the region, Keith, George and Robert share their knowledge of the Culgoa-Balonne region. They discuss floods,…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal fish traps, Crustaceans, Culgoa-Balonne, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Traditional fishing, Weirs
Position: 73 (111 views)