Browse Items (19 total)
- Tags: Traditional ecological knowledge
Anabranch: Oral History of William Riley
Born in 1934, William talks about growing up in Wilcannia and Broken Hill in north-western New South Wales. He recalls being taught to fish by his Grandmother and Aunties using hand…
Tags: Aboriginal fish traps, Anabranch, Colonisation, Connection to country, Cotton, Droughts, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Overfishing, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Plants--Identification, Racism, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Water allocations, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 65 (64 views)
Anabranch: Oral History of Jenny Whyman
Nations Committee (NBAN).
Born in 1956, Jenny talks about families and growing up on the river at a camp on the Darling at…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Anabranch, Connection to country, Cotton, Crustaceans, Cultural flows, Droughts, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous foods, Indigenous peoples, Land custodianship, Native animals, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water allocations, Weirs
Position: 98 (53 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Michael Anderson
Tags: Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal kinship systems, Aboriginal spirituality, Connection to country, Cotton, Culgoa-Balonne, Cultural flows, Dams--Australia, Dreaming (Spiritual), Ecological sustainability, Environmental flows, Fishes--Cannibalism, Fishes--Identification, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Landholder, Riparian areas--Management, Siltation, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water allocations, Weirs, Wetlands, Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay language
Position: 56 (69 views)
Upper Condamine: Oral History of Sam Bonner
Sam Bonner is a Githabul Elder who lives near Emu Creek, which is a tributary of the Condamine River. Sam speaks about his childhood experiences of the river, his love and passion for the river, its…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Birds--Identification, Condamