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- Tags: Recreational fisher
Goulburn: Images from interview with Seymour Anglers
Tags: Boats, Goulburn, Recreational fisher
Position: 54 (74 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.
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Tags: Bait fishing, Dredging, Fish kills, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Goulburn, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, Weirs
Position: 146 (45 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: 192 (37 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: 146 (45 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: 128 (49 views)
Katarapko: Images from interview with Barry Porter
Position: 153 (44 views)
Murray: Oral History of Graham Ellis, Ken Strachan, and Pete Tidd
Graham, Ken and Peter are members of the Corowa Angling Club, and have lived in the Corowa area since the 1970s. Graham has worked as a water bailiff, a law enforcement…
Tags: Boats, Communities, Erosion, Fieldwork, Fish habitat improvement, Fish stocking, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Lure fishing, Murray, Recreational fisher, Water sports, Water temperature
Position: 146 (45 views)
Murray: Images from interview with Graham Ellis, Ken Strachan, and Pete Tidd
Tags: Murray, Recreational fisher
Position: 192 (37 views)
Murray: Oral History of John Douglas
Born in 1960, John grew up in Melbourne, visiting with extended family around the Mildura area. He worked at Snobs Creek as a technician, becoming an expert…
Tags: Communities, Environmental flows, Fieldwork, Fisheries, Fishes--Breeding, Murray, Naturalists, Recreational fisher, Water temperature, Wetlands
Position: 128 (49 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: 101 (56 views)