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- Tags: Floods
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Pat Cross
Pat Cross and her husband, George, are the owners of the Mehi Station, a 16,000 acre property previously owned by George Hatfield. They have lived on the station since 1952 and in the interview Pat revisits her…
Tags: Cotton, Culgoa-Balonne, Floods, Landholder, Water conservation, Water--Law and legislation, Weirs
Position: 153 (75 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: 77 (107 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 (130 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 (115 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: 56 (122 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: 82 (104 views)
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: 92 (101 views)