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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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<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
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
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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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Jodi Frawley
Interviewee
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Darren Rosso
Location
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Canberra, ACT
Duration
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Part 1 00:20:13
Part 2 00:20:43
Part 3 00:21:45
Dublin Core
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Title
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Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Darren Rosso
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2010-10-06
Contributor
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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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application/msword
audio/mpeg
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English
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Description
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An interview with Darren Rosso in three parts.
Darren has worked in the Murrumbidgee Corridor since 1988.He talks about the Murrumbidgee Rivers historical fame as a Trout Cod fishery and discusses the practice of restocking fish. He describes the decline of Trout populations, recalling a large die-off event along the Murrumbidgee, Lower Cotter and Paddy's Rivers in 1998. He also talks about Trout Cod breeding in marginal conditions.
He discusses his efforts to restore and sustain river habitats and ecosystems with the ACT Parks and Conservation Service, and National Heritage Trust (NHT). Initiatives to restore resilience to the river system included the Million Trees Program, Willow poisoning, and the construction of groynes, rock deflectors and debris clusters.
Darren also discusses the 2003 Canberra Fires, variance in water quality and some of the differences between managing mountain stream systems and flood plain systems.
Mention of Atlantic Salmon, Galaxids, Plague minnows (Gambusia holbrooki)
Mention of Fishing Act 2000 (ACT), Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation Service, National Heritage Trust (NHT)
Mention of Pobblebonks (Eastern Banjo Frog), Alpine Litoria lesueuri Rocky River Frogs, broad-palmed frog (Litoria latopalmata), Platypus, EHN Virus, simazine (chemical), Groynes, rock deflectors, electro fishing, Willow, phragmities, blackberries, briars, casuarinas, manna gum, cumbungi, typha, blackwoord, Red Stem Wattle, Muellerina bidwillii, Microcystis and anabaena, and spirogyra algae
ACT NPWS officer. Known for taking his Kayak and little else to do site work on the Upper Bidgee - lives off the land during such trips. Rec fisher, but with a lot of cross over into his work along the river.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bushfires
Fishing--Australia
Fish populations
Fish stocking
Fish kills
Fishes--Breeding
River engineering
Stream restoration
Fish habitat improvement
Water quality
Restoration ecology
Fishes--Diseases
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Murrumbidgee River (NSW)
Lower Cotter River (ACT)
Paddys River (ACT)
Googong Dam (NSW)
Lake Burley Griffin (ACT)
Eucumbene River (NSW)
Tantangara Dam (NSW)
Angle Crossing (ACT)
Kambah Pool (ACT)
Tharwa Bridge (ACT)
Lanyon Homestead (ACT)
Retalic's Hole (NSW)
Casuarina Sands (ACT)
Point Hut Pond District Park (ACT)
Scrivener Damn (ACT)
Molonglo River (ACT)
Tuggeranong Creek (ACT)
Brindabella Ranges (NSW)
Woodstock Nature Reserve (ACT)
Hume Weir (NSW)
Bushfires
Fish habitat improvement
Fish kills
Fish populations
Fish stocking
Fishes--Breeding
Fishes--Diseases
Murrumbidgee
Recreational fisher
Restoration ecology
River engineering
Stream restoration
Water quality
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Title
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(L to R) Hamish Sewell and Douglas MacGregor, oral history interview, 2010
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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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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
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Hamish Sewell
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Douglas MacGregor
Location
The location of the interview
Cunnamulla, Queensland
Duration
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00:56:33
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Title
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Paroo: Oral History of Douglas MacGregor
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Hamish Sewell
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2010-10-14
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
Format
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
image/tiff
Language
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English
Access Rights
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Open access
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC-BY</a>
Description
An account of the resource
An interview with Douglas (Dougie) MacGregor, who has lived in Cunnamulla for over eighty years. Dougie’s father fought in World Wars I and II. He bought his father’s town carrying business as a young man, and shares extensive knowledge of road and river systems in the Paroo area.
