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Portrait of Michael Anderson, Hebel (QLD), 13 October 2010.
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Title
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Talking Fish
Subject
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Historical studies
History and archaeology
Environmental science and management
Environmental history
Aquatic ecology
Description
An account of the resource
Talking Fish is a research data collection of oral histories and local knowledge in building community participation in Murray-Darling Basin river rehabilitation. It includes a cross section of age, class, gender, and Indigenous Australian communities.
<p>The Talking Fish project covers 12 reaches within the Basin:</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Namoi">Namoi River (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Condamine">Upper Condamine River (Qld)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Katarapko">Katarapko Creek (SA)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murrumbidgee">Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW / ACT)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Culgoa-Balonne">Culgoa-Balonne Rivers (Qld / NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Paroo">Paroo River (Qld)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Goulburn">Goulburn River (Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Anabranch">Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Ovens">Ovens River (Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murray">Mainstem Murray River (NSW / Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Upper+Darling">Darling River-Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Coorong">The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)</a></li>
</ul><p>Recent decades have brought an increasing realisation that the health of the Murray-Darling Basin is at risk. An array of pressures ranging from the over allocation of water resources, poor land management planning and the expansion of primary production have all contributed to declines in river health. Fish and their habitats have been greatly affected by these pressures, with estimates suggesting native fish populations are at 10% of pre-European colonisation levels.</p>
<p>As all levels of government explore options for improving the health of the Murray-Darling Basin, the knowledge held by people within the community who have had a lengthy association with the waterways of the Basin is being increasingly recognised as a valuable resource. People’s lived experience provides a unique insight into how changes in rivers and their associated habitats have occurred over time. Accessing and recording this information will make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Murray-Darling Basin, and help shape the management decisions of the future to achieve improved river health outcomes.</p>
<p>Many different groups of people have developed unique relationships with rivers and their associated environments. The long history of recreational fishing within the Basin has led generations of people to spend substantial amounts of time on or near its rivers. Their desire to experience the river and to catch fish has developed a refined understanding of how fish relate to the riverine environment, and consequently how the changes to these environments have affected the status of native fisheries.</p>
<p>Similarly, Indigenous peoples have relationships with the rivers that stretch back tens of thousands of years before the arrival of European colonisers. This strong and lasting association has also allowed Indigenous peoples to witness contemporary changes to the health of the Basin’s rivers and observe how these changes have influenced fish and their habitats. In addition, landholders, long-time residents, regular tourists and an array of other community stakeholders hold stories and memories of the river that are an invaluable resource for guiding its future management.</p>
<p>The project represents a unique collaboration between some of Australia’s most prominent ecological oral historians (both within tertiary institutions and commercial production companies), all four Basin-state fisheries agencies and regional NRM organisations. The integration of research institutions, government and local community stakeholders provides a diverse and flexible framework to access a wide range of participants and ensure the collection, analysis and presentation of information is in accordance with national and international best practice.</p>
<p>The project delivered a suite of oral history recordings from across the Basin, while also developing communication products in the form of radio features and community booklets. This output was deposited with the Mitchell Library of the State Library of New South Wales and the Australian Torres Strait Islander Digital Archive (ATSIDA). Physical copies are held at the Mitchell Library (Accession Record MLOH 647).</p>
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<a title="Australian Research Council Grant ID" href="http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200117">Australian Research Council Grant ID LP120200117</a>
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Publisher
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<a title="University of Technology, Sydney" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-502828">University of Technology, Sydney</a>
Contributor
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<a title="Murray-Darling Basin Authority" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462306">Murray-Darling Basin Authority</a>
<a title="NSW Fisheries" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-601964">NSW Fisheries</a>
<a href="https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-642319">Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries</a>
Creator
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<a title="Heather Goodall" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-486922">Prof. Heather Goodall</a>
<a title="Jodi Frawley" href="http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/frawleyj/">Dr Jodi Frawley</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamish-sewell-6474b812/?originalSubdomain=au">Hamish Sewell</a>
Date Created
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Data collected between 2010-07-01 and 2011-06-30.
