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Paroo: Oral History of Lorna McNiven
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal fish traps, Aboriginal spirituality, Badjiri / Budjari / Badyidi people, Connection to country, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Muruwari / Murrawarri people, Paroo, Siltation, Storytelling, Water pollution, Weirs
Position: 18 (227 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Kevin Eastburn
Kevin grew up in western New South Wales, and has lived in Eulo since 1972. He is one of several beekeepers, or commercial apiarists, in the area. Kevin reflects extensively on the broader flora and fauna in the…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Birds--Identification, Bushfires, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Pesticides, Plants--Identification
Position: 52 (126 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Gordon Warner
Gordon has spent most of his life in the Eulo district, and thirty years on a cattle property at Wandilla on the eastern side of the Paroo River. The district is sheep and cattle country; the Paroo…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Blackwater, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Paroo, Physical characteristics (Animals), Plants--Identification, Siltation
Position: 89 (102 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Fay and Donald Cooney
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Bushfires, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Grazing, Introduced species, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Paroo, Swimming
Position: 48 (131 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Douglas MacGregor
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Bushfires, Depressions--1929--Australia, Droughts, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Grazing, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Soldier settlement
Position: 126 (84 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Colin Tud Murphy
In the interview Tud describes the changes he has…
Tags: Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal history, Colonisation, Droughts, Floods, Hunting, Indigenous peoples, Paroo, Siltation, Stock routes, Water quality
Position: 120 (88 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Beryl and Colin Leigo
Colin and Beryl live on the Mooreland Downs sheep property, half way between Wanaaring and Hungerford, west of the Paroo River.
Colin talks about: family history at Moorland Downs; land…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Communities, Family life, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Swimming, Water quality
Position: 34 (155 views)
Paroo: Images from interview with Ron Heinemann and Ron Gardiner
Images were sourced by the Talking Fish…
Tags: Black-and-white photography, Boats, Floods, Landholder, Paroo
Position: 78 (106 views)
Paroo: Images from interview with Paul Wheeler
Tags: Paroo
Position: 195 (63 views)
Paroo: Images from interview with Kevin Eastburn
Tags: Landholder, Paroo
Position: 129 (82 views)