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Robert Lacey, St George (QLD), 8 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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<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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Hamish Sewell
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Robert Lacey
Location
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St George, Queensland
Duration
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Part 1 01:04:07
Part 2 00:02:52
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Title
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Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Robert Lacey
Subject
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Waka Waka / Wakka Wakka people
Mandandanji people
Fishes--Identification
Native plants
Land custodianship
Connection to Country
Dreaming (Spiritual)
Kitchen-middens--Australia
Water quality
Erosion
Farming
Deforestation
Aboriginal fish traps
Places of significance
Land degradation
Water allocations
Water conservation
Cotton
Water pollution
Salinization
River rehabilitation
Aboriginal history
Farming
Droughts
Introduced fishes
Water wells
Mandandanji (Australian people)
Sacred sites
Activism
Description
An account of the resource
An interview in two parts with Robert Lacey.
Robert Lacey is an Indigenous man who has resided in the St George area in southern Queensland most his life. His people are the traditional owners of the land: his mother is a Mandandanji woman, while his father is a Waka Waka man.
Robert discusses the connection he has with the land and the river, he expresses the honour he feels in being trusted to take care of Country. He discusses the history of the river and its declining health; commercial use of the river; and the work he personally does on recording the sites of cultural significance and heritage sites finding over 100 in just a few years. He says that the river is a source of peace, tranquility, food, leisure - the life blood of the land.
Robert also mentions the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative (GABSI) and his elation at the 1967 Australian Referendum and what it meant for Aboriginal people, and also the political activism by his family.
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2010-10-08
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>
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Hamish Sewell
Contributor
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Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
Format
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
image/tiff
Spatial Coverage
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Culgoa River, New South Wales/Queensland
Balonne River, Queensland
St George, Queensland
E. J. Beardmore Dam, Queensland
Jack Taylor Weir, Queensland
Dirranbandi, Queensland
Aboriginal fish traps
Aboriginal history
Activism
Connection to country
Cotton
Culgoa-Balonne
Deforestation
Dreaming (Spiritual)
Droughts
Erosion
Fishes--Identification
Indigenous peoples
Introduced species
Land custodianship
Mandandanji (Australian people)
Native plants
Places of significance
Salinisation
Stream restoration
Waka Waka / Wakka Wakka people
Water allocations
Water conservation
Water pollution
Water quality
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Title
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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
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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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
Michael Anderson
Location
The location of the interview
Hebel, Queensland. Australia
Duration
Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)
00:52:33
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Title
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Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Michael Anderson
Subject
The topic of the resource
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
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
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>
Format
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
image/tiff
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
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
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>
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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
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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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<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
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Jodi Frawley
Interviewee
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Jenny Whyman
Location
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Mildura, Victoria
Duration
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Part 1 00:20:28
Part 2 00:18:46
Part 3 00:14:33
Dublin Core
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Title
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Anabranch: Oral History of Jenny Whyman
Subject
The topic of the resource
Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people
Fishes--Identification
Crustaceans
Indigenous foods
Cotton
Weirs
Land custodianship
Aboriginal history
Cultural flows
Connection to Country
River flow
Cotton
Droughts
Water allocations
Traditional ecological knowledge
Description
An account of the resource
An interview in three parts with Jenny Whyman, a Paakintji woman and representative on the Northern Basins Aboriginal
Nations Committee (NBAN).
Born in 1956, Jenny talks about families and growing up on the river at a camp on the Darling at Menindee; living, working and playing together. She discusses the drought years from 1985 and the blue-green algae bloom that ran from Mungindi to Menindee. Jenny also speaks about what cultural flows are, and how they are important as they are the inherent water entitlements of Indigenous Nations.
Mention of perch as a significant part of diet however species is undefined; Witchetty grubs, turtles, eagles, porcupine, kangaroo.
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2010-11-11
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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Restricted access.
Electronic records have been made private as per the request of Jenny Whyman. As part of our data access requirements, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Data Archive (located at the University of Technology, Sydney) requires an applicant to sign an undertaking before access to material can be approved. These undertakings may include a request for information about the intended use of the data. The depositor and/or family may be informed of the application.
Preliminary applications may be made to:
atsida@lib.uts.edu.au.
Format
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
License
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AusGOALRestrictive
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Darling Anabranch
Menindee, New South Wales
Mungindi, New South Wales/Queensland
Pooncarrie, New South Wales
Wilcannnia, New South Wales
Paroo River, New South Wales, Queensland
Menindee Weir, New South Wales
Wilcannia Weir, New South Wales
Mediator
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Mediated access. Interviewee's consent condition: Future researchers must contact Jenny Whyman for permission to access.
Provenance
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An archival version of the Talking Fish Collection is managed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA).
Aboriginal history
Anabranch
Connection to country
Cotton
Crustaceans
Cultural flows
Droughts
Fishes--Identification
Indigenous foods
Indigenous peoples
Land custodianship
Native animals
Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people
Traditional ecological knowledge
Water allocations
Weirs
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Title
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Portrait of William Riley, Tamworth (NSW), 18 October 2010.
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Dublin Core
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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>
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
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
An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific.
<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
Jodi Frawley
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
William Riley
Location
The location of the interview
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Duration
Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)
Part 1 00:23:01
Part 2 00:26:57
Part 3 00:02:35
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Anabranch: Oral History of William Riley
Subject
The topic of the resource
Fishes--Identification
Plants--Identification
Droughts
Weirs
Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people
Water allocations
Overfishing
Colonisation
Racism
Traditional fishing
Cotton
Connection to Country
Water quality
Introduced fishes
Environmental flows
Traditional ecological knowledge
Aboriginal fish traps
Description
An account of the resource
An interview in three parts with William Riley, a Paakantji man.
Born in 1934, William talks about growing up in Wilcannia and Broken Hill in north-western New South Wales. He recalls being taught to fish by his Grandmother and Aunties using hand lines and fish traps. William talks about the effects of colonisation and racism on his life, and how important the river then becomes.
William discusses his work campaigning for change with Northern Basins Aboriginal Nations (NBAN); he compares the 1944 and 2007 droughts and the differences in atmospheric moisture; the impact of the introduction of carp on catfish; the impact of fishing on cod populations; and the changes in water flow and clarity, exacerbated by tree roots, weeds, and chemicals from irrigators.
Mention of: plants River Red Gum, Cumbungi weed; fish perch (species undefined).
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
University of Technology, Sydney
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2010-10-18
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
Rights
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Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
Language
A language of the resource
English
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
Open access. Conditional use.
Format
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
License
A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/">CC BY-NC</a>
Mediator
An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. In an educational context, a mediator might be a parent, teacher, teaching assistant, or care-giver.
Unmediated licence agreement. Interviewee's consent condition: Has requested access restrictions but has not specified what they are.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Darling Anabranch, New South Wales
Wilcannia, New South Wales
Wentworth, New South Wales
Lake Menindee, New South Wales
Weir 32, Menindee, New South Wales
Tamworth, New South Wales
Aboriginal fish traps
Anabranch
Colonisation
Connection to country
Cotton
Droughts
Environmental flows
Fishes--Identification
Indigenous peoples
Introduced species
Overfishing
Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people
Plants--Identification
Racism
Traditional ecological knowledge
Traditional fishing
Water allocations
Water quality
Weirs