Relation
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The publication resulting from data collected for Talking Fish is openly accessible and available for download:<br /><br />Frawley, J., Nichols, S., Goodall, H. and Baker, E. (2012). Talking fish: Making connections with the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra. <a title="View at publisher" href="http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/habitat/publications/pubs/talking-fish-in-the-murray-darling-basin">View or download from publisher...</a>
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Namoi River (NSW)
Upper Condamine River (QLD)
Katarapko Creek (SA)
Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW, ACT)
Culgoa ‐Balonne Rivers (QLD, NSW)
Paroo River (QLD)
Goulburn River (VIC)
Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)
Ovens River (VIC)
Mainstem Murray River (NSW, VIC)
Darling River – Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)
The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)
Temporal Coverage
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The period the data refers to spans from the early 20th century to the early 21st century.
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Oral History
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Interviewer
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Hamish Sewell
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Michael Anderson
Location
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Hebel, Queensland. Australia
Duration
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00:52:33
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Title
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Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Michael Anderson
Subject
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Fishes--Identification
Connection to Country
Cultural flows
Dreaming (Spiritual)
Aboriginal kinship systems
Riparian areas--Management
Floods
Dams
Weirs
Cotton
Water allocations
Fishes--Migration
Fishes--Cannibalism
Traditional ecological knowledge
Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay language
Environmental flows
Ecological sustainability
Aboriginal spirituality
Water--Symbolic aspects
Siltation
Wetlands
Description
An account of the resource
Station-owner and Ualarai man Michael Anderson provides a rich and in-depth interview on his personal experience with the Murray-Darling Basin from his current base by the Bokhara River. As an executive member of the Northern Basins Aboriginal Nations (NBAN) group, Michael is concerned about the health of the basin and wetlands and attributes much of the basin's issues on poor water flows, poor management of available water and the siltation caused as a result. He urges that the wetlands be registered with an international treaty: the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, in order to help ensure its survival.
Michael explains the cultural and spiritual importance of the river systems to Indigenous peoples, delving into the history, language and stories of his Ualarai people. The changes in the fish population, and the traditional practices of his people that were implicit in the flourishing of the basin prior to colonisation.
Mentioned: water rat, mud crab.
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Hamish Sewell
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2010-10-13
Contributor
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Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
Rights
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Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
Language
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English
Access Rights
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Open access
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<a title="CC-BY" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC-BY</a>
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
image/tiff
Spatial Coverage
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Culgoa River, Queensland/New South Wales
Balonne, Queensland
Coorong, South Australia
Macquarie Marshes, New South Wales
Barwon River, New South Wales
Walgett, New South Wales
Brewarrina, New South Wales
Moree, New South Wales
Collarenebri, New South Wales
Dirranbandi, Queensland
Ballandool, Queensland
Narran River (South), New South Wales
Ualarai Country, New South Wales
Bokhara River, Queensland/New South Wales
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
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Title
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Talking Fish
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historical studies
History and archaeology
Environmental science and management
Environmental history
Aquatic ecology
Description
An account of the resource
Talking Fish is a research data collection of oral histories and local knowledge in building community participation in Murray-Darling Basin river rehabilitation. It includes a cross section of age, class, gender, and Indigenous Australian communities.
