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- Tags: Birds--Identification
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: 90 (105 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: 37 (158 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: 46 (138 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Howard Hendrick
Born in Renmark in 1923, Howard lives on the banks of the Murray River at Pyap, near Loxton. He grew up in an underprivileged First World War settlement in Renmark, spending school holidays helping…
Tags: Bait fishing, Birds--Identification, Communities, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Irrigation, Katarapko, Landholder, Local history, Plants--Identification, Riparian areas, Salinisation, Soldier settlement
Position: 56 (127 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Kingsley Abdulla
Kingsley is from the Gerard Aboriginal community in South Australia. Born in 1971, he has always lived on the river; camping with family and extended family, a time for Elders to educate the…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Burial sites, Dredging, Droughts, Erosion, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Katarapko, Salinisation, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality, Wetlands
Position: 8 (331 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Hayley Purbrick
Hayley Purbrick is a fifth generation member of the Purbrick Family who owns the Tahbilk Winery. She grew up on nearby Lake Nagambie and has interacted with the river since she was a child. She is involved in the…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Goulburn, Landholder, Reptiles--Identification, Revegetation, Water allocations, Weirs, Wetlands
Position: 175 (72 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Gary and Kaye Gibb
Both born in the early 1950s, Gary and Kaye have fished all their lives. Gary grew up on the Wakool River and Kaye moved to Victoria in the 1970s. They are members of the Seymour Angling Club, a…
Tags: Bait fishing, Birds--Identification, Fish stocking, Fishes--Identification, Goulburn, Introduced species, Lure fishing, Recreational fisher, Reptiles--Identification, Riparian areas
Position: 158 (76 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Terry Sim and John Yelland
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Acid sulfate soils, Barrages, Birds--Identification, Coorong, Dredging, Fish surveys, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Local history, Naturalists, Ngarrindjeri people, Plants--Identification, Recreational fisher, Salinisation, Trade routes, Traditional ecological knowledge, Weeds
Position: 62 (121 views)
Upper Condamine: Oral History of Ray and Olive Shooter
The Shooters speak of their experience living next to Dalrymple Creek, a tributary of the Condamine. Ray talks about the changes he has observed in the creek over almost 80 years, its transformation, and…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Condamine, Crustaceans, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, No-till farming, Plants--Identification, Reptiles--Identification, Water--Law and legislation
Position: 128 (87 views)
Upper Condamine: Oral History of Geoffrey Reilly
Geoffrey Riley is the owner of the property 'Lennie Brae' that has been in his family for generations. Geoffrey speaks of the changes as a result of the weirs, flood irrigation, and fish ways. He talks about a…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Condamine, Crustaceans, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Irrigation, Landholder, No-till farming, Plants--Identification, Reptiles--Identification, Vertisols, Weirs
Position: 59 (123 views)