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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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image/tiff
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audio/mpeg
application/msword
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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
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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.
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Title
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Murray: Oral History of Richard Kennedy - Native Fish of the Lachlan River
Description
An account of the resource
A document written by Richard Kennedy, kindly provided in addition to his oral history interview with the Talking Fish research team.
Richard is a Ngiyampaa Aboriginal man residing in Wodonga, Victoria. Born in 1959, Richard grew up on the Lachlan River in central New South Wales with his family and currently works with the Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in the Wodonga area.
In this document, Richard discusses the changes he has observed in native and introduced fish species in the Lachlan River, and illegal fishing activities. He reflects on family life with his mob, growing up, his culture, diet, changes in water flows and levels, conservation practices, and sustainable ecological management.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Lachlan River, NSW [stream]
Euabalong, NSW [populated place]
Condobolin, NSW [populated place]
Lake Cargelligo, NSW [lake]
Booberoi Creek, NSW [stream]
Wyangala Dam, NSW [dam]
Lake Cowal, NSW [lake]
Murrin Bridge, NSW [section of populated place]
Creator
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Richard Kennedy
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Rights
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All rights reserved
Rights Holder
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Richard Kennedy
Date
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2010-11-15
Format
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application/msword
Language
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English
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Permission to reuse this data may be sought from the Rights Holder, by contacting atsida@lib.uts.edu.au.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family life
Aboriginal culture
Ecological sustainability
Traditional ecological knowledge
Diet
Fishing nets
Fishes--Breeding
Introduced fishes
Droughts
Weirs
Environmental flows
Physical characteristics (Animals)
Intensive farming
Fishing--Australia
Connection to Country
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
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
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
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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
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
Hamish Sewell
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Kevin Smith
Fern Hames
Location
The location of the interview
Benalla, VIC
Duration
Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)
00:36:21
Dublin Core
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Title
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Goulburn: Oral History of Kevin Smith and Fern Hames
Description
An account of the resource
Kevin Smith is a policeman and farmer. His grandparents have lived on the ‘Riverview’ property at Tatong since 1912. Kevin has a deep interest in ecological preservation and our relationship with the environment. Fern Hames is the Victorian Native Fish Strategy Co-ordinator, and shares memories of growing up along Hollands Creek. Hollands Creek is a tributary of Goulburn River.
Kevin and Fern talk about: changes they have seen at Hollands Creek over decades; droughts and recent floods in Tatong; force of flood waters on habitat e.g. rock, tree deposits; new habitats and flows created by floods; eco-preservation and eco-tourism; Hollands Creek Demonstration Reach.
Mention of unspecified fish species: trout, galaxias.
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
2010-11-16
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
Language
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English
Access Rights
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Open access
License
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC BY</a>
Provenance
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Originally organised by researchers in sub-collection 'MDB Extra'.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Tatong, Vic [populated place]
Hollands Creek, Vic [stream]
Subject
The topic of the resource
Fishes--Identification
Floods
Droughts
Riparian areas
Environmental flows
Ecotourism
Ecological sustainability
Droughts
Ecological sustainability
Ecotourism
Environmental flows
Fishes--Identification
Floods
Goulburn
Landholder
Riparian areas
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https://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/files/original/218f21bc595edca98103395bb9c0a723.mp3
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129282f2d89a09cb93892d842b83639f
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
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
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
<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
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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
John Koehn
John Douglas
Roy Patterson
Location
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Tahbilk, VIC
Duration
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00:37:17
Dublin Core
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Title
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Goulburn: Oral History of John Koehn, John Douglas, and Roy Patterson
Description
An account of the resource
An interview with John Koehn, John Douglas, and Roy Patterson.
John Koehn is a research officer for the Arthur Rylah Institute, Melbourne, and studies freshwater fish ecology. John Douglas works for Victorian Fisheries, and Roy Patterson is a Taungurung man.
John Koehn talks about: his work recovering Catfish and Silver Perch populations in the Murray-Darling Basin, 2000; a commercial fishery that existed at Barren Box when Catfish abundant; drivers of Catfish decline; strengths and weakness of different fish species; impact of irrigation releases on water flow e.g. Murray River; impact of European carp on billabongs and lagoons; carp removal; importance of billabongs, floodplains, wetlands in the Murray-Darling system, their loss and degradation from human activities; importance of ‘active’ ecological management; geomorphology; importance of 'instability' in creating diverse habitats for fish species; changes in vegetation e.g. Phragmite (Common Reed).
The group add their diverse knowledge to the topics discussed, in particular the variety of Catfish species found across the Murray-Darling Basin.
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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2010-11-17
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
Format
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
Language
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English
Access Rights
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Open access
License
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC BY</a>
Provenance
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Originally organised by researchers in sub-collection 'MDB Extra'.
An archival version of the Talking Fish Collection is managed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA).
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Murray River
Maryborough, Vic [populated place]
Torrumbarry Weir, NSW [dam]
Eulo, Qld [populated place]
Albury, NSW [populated place]
Alexandra, Vic [populated place]
Barren Box Swamp, NSW [swamp]
Goulburn River, Vic
Subject
The topic of the resource
Irrigation
Fishes--Identification
Introduced species
Wetlands
Ecological sustainability
Geomorphology
Riparian areas
Billabongs
Floodplains
Fish habitat improvement
Environmental flows
Fishing industry
Physical characteristics (Animals)
Billabongs
Ecological sustainability
Environmental flows
Fish habitat improvement
Fishes--Identification
Fishing industry
Flood plains
Geomorphology
Goulburn
Indigenous peoples
Introduced species
Irrigation
Physical characteristics (Animals)
Recreational fisher
Riparian areas
Scientist
Taungurung people
Wetlands
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Title
A name given to the resource
Portrait of Phil Duncan, Parramatta (NSW), 1 March 2011.