<p>The Talking Fish project covers 12 reaches within the Basin:</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Namoi">Namoi River (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Condamine">Upper Condamine River (Qld)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Katarapko">Katarapko Creek (SA)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murrumbidgee">Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW / ACT)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Culgoa-Balonne">Culgoa-Balonne Rivers (Qld / NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Paroo">Paroo River (Qld)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Goulburn">Goulburn River (Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Anabranch">Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Ovens">Ovens River (Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murray">Mainstem Murray River (NSW / Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Upper+Darling">Darling River-Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Coorong">The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)</a></li>
</ul><p>Recent decades have brought an increasing realisation that the health of the Murray-Darling Basin is at risk. An array of pressures ranging from the over allocation of water resources, poor land management planning and the expansion of primary production have all contributed to declines in river health. Fish and their habitats have been greatly affected by these pressures, with estimates suggesting native fish populations are at 10% of pre-European colonisation levels.</p>
<p>As all levels of government explore options for improving the health of the Murray-Darling Basin, the knowledge held by people within the community who have had a lengthy association with the waterways of the Basin is being increasingly recognised as a valuable resource. People’s lived experience provides a unique insight into how changes in rivers and their associated habitats have occurred over time. Accessing and recording this information will make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Murray-Darling Basin, and help shape the management decisions of the future to achieve improved river health outcomes.</p>
<p>Many different groups of people have developed unique relationships with rivers and their associated environments. The long history of recreational fishing within the Basin has led generations of people to spend substantial amounts of time on or near its rivers. Their desire to experience the river and to catch fish has developed a refined understanding of how fish relate to the riverine environment, and consequently how the changes to these environments have affected the status of native fisheries.</p>
<p>Similarly, Indigenous peoples have relationships with the rivers that stretch back tens of thousands of years before the arrival of European colonisers. This strong and lasting association has also allowed Indigenous peoples to witness contemporary changes to the health of the Basin’s rivers and observe how these changes have influenced fish and their habitats. In addition, landholders, long-time residents, regular tourists and an array of other community stakeholders hold stories and memories of the river that are an invaluable resource for guiding its future management.</p>
<p>The project represents a unique collaboration between some of Australia’s most prominent ecological oral historians (both within tertiary institutions and commercial production companies), all four Basin-state fisheries agencies and regional NRM organisations. The integration of research institutions, government and local community stakeholders provides a diverse and flexible framework to access a wide range of participants and ensure the collection, analysis and presentation of information is in accordance with national and international best practice.</p>
<p>The project delivered a suite of oral history recordings from across the Basin, while also developing communication products in the form of radio features and community booklets. This output was deposited with the Mitchell Library of the State Library of New South Wales and the Australian Torres Strait Islander Digital Archive (ATSIDA). Physical copies are held at the Mitchell Library (Accession Record MLOH 647).</p>
Identifier
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<a title="Australian Research Council Grant ID" href="http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200117">Australian Research Council Grant ID LP120200117</a>
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image/tiff
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Publisher
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<a title="University of Technology, Sydney" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-502828">University of Technology, Sydney</a>
Contributor
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<a title="Murray-Darling Basin Authority" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462306">Murray-Darling Basin Authority</a>
<a title="NSW Fisheries" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-601964">NSW Fisheries</a>
<a href="https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-642319">Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries</a>
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
<a title="Heather Goodall" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-486922">Prof. Heather Goodall</a>
<a title="Jodi Frawley" href="http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/frawleyj/">Dr Jodi Frawley</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamish-sewell-6474b812/?originalSubdomain=au">Hamish Sewell</a>
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
Data collected between 2010-07-01 and 2011-06-30.
Relation
A related resource
The publication resulting from data collected for Talking Fish is openly accessible and available for download:<br /><br />Frawley, J., Nichols, S., Goodall, H. and Baker, E. (2012). Talking fish: Making connections with the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra. <a title="View at publisher" href="http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/habitat/publications/pubs/talking-fish-in-the-murray-darling-basin">View or download from publisher...</a>
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Namoi River (NSW)
Upper Condamine River (QLD)
Katarapko Creek (SA)
Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW, ACT)
Culgoa ‐Balonne Rivers (QLD, NSW)
Paroo River (QLD)
Goulburn River (VIC)
Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)
Ovens River (VIC)
Mainstem Murray River (NSW, VIC)
Darling River – Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)
The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
The period the data refers to spans from the early 20th century to the early 21st century.
Alternative Title
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<img src="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/files/square_thumbnails/685bae3a5a9834d15be2b0939ae28264.jpg" alt="685bae3a5a9834d15be2b0939ae28264.jpg" />
Oral History
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Interviewer
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Hamish Sewell
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Colin Murphy
Location
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Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Duration
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00:39:54
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Title
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Paroo: Oral History of Colin Tud Murphy
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2010-10-20
Contributor
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Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
Rights
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Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
Language
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English
Access Rights
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Description
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Colin Tud Murphy is an Indigenous man who grew up on Tilbaroo Station in the Paroo region where he credits his family, particularly his grandfather, for teaching him about fishing and droving.
