Browse Items (19 total)
- Tags: Plants--Identification
Goulburn: Oral History of Rolf Weber
Rolf talks about: wetland vegetation; role of plants in providing protection for fish and their eggs; Myriophyllum…
Tags: Fish habitat improvement, Fisheries, Fishes--Identification, Goulburn, Plants--Identification, Restoration ecology, Scientific methods, Scientist, Wetlands
Position: 139 (74 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of David Chalmers
David Chalmers is associated with the Goulburn River Men's Group Inc. and is interviewed on the site of a Kangaroo farm. Throughout the interview, David identifies the native plants and vegetation present and…
Tags: Aboriginal calendar, Aboriginal fish traps, Aboriginal history, Aboriginal kinship systems, Goulburn, Hunting, Indigenous peoples, Landholder, Native animals, Plants--Identification, Totems, Woiwurrung / Wurundjeri / Woiwurung people
Position: 37 (134 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: 88 (95 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: 76 (99 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Kevin Eastburn
Kevin grew up in western New South Wales, and has lived in Eulo since 1972. He is one of several beekeepers, or commercial apiarists, in the area. Kevin reflects extensively on the broader flora and fauna in the…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Birds--Identification, Bushfires, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Pesticides, Plants--Identification
Position: 67 (104 views)
Murray: Oral History of Dennis Lean
Born in 1943, Dennis Lean is a third generation shop owner in Yarrawonga. His grandfather came to the area in 1917 and opened a barber shop. The shop was predominantly for hairdressing, but Dennis's…
Tags: Billabongs, Boats, Environmental flows, Fishes--Diseases, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Introduced species, Murray, Plants--Identification, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Tourism, Weirs
Position: 103 (88 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: 166 (66 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: 51 (116 views)
Katarapko: Oral History of Todd Goodman
Todd, a landholder in the Murray Bridge area, breeds a variety of flatheaded gudgeon fish species in tanks in his garage, including the endangered Purple Spotted gudgeon. Todd’s broodstock facility includes…
Tags: Droughts, Endangered species, Environmental flows, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Katarapko, Landholder, Plants--Identification, Recreational fisher
Position: 181 (62 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Terry Sim and John Yelland
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Acid sulfate soils, Barrages, Birds--Identification, Coorong, Dredging, Fish surveys, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Local history, Naturalists, Ngarrindjeri people, Plants--Identification, Recreational fisher, Salinisation, Trade routes, Traditional ecological knowledge, Weeds
Position: 71 (102 views)