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- Tags: Culgoa-Balonne
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Michael Anderson
Tags: 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
Position: 46 (119 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Keith Codrington, George Thomas, and Robert Worboys
With over 50 years experience fishing in the region, Keith, George and Robert share their knowledge of the Culgoa-Balonne region. They discuss floods,…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal fish traps, Crustaceans, Culgoa-Balonne, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Traditional fishing, Weirs
Position: 86 (94 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Henry and Joan Cross
Henry and Joan Cross live at Goonaroo Station, an 11,000 acre sheep and cattle property. The property is located north of Hebel on the New South Wales and Queensland borders…
Tags: Blackwater, Culgoa-Balonne, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Landholder, Livestock, Plants--Identification, Siltation, Water quality, Weeds, Weirs
Position: 114 (80 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Pat Cross
Pat Cross and her husband, George, are the owners of the Mehi Station, a 16,000 acre property previously owned by George Hatfield. They have lived on the station since 1952 and in the interview Pat revisits her…
Tags: Cotton, Culgoa-Balonne, Floods, Landholder, Water conservation, Water--Law and legislation, Weirs
Position: 145 (69 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of 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…
Tags: 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
Position: 61 (107 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Peter and Margaret Petersen
Peter and Margaret (Pop) Petersen were the former managers of Brenda Station in Goodooga. On the Culgoa River, it spans both New South Wales and Queensland. Previously owned by the Church of…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Blackwater, Cotton, Culgoa-Balonne, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Fishes--Identification, Flood plains, Grazing, Introduced species, Landholder, Livestock, Plants--Identification, Vertisols, Water quality, Water--Law and legislation, Weirs
Position: 47 (118 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Pat Stephens
Born in 1933, Pat talks about fishing in the Dirranbandi area and the changes he has noticed over the last 60 years. Having fished since he was a boy, the biggest changes have been a reduction in…
Tags: Cotton, Crustaceans, Culgoa-Balonne, Dams--Australia, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Grazing, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, Water quality
Position: 133 (74 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Rory Treweeke
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal scarred tree, Birds--Identification, Cotton, Crustaceans, Culgoa-Balonne, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Flood plains, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, No-till farming, Plants--Identification, Water quality, Weeds, Weirs
Position: 30 (144 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Ned and Lynette Underwood
Born in 1932, Ned grew up as a child on the property Warroo, a sheep and cattle station on the banks of the Balonne, owned by his grandfather since 1890.
In the interview, Ned describes…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Culgoa-Balonne, Dams--Australia, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Native animals, Plants--Identification, Vertisols, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 18 (187 views)
Culgoa ‐ Balonne Rivers
Geographically the Balonne is an extension of the Condamine River and starts…
Tags: Culgoa-Balonne
Position: 43 (122 views)