Dougie talks about: the effects of drought and economic depression on communities; government property ballots,1951; soldier settlements; cycles of drought, floods, and bushfires; silt build up in water holes from grazier activities, changing river and creek flows; relationship between Warrego and Paroo; periods when water ran from Paroo into the Darling (1950, 1956); Aboriginal fishing methods, catching ‘sleepy cod’; siting carp in river branches connected to the Murray; gelignite used to erect power lines throughout Paroo. Drought events discussed: 1930, ending 1947, 1957. Flood events: 1942, 1947, 1950, 1956.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Cunnumulla, QLD
Bulloo River, QLD
Hungerford, QLD
Paroo RIver, QLD
Caiwarro waterhole, QLD
Currawinya, QLD
Wanaaring, NSW
Nocoleche Nature Reserve, Wanaaring, NSW
Warrego, QLD
Eulo, QLD
Eight Mile waterhole, QLD
Subject
The topic of the resource
Soldier settlement
Fishes--Identification
Droughts
Floods
Bushfires
Siltation
Grazing
Environmental flows
Introduced fishes
Aboriginal culture
Depressions--1929--Australia
Aboriginal culture
Bushfires
Depressions--1929--Australia
Droughts
Environmental flows
Fishes--Identification
Floods
Grazing
Introduced species
Landholder
Paroo
Recreational fisher
Siltation
Soldier settlement
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Title
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(L to R) Kevin Eastburn and Hamish Sewell, oral history interview, 2010
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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
image/jpeg
audio/mpeg
application/msword
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
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
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Kevin Eastburn
Location
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Eulo, Queensland
Duration
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00:40:16
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Title
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Paroo: Oral History of Kevin Eastburn
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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2010-10-17
Contributor
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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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application/msword
audio/mpeg
Language
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English
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC-BY</a>
Description
An account of the resource
An interview with 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 area, the impacts of chemicals, and the relationship between ecological balance and honey production.
Kevin talks about: plant species and their flowering cycles; dependence of plants on periodic flooding; role birds play in honey production (in pruning trees); challenge of finding areas free of agricultural chemicals and genetically modified crops; struggle to produce enough bees to pollinate fruit crops; impact of national parks on feral animal populations and bushfires; other threats to apiaries, such as pigs; camp sites and evidence of Aboriginal inhabitants.
Plant species mentioned: Napunyah, Bimble Box, Coolabah, Yarramothla, Lignum, Eucalypt, Black Box River Gum.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Quilpie, QLD
Charleville, QLD
Paroo, QLD
Bulloo River, QLD
Wilson River, QLD
Kyabra Creek, QLD
Cooper Creek, QLD
Eulo, QLD
Warrego, QLD
Tilpa, NSW
Wanaaring, NSW
Hungerford, QLD
Currawinya, QLD
Caiwarro waterhole, QLD
Pilliga, NSW
Balonne, QLD
Barwon River, NSW
Darling River, NSW
Subject
The topic of the resource
Plants--Identification
Beekeeping
Ecosystems
Pesticides
Genetically modified food
Bushfires
Birds--Identification
Aboriginal history
Aboriginal history
Birds--Identification
Bushfires
Introduced species
Landholder
Paroo
Pesticides
Plants--Identification
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Title
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Fay and Donald Cooney, oral history interview, 2010
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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
image/jpeg
audio/mpeg
application/msword
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
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Hamish Sewell
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Fay Cooney
Donald Cooney
Location
The location of the interview
Toowoomba, QLD
Duration
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00:48:17
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Title
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Paroo: Oral History of Fay and Donald Cooney
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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2010-10-21
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
Format
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
Language
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English
Access Rights
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Open access
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC-BY</a>
Description
An account of the resource
An interview with Fay and Donald Cooney. Fay and Donald were born in Cunnumulla in the 1930s, and have lived most of their lives on the Paroo River at Eulo on family sheep properties ‘Turn Turn’ and ‘Goonamurra’, going back to the 1900s. Both talk about their connection with the river systems and how the rivers connect communities. Fay recalls growing up with local Aboriginal kids in Eulo, and Donald discusses a book he wrote about the history of animal stock bells.
