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- Tags: Livestock
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: 90 (105 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Ron Heinemann and Ron Gardiner
Tags: Blackwater, Environmental flows, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Native animals, Paroo, Plants--Identification, Siltation, Traditional ecological knowledge
Position: 93 (103 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: 50 (133 views)
Murray: Oral History of Gavin Vale
Born in 1957, Gavin has lived all his life at Picola on the Murray River, at the edge of the Barmah Forest. Gavin‘s family property was used predominantly for sheep farming, with the occasional crop…
Tags: Bait fishing, Communities, Fishes--Identification, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Murray, Recreational fisher, Water quality
Position: 117 (92 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of 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…
Tags: 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
Position: 146 (80 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: 22 (212 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: 51 (132 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 (93 views)
Anabranch: Images from interview with Bill and Elaine Grace
They discuss the Darling Anabranch Pipeline scheme and other water issues.
No…
Tags: Anabranch, Landholder, Livestock
Position: 93 (103 views)