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- Tags: Floods
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Gay and Dick Lawler
Gay and Dick talk about the arrival of Carp and St John's Wort following a big flood in 1991. They stopped fishing soon afterward. They discuss their efforts to reintroduce native plants, and…
Tags: Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Fish populations, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Murrumbidgee, Restoration ecology, Riparian restoration, River engineering, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 84 (57 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: 12 (163 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Dwayne Willoughby
Dwayne talks about fishing with his family; tagging fish; the influence of water colour on fish colour; fish parasites; his two boats; electric motors; and his dislike of nets. He says the water…
Tags: Fish surveys, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Diseases, Floods, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, Restoration ecology, Riparian restoration, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 41 (81 views)
Upper Condamine: Oral History of Ray and Olive Shooter
The Shooters speak of their experience living next to Dalrymple Creek, a tributary of the Condamine. Ray talks about the changes he has observed in the creek over almost 80 years, its transformation, and…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Condamine, Crustaceans, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, No-till farming, Plants--Identification, Reptiles--Identification, Water--Law and legislation
Position: 138 (43 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: 18 (128 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Gordon Warner
Gordon has spent most of his life in the Eulo district, and thirty years on a cattle property at Wandilla on the eastern side of the Paroo River. The district is sheep and cattle country; the Paroo…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Blackwater, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Paroo, Physical characteristics (Animals), Plants--Identification, Siltation
Position: 92 (55 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Fay and Donald Cooney
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Bushfires, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Grazing, Introduced species, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Paroo, Swimming
Position: 29 (89 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Douglas MacGregor
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Bushfires, Depressions--1929--Australia, Droughts, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Grazing, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Soldier settlement
Position: 115 (47 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Colin Tud Murphy
In the interview Tud describes the changes he has…
Tags: Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal history, Colonisation, Droughts, Floods, Hunting, Indigenous peoples, Paroo, Siltation, Stock routes, Water quality
Position: 89 (56 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Beryl and Colin Leigo
Colin and Beryl live on the Mooreland Downs sheep property, half way between Wanaaring and Hungerford, west of the Paroo River.
Colin talks about: family history at Moorland Downs; land…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Communities, Family life, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Swimming, Water quality
Position: 23 (104 views)