Browse Items (14 total)
- Tags: Connection to country
Murray: Oral History of Richard Kennedy - Native Fish of the Lachlan River
Richard is a Ngiyampaa Aboriginal man residing in Wodonga, Victoria. Born in 1959, Richard grew up on the Lachlan…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Connection to country, Diet, Droughts, Ecological sustainability, Family life, Fishes--Breeding, Fishing nets, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Murray, Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language, Physical characteristics (Animals), Traditional ecological knowledge, Weirs
Position: 63 (120 views)
Namoi: Oral History of Phil Duncan
Phil Duncan is an Aboriginal man with both Wiradjuri and Gamilaraay heritage. He identifies predominantly as a Gamilaraay man who grew up in Moree in northern New South Wales. Born in 1963, Phil is Chair of the First…
Tags: Aboriginal art, Aboriginal spirituality, Aquifers--Australia, Coalbed methane, Connection to country, Cotton, Cultural flows, Ecological sustainability, Environmental conservation, Floods, Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language, Indigenous peoples, Land custodianship, Namoi, Places of significance, Racism, Riparian areas, Salinisation, Siltation, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water pollution, Water quality, Water--Symbolic aspects, Weirs, Wiradjuri people
Position: 11 (298 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Phillip Sullivan
Tags: Aboriginal art, Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal fish traps, Aboriginal kinship systems, Connection to country, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language, Indigenous peoples, Muruwari / Murrawarri people, Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Siltation, Totems, Upper Darling, Water quality, Weirs, Wiradjuri people
Position: 16 (272 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Feli McHughes
Tags: Billabongs, Connection to country, Cultural flows, Fish stocking, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous peoples, Native Fish Strategy, Native plants, Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language, Riparian restoration, Upper Darling, Water quality
Position: 14 (290 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Adrian Brown
Adrian talks about growing up along the River (around Queanbeyan River, Jumping Creek, and Wanna Wanna Creek) and the way that he and his brother learnt the land by walking it and fishing the river…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Burial sites, Communities, Connection to country, Cultural flows, Fish populations, Indigenous peoples, Kurnai / Gunai people, Land custodianship, Murrumbidgee, Ngarigo / Ngarigu people, Ngunawal / Ngunnawal people, Places of significance, Siltation, Totems, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Walgalu / Walgal people, Wiradjuri people
Position: 25 (188 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Lorna McNiven
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal fish traps, Aboriginal spirituality, Badjiri / Budjari / Badyidi people, Connection to country, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Muruwari / Murrawarri people, Paroo, Siltation, Storytelling, Water pollution, Weirs
Position: 19 (242 views)
Murray: Oral History of Richard Kennedy
Tags: Colonisation, Connection to country, Cotton, Cultural flows, Fishes--Identification, Flood plains, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Murray, Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language, Restoration ecology, Traditional ecological knowledge, Weirs
Position: 6 (437 views)
Murray: Oral History of Wally Cooper and Pat Larkin
Wally talks about traditional fishing, fishing women, tickling fish, fishing with spears, hand lines, baiting, canoe fishing and diving for Crayfish. He also…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Connection to country, Cotton, Fishing nets, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Murray, Tobacco industry, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 73 (111 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Daryl Sloan
Daryl Sloan has been a resident of the Shepparton area for 35 years since his teenage years. He has worked in the social welfare industry for around 15 years and his work sees him regularly visiting the Goulburn River…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Aboriginal scarred tree, Camping, Colonisation, Connection to country, Environmental conservation, Goulburn, Homeless camps, Indigenous peoples, Mental illness, Native animals, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality, Water--Symbolic aspects
Position: 56 (127 views)
Upper Condamine: Oral History of Sam Bonner
Sam Bonner is a Githabul Elder who lives near Emu Creek, which is a tributary of the Condamine River. Sam speaks about his childhood experiences of the river, his love and passion for the river, its…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Birds--Identification, Condamine, Connection to country, Crustaceans, Dreaming (Spiritual), Fishes--Identification, Githabul people, Indigenous peoples, Plants--Identification, Trade routes, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Water--Symbolic aspects
Position: 12 (297 views)