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- Tags: Floods
Goulburn: Oral History of Hayley Purbrick
Hayley Purbrick is a fifth generation member of the Purbrick Family who owns the Tahbilk Winery. She grew up on nearby Lake Nagambie and has interacted with the river since she was a child. She is involved in the…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Goulburn, Landholder, Reptiles--Identification, Revegetation, Water allocations, Weirs, Wetlands
Position: 156 (40 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Donnie Richter
Donnie Richter, who was born in 1948 and lives near the Goulburn River, has been fishing since he was a child. Fishing for him initially began as a social activity with his friends where they would camp, drink…
Tags: Camping, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Goulburn, Lure fishing, Recreational fisher, Tournament fishing, Trawls and trawling, Weirs
Position: 129 (45 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Seymour Anglers
Tags: Bait fishing, Fishes--Identification, Fishing regulations, Floods, Goulburn, Hunting, Predatory animals--Behavior, Recreational fisher, Water conservation, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 119 (47 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Jenny Shields
Born in 1953, Jenny Shields is a local fisher from Seymour in Victoria and member of the Seymour Anglers club who also enjoys fishing with her three children and her husband, Wayne.
In…
Tags: Bait fishing, Dredging, Fish kills, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Goulburn, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, Weirs
Position: 151 (41 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Tracy Bye
Born in 1964, Tracy is Manager of the Loxton Information Bureau. She moved to Loxton when she was about 11, and spent a lot of time at Katarapko Creek. Tracy saw her interview as a way to honour her…
Tags: Boats, Camping, Environmental flows, Family life, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Katarapko, Recreational fisher, Swimming, Water sports, Weeds
Position: 201 (33 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Howard Hendrick
Born in Renmark in 1923, Howard lives on the banks of the Murray River at Pyap, near Loxton. He grew up in an underprivileged First World War settlement in Renmark, spending school holidays helping…
Tags: Bait fishing, Birds--Identification, Communities, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Irrigation, Katarapko, Landholder, Local history, Plants--Identification, Riparian areas, Salinisation, Soldier settlement
Position: 32 (87 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Barry Porter
Born in 1949, Barry lives in Berri, in the Riverland area. Having worked on a pile driving barge and worked most his life on the river, Barry has extensive knowledge of locks and weirs from the Murray…
Tags: Environmental flows, Family life, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Speciation, Floods, Katarapko, Lure fishing, Native animals, Physical characteristics (Animals), Recreational fisher, Salinisation, Water levels, Water temperature, Weeds, Weirs, Wetlands
Position: 114 (48 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Gil Stoneham, Gladys Stoneham, Peter Teakle, John Aston, and Clarence John
The group talk about: a wall structure built…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal fish traps, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Fishing industry, Floods, Katarapko, Plants--Identification, Professional fisher, Salinisation, Water levels
Position: 151 (41 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Malcolm Wilksch
Born in 1935, Malcom is a professional fisherman. First taught to fish by his grandfather, he bought a professional licence in 1957.
Malcom talks about: soldier settlements around the time…
Tags: Bait fishing, Fisheries, Fishing industry, Floods, Katarapko, Professional fisher, River engineering, Salinisation, Soldier settlement
Position: 169 (38 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: 92 (55 views)