In the interview Tud describes the changes he has noticed in the Paroo River, mentioning that the river itself has not changed much, while the vegetation has. In spite of this, Tud remains rather upbeat about the condition of the river adding that silting is a natural and inevitable process. Tud also tells of his culture including the hunting techniques used to lure and catch native Australian animals and the friendships between the Aboriginal Nations of the Paroo and the Warrego Rivers.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Floods
Droughts
Silt
Hunting
Water quality
Social customs
Indigenous knowledge
Colonisation
Stock and station agents
Fishing--Australia
Aboriginal history
Aboriginal customs
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Cunnamulla, Queensland
Eulo, Queensland
Paroo River, Queensland
Tilbaroo Station, Queensland
Warrego River, Queensland
Aboriginal customs
Aboriginal history
Colonisation
Droughts
Floods
Hunting
Indigenous peoples
Paroo
Siltation
Stock routes
Water quality
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Title
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Phillip Sullivan (L) and a representative from the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (R), Tamworth (NSW), 18 October 2010.
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(L to R) Phillip Sullivan, Jodi Frawley and a Local Aboriginal Land Council representative, Tamworth (NSW), 18 October 2010.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Talking Fish
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historical studies
History and archaeology
Environmental science and management
Environmental history
Aquatic ecology
Description
An account of the resource
Talking Fish is a research data collection of oral histories and local knowledge in building community participation in Murray-Darling Basin river rehabilitation. It includes a cross section of age, class, gender, and Indigenous Australian communities.
<p>The Talking Fish project covers 12 reaches within the Basin:</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Namoi">Namoi River (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Condamine">Upper Condamine River (Qld)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Katarapko">Katarapko Creek (SA)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murrumbidgee">Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW / ACT)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Culgoa-Balonne">Culgoa-Balonne Rivers (Qld / NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Paroo">Paroo River (Qld)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Goulburn">Goulburn River (Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Anabranch">Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Ovens">Ovens River (Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murray">Mainstem Murray River (NSW / Vic)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Upper+Darling">Darling River-Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Coorong">The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)</a></li>
</ul><p>Recent decades have brought an increasing realisation that the health of the Murray-Darling Basin is at risk. An array of pressures ranging from the over allocation of water resources, poor land management planning and the expansion of primary production have all contributed to declines in river health. Fish and their habitats have been greatly affected by these pressures, with estimates suggesting native fish populations are at 10% of pre-European colonisation levels.</p>
<p>As all levels of government explore options for improving the health of the Murray-Darling Basin, the knowledge held by people within the community who have had a lengthy association with the waterways of the Basin is being increasingly recognised as a valuable resource. People’s lived experience provides a unique insight into how changes in rivers and their associated habitats have occurred over time. Accessing and recording this information will make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Murray-Darling Basin, and help shape the management decisions of the future to achieve improved river health outcomes.</p>
<p>Many different groups of people have developed unique relationships with rivers and their associated environments. The long history of recreational fishing within the Basin has led generations of people to spend substantial amounts of time on or near its rivers. Their desire to experience the river and to catch fish has developed a refined understanding of how fish relate to the riverine environment, and consequently how the changes to these environments have affected the status of native fisheries.</p>
<p>Similarly, Indigenous peoples have relationships with the rivers that stretch back tens of thousands of years before the arrival of European colonisers. This strong and lasting association has also allowed Indigenous peoples to witness contemporary changes to the health of the Basin’s rivers and observe how these changes have influenced fish and their habitats. In addition, landholders, long-time residents, regular tourists and an array of other community stakeholders hold stories and memories of the river that are an invaluable resource for guiding its future management.</p>
<p>The project represents a unique collaboration between some of Australia’s most prominent ecological oral historians (both within tertiary institutions and commercial production companies), all four Basin-state fisheries agencies and regional NRM organisations. The integration of research institutions, government and local community stakeholders provides a diverse and flexible framework to access a wide range of participants and ensure the collection, analysis and presentation of information is in accordance with national and international best practice.</p>