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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
Phil Duncan
Location
The location of the interview
Parramatta, New South Wales
Duration
Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)
Part 1 00:22:42
Part 2 00:19:53
Part 3 00:10:01
Part 4 00:22:10
Dublin Core
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Title
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Namoi: Oral History of Phil Duncan
Description
An account of the resource
An interview in four parts.
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 Peoples' Water Engagement Council and has witnessed a number of important changes in this region regarding cotton farming, weirs and dams, and the water quality.
Phil is knowledgeable in his heritage and emphasises the importance of Aboriginal connection to Country, and caring for Country as an important responsibility for Aboriginal people. He recommends that traditional Aboriginal knowledges be adhered to regarding the conservation of Country as Western land management methods have had a detrimental impact.
Mentioned:
Turtles, sheep & cattle (farming), worms.
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
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
2011-03-01
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
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.
License
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/">CC BY-NC</a>
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Originally organised by researchers in sub-collection 'MDB Extra'.
An archival version of the Talking Fish Collection is managed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA).
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.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Weirs
Floods
Traditional ecological knowledge
Fishing--Australia
Racism
Cotton
Silt
Water quality
Water pollution
Cultural Flows
Coalbed methane
Aquifers--Australia
Cyanides
Riparian areas
Ecological sustainability
Environmental conservation
Salinity
Sacred sites
Connection to Country
Land custodianship
Aboriginal spirituality (Baiame)
Wiradjuri people
Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language
Water--Symbolic aspects
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Moree, NSW [populated place]
Terry Hie Hie, NSW [populated place]
Terry Hie Hie Creek, NSW [stream]
Mehi River, NSW [stream]
Boomi Nature Reserve, NSW [reserve]
Mungindi, Qld [farm]
Collarenenbri, NSW
Barwon River, NSW [stream]
Narrabri, NSW [populated place]
Gwydir River, NSW [stream]
Boolaroo, NSW [section of populated place]
Paroo, Queensland/New South Wales
Copeton Dam, NSW [dam]
Namoi River, NSW [stream]
Cubbie, Qld [homestead]
Keepit Dam, NSW [lake]
Narran Lake, NSW [lake]
Macquarie Marshes, NSW [marsh(es)]
Boolaroo, NSW [populated place]
Mungindi, NSW [populated place]
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
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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
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
<a title="Australian Research Council Grant ID" href="http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200117">Australian Research Council Grant ID LP120200117</a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
image/tiff
image/jpeg
audio/mpeg
application/msword
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
<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.
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Oral History
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Interviewer
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Jodi Frawley
Interviewee
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Henry Jones
Location
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Clayton, VIC
Duration
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Part 1 00:20:15
Part 2 00:20:17
Part 3 00:09:53
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Title
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Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Henry Jones
Creator
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Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Publisher
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University of Technology, Sydney
Date
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2011-02-11
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
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application/msword
audio/mpeg
Language
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English
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Open access
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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">CC-BY</a>
Description
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An interview in three parts with Henry Jones.
Born in 1941, Henry is a sixth generation commercial fisher, and also ran a yabby restaurant for thirty years. He talks about learning to fish from his father, a commercial fisherman at Renmark, in the Riverland; and his grandfather, a First World War veteran. Henry is a member of the Community Stakeholder Taskforce for the Murray-Darling Basin Native Fish Strategy. His commercial licence covers Lake Albert, Lake Alexandrina, Coorong, and the Great Southern Ocean three nautical miles out from Goolwa to Kingston.
Henry talks about: his fishery's World First Environmental Management Plan and Marine Stewardship; the difference between fishing methods/equipment in the Riverland compared with the windy conditions of the Lakes, Coorong and ocean; sustainable fishing practice; effects of water over allocation (upstream); the lack of intermediate floods from the Murray and Darling, affecting the breeding cycle of fish; salt from irrigation; hypersalinity of Coorong, and possible solutions; the closure of the Murray mouth in 1981; counting bird species; and the increase of seals, sting ray, barnacles, and tube worm in the Coorong (now a marine environment); 1992 flood; plant species.
Other fish species mentioned: 'bull nosed mullet'.
Spatial Coverage
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Lake George, SA
Lake Alexandrina, SA
Lake Albert, SA
The Coorong, SA
Goolwa, SA
Clayton, SA
Finniss, SA
Currency Creek, SA
Bremer tributary
Angus tributary
Adelaide, SA
Murray Mouth, SA
Renmark, SA
Riverland, SA
Lindsay Creek Reach
Wollnock Bend [near Renmark], SA
Melbourne, VIC
Semaphore, SA
Woodside, SA
Great Southern Ocean
Kingston, SA
Mildura, VIC
Point Sturt, VIC
Wellington Weir, SA
Mannum, SA
Morgan, SA
Salt Creek, SA
Provenance
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This transcript has been edited to reflect the corrections made by Henry Jones to the original version. The audio recording has not been edited.
Subject
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Fishing industry
Fisheries
Ecological sustainability
Sustainable fisheries
River engineering
Water quality
Water resources
Fishes--Breeding
Aboriginal spirituality
Aquifers--Australia
Barrages
Coorong
Cultural flows
Dams--Australia
Ecological sustainability
Fishes--Breeding
Fishing industry
Fishing regulations
Floods
Irrigation
Land custodianship
Livestock
Professional fisher
Restoration ecology
Riparian areas
River engineering
Salinisation
Siltation
Sustainable fisheries
Traditional ecological knowledge
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
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Historical studies
History and archaeology
Environmental science and management
Environmental history
Aquatic ecology
Description
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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Hebel, Queensland. Australia
Duration
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00:52:33
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Title
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Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Michael Anderson
Subject
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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
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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
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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