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- Tags: Cotton
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: 82 (129 views)
Namoi: Oral History of Don 'Spider' Cunningham
Don 'Spider' Cunningham is a recreational fisher who is part of the Narrabri Fishing Club and has resided in Narrabri (NSW) his entire life. He has strong ties with the area with his father also from Narrabri and his…
Tags: Bait fishing, Cotton, Dams--Australia, Fish stocking, Fishes--Cannibalism, Fishes--Identification, Introduced species, Namoi, Overfishing, Predatory animals--Behavior, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Weirs
Position: 72 (136 views)
Namoi: Oral History of Joe and Pearl Trindall
Pearl and Joe Trindall are an Indigenous couple who have lived in the Namoi region for most their lives. Pearl was born in Boomi, while Joe was born in Narrabri and they both, along with their children, have spent a lot…
Tags: Aboriginal spirituality, Cotton, Dams--Australia, Diet, Fishing nets, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Namoi, Stock routes, Storytelling, Swimming, Water pollution, Weirs
Position: 15 (316 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 (336 views)
Namoi: Oral History of Robert Horne
Robert Horne is an Indigenous man who was born in Boggabri; a small country town through which the Namoi River runs, located in north-western New South Wales.
The interview takes place in Robert's Gunnedah office…
Tags: Cotton, Dams--Australia, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Namoi, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water--Law and legislation
Position: 101 (119 views)
Upper Condamine: Oral History of Dessie Obst
Tags: Bait fishing, Condamine, Cotton, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Recreational fisher, Weirs
Position: 154 (96 views)