<p>The project delivered a suite of oral history recordings from across the Basin, while also developing communication products in the form of radio features and community booklets. This output was deposited with the Mitchell Library of the State Library of New South Wales and the Australian Torres Strait Islander Digital Archive (ATSIDA). Physical copies are held at the Mitchell Library (Accession Record MLOH 647).</p>
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<a title="Australian Research Council Grant ID" href="http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200117">Australian Research Council Grant ID LP120200117</a>
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<a title="University of Technology, Sydney" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-502828">University of Technology, Sydney</a>
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<a title="Murray-Darling Basin Authority" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462306">Murray-Darling Basin Authority</a>
<a title="NSW Fisheries" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-601964">NSW Fisheries</a>
<a href="https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-642319">Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries</a>
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<a title="Heather Goodall" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-486922">Prof. Heather Goodall</a>
<a title="Jodi Frawley" href="http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/frawleyj/">Dr Jodi Frawley</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamish-sewell-6474b812/?originalSubdomain=au">Hamish Sewell</a>
Date Created
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Data collected between 2010-07-01 and 2011-06-30.
Relation
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The publication resulting from data collected for Talking Fish is openly accessible and available for download:<br /><br />Frawley, J., Nichols, S., Goodall, H. and Baker, E. (2012). Talking fish: Making connections with the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Canberra. <a title="View at publisher" href="http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/habitat/publications/pubs/talking-fish-in-the-murray-darling-basin">View or download from publisher...</a>
Spatial Coverage
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Namoi River (NSW)
Upper Condamine River (QLD)
Katarapko Creek (SA)
Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW, ACT)
Culgoa ‐Balonne Rivers (QLD, NSW)
Paroo River (QLD)
Goulburn River (VIC)
Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)
Ovens River (VIC)
Mainstem Murray River (NSW, VIC)
Darling River – Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)
The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)
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The period the data refers to spans from the early 20th century to the early 21st century.
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Oral History
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Jodi Frawley
Interviewee
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Phillip Sullivan
Location
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Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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Part 1 00:24:41
Part 2 00:20:10
Part 3 00:23:27
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Upper Darling: Oral History of Phillip Sullivan
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2010-10-18
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Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
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Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
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English
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Open access. Conditional use.
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/">CC BY-NC</a>
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Subject
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Fishes--Identification
Floods
Weirs
Aboriginal fish traps
Aboriginal art
Water quality
Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language
Silt
Totems
Rock paintings
Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people
Muruwari / Murrawarri people
Wiradjuri people
Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language
Connection to Country
Aboriginal kinship systems
Description
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Phillip Sullivan grew up on the Brewarrina Aboriginal Mission in the 1960s with his immediate and extended family. For Phillip, life on the river as a Ngemba man revolved around the Barwon River with fishing and swimming being favourite pastimes for the entire family.
Phillip passionately discusses a wide range of topics that include growing up along the river; the impacts on the Upper Darling and surrounds caused by weirs and restrictions; Aboriginal history; the significance of connection to Country and water; Aboriginal law and personal responsibilities; and the relationships between neighbouring Aboriginal nations. He also points out the cultural shifts he has witnessed; from that of a group-focused, collectivist culture, to a more Western-aligned culture of individualism with its self-focused culture, and its consequences on Aboriginal kinship values, society and the environment.
Mention of: King Brown Snake. Eastern Brown Snake. Long neck turtles.
Quandong. Gum trees. Coolabah trees. Spinifex.
Spatial Coverage
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Bourke, New South Wales
Brewarrina Mission, New South Wales
Barwon Fall, New South Wales
Billy Goat Bend, New South Wales
Dodge City, New South Wales
West Brewarrina, New South Wales
Darling River, New South Wales
Wilcannia, New South Wales
Warrego River, Queensland/New South Wales
Paroo River, Queensland
Cato Creek, New South Wales
Gundabooka,New South Wales
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