Interview 2, Far South Coast NSW
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/8943' target='_blank'>Surfing</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/3922' target='_blank'>Marine protected areas</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/1588' target='_blank'>Urban planning</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2306' target='_blank'>Coastal management</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/8115' target='_blank'>Noise pollution</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/7384' target='_blank'>Public land</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/3693' target='_blank'>Water pollution</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2989' target='_blank'>National parks</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5397' target='_blank'>Erosion</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/3922' target='_blank'>Marine parks</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077671' target='_blank'>Litter (Trash)</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2650' target='_blank'>Fishing boats</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2305' target='_blank'>Beaches</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5862' target='_blank'>Estuaries</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5435' target='_blank'>Oceanography</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/9778' target='_blank'>Geology</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/15400' target='_blank'>Seawalls</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2306' target='_blank'>Coastal zones</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/3923' target='_blank'>Coastal settlement</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2306' target='_blank'>Coastal landforms</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/1296' target='_blank'>Marine ecosystems</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/8189' target='_blank'>Sea level</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5531' target='_blank'>Tourism</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/9631' target='_blank'>Scientific observation</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/13735' target='_blank'>Surveying (Geography)</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006576' target='_blank'>Research</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5854' target='_blank'>Predictions (Science)</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/4319' target='_blank'>Environmental awareness</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/4319' target='_blank'>Environmental responsibility</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/4319' target='_blank'>Environmental stewardship</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/909' target='_blank'>Environmental pollution</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/16031' target='_blank'>Environmental scientists</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5491' target='_blank'>Environmental change</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2459' target='_blank'>Environmental risk management</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2079' target='_blank'>Environmental hazards</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/2459' target='_blank'>Environmental policy</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/4309' target='_blank'>Environmental conservation</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/1843' target='_blank'>Intangible assets</a>
The interviewee, in semi-retirement, moved from Sydney’s coast to Moruya on the far south coast to remain by the sea. He has fond memories of growing up on Sydney’s coast, learning to swim at beaches, in rock pools, and learning to surf.
He has an intimate knowledge of coastal dynamics from his experience as a surfer, and postgraduate research in coastal dynamics and processes. He loves surfing for its relaxation and its physical challenges. He reflects on what he has learned from surfing, being able to read the ocean, waves, tides and winds. Being a surfer has given him an intimate understanding of the environment, informing his research on coastal processes such as wave and rip modelling.
The interviewee accepts the inevitability of coastal development, and suggests that it is possible to move forward as long as communities are kept out of hazardous areas that are prone to floods and erosion. Environmental processes need to be understood. For example, in New South Wales, headlands are left undeveloped, and houses are hidden behind foredunes. Coastal development should be ‘nodalised’ near services, not spread along the coast. A reference is made to the NSW Coastal Policy.
He surveys local beaches once a month, and notes the environmental impact (generally) of visitors from Canberra, and weekenders. Jet skis used for recreation are a pest, creating noise and air pollution, but are also useful for research and rescue purposes. He comments positively about marine park exemptions that allow fishing off shores and rocks, and feels the controls are sufficient with bag and size limits in place. He notes more people fish from boats, but overall there is a small population of fishers.
The interviewee is concerned that while local government recognise the value of coast to the local community, state and federal government do not. In order to respond to issues such as rising sea levels, funding is required at that level in order to sustain coastal management into the future.
Michelle Voyer
University of Technology, Sydney
2011-03-01 - 2012-07-31
Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
English
Goulburn: Oral History of Raymond Donald and John McKenzie
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048775' target='_blank'>Fishes--Identification</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048633.html' target='_blank'>Fish hatcheries</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/10453' target='_blank'>Fieldwork</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5361' target='_blank'>Fishing nets</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/10464' target='_blank'>Camping</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5067' target='_blank'>Diet</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048745' target='_blank'>Fishes--Diseases</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048659' target='_blank'>Fish traps</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/12803' target='_blank'>Captive breeding</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048621' target='_blank'>Fishes--Breeding</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048782' target='_blank'>Fishes--Migration</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/9962' target='_blank'>Billabongs</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/6272' target='_blank'>Floods</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/1455' target='_blank'>Fisheries</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/5150' target='_blank'>Physical characteristics (Animals)</a>
<a href='http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001135' target='_blank'>Fishes--Monitoring</a>
<a href='http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/scot/573' target='_blank'>Scientific methods</a>
An interview in four parts with Raymond Donald and John McKenzie.
Born in 1926, Raymond Donald was a technician at the Snobs Creek Hatchery for thirty-five years. During fieldwork trips, which could last for several weeks, not only did Raymond set nets, angle for brood stock, and process fish, but he also ensured camp life on trips went well. Renowned as a great camp cook, teams would catch game to supplement the provisions they carried with them.
Raymond talks about: growing up in Eildon and living at Rhonda on the Goulburn River; working on the Goulburn River from the headwaters to the Murray; working on Trout Cod at Snobs Creek Hatchery; finding diseases in fish species; stations at Yarrawonga, Echuca, Mildura, where they trapped fish; being the first in Australia to artificially breed Macquarie Perch; migration of fish from Lake Eildon to Jamieson, Goulburn; water temperatures and spawning; plankton surveys in billabongs and flooded rivers; days before radio transmitters, tagging and tracking over twelve-hundred Golden Perch; the effect of 1956 and 1958 floods on fish species; camping and cooking bush tucker on field trips; translocating Murray cod from Lake Charlegrark; impact of European Carp on Catfish, 1970s.
Born 1947, John McKenzie initially worked at Fisheries and Wildlife, and then Freshwater Fisheries on the Murray. He was involved in early development of radio tracking, and was involved in fieldwork with Snobs Creek Hatchery.
John talks about: his work with Fisheries and Wildlife, and Freshwater Fisheries on the Murray; sampling fish for growth rates, age, stomach content; tagging and tracking native fish with radio transmitters; work with Arthur Rylah Institute; techniques and chemicals used to catch/sample fish; coexistence of Redfin and Catfish species; disconnection of billabongs from rivers; and electrofishing revolutionising sampling.
Other fish mentioned (species unspecified): galaxias, grayling.
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
University of Technology, Sydney
2010-11-22
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
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