Fay and Donald talk about: the impact of floods at Eulo prior to the bridge; a time before motorised transportation and telephone communications; the ‘flood truck’ which used to transport goods and people across flood waters; the river as a place of recreation for children and a stock route for graziers; swimming, playing, and yabbying with Aboriginal children; Donald’s father’s recollection of Aboriginal corroborees that took place at water holes at Caiwarro and Tilbaroo; the introduction of European Carp; how bore drains reduced the amount of stock along the river; bushfires in the 1950s; impact of feral cats on water rats and bird species; Paroo as the ‘last river going west that had the Murray cod’; being able to predict a flood’s size by the sound of frogs.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Springvale, Eulo, QLD
Cunnumulla, QLD
Paroo River, QLD
Thargomindah, QLD
Warrego River, QLD
Injamulla waterhole, QLD
McNamaras waterhole
Caiwarro waterhole, QLD
Six Mile waterhole, QLD
Bulloo, QLD
Cooper Creek, QLD
Subject
The topic of the resource
Livestock
Grazing
Feral animals
Local history
Fishes--Identification
Remote communities
Aboriginal peoples
Aboriginal culture
Swimming
Introduced fishes
Bushfires
Aboriginal culture
Bushfires
Fishes--Identification
Floods
Grazing
Introduced species
Landholder
Livestock
Local history
Paroo
Swimming
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Dublin Core
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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>
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>
Format
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image/tiff
image/jpeg
audio/mpeg
application/msword
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
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
<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
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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.
Alternative Title
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Oral History
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Interviewer
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Jodi Frawley
Interviewee
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Adam Pascoe
Ron Dawson
Location
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Everton, Victoria
Duration
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Part 1 00:19:25
Part 2 00:18:36
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Title
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Ovens: Oral History of Adam Pascoe and Ron Dawson
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2011-02-17
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
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Open access
License
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC-BY</a>
Description
An account of the resource
An interview in two parts with Adam Pascoe and Ron Dawson.
Adam and Ron talk about the conditions that fish find favourable to breed in. They recall the effect of the Black Saturday Fires (2009), the 'chocolate river' event, and the Yarrabulla mudslide (2006/2007). They also make reference to the 1939 black water event. They speak of the decline of the tobacco industry and the anecdotal belief that fish have rebounded as a consequence. Ron remembers his time serving on the Ovens River Management Board, renamed Northeast Waterways and later the Northeast Catchment Management Authority. He talks about environmental politics and his experience advocating for the restoration of fish habitat and biodiversity. Adam talks about his involvement with the Northeast Catchment Management Authority and their efforts to replant native species and reintroduce snags.
They both talk about fishing lures, setlines, springers and keeper nets. They mention snakes, competitive fishing, snorkeling, and discuss what they like about fishing.
Mention of sugar gliders, platypus, phascogale, eastern water rats, bandicoots, tiger snakes, red belly black snakes, brown snakes, black snakes.
Mention of Arthur Rylah institute, Ovens River Improvement Trust, Ovens River Management Board, Northeast Waterways, Northeast Catchment Management Authority, Mulwala Classic Invitational, Cod Opening Classic, Myrtleford Fishing Club
Subject
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Water quality
Bushfires
Fish kills
Clearcutting
Fishes--Breeding
Pesticides
Fishing--Australia
Restoration ecology
Stream restoration
Lure fishing
Environmental conservation
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Echuca (Victoria)
Rocky Point (NSW)
Whorouly (Victoria)
Yea (Victoria)
Myrtleford (Victoria)
Lake Buffalo (Victoria)
Everton (Victoria)
Wangaratta (Victoria)
Yarrawonga (Victoria)
Mulwala (NSW)
Beechworth (NSW)
Bushfires
Deforestation
Environmental conservation
Fish kills
Fisheries--Equipment and supplies
Fishes--Breeding
Lure fishing
Ovens
Pesticides
Recreational fisher
Restoration ecology
Stream restoration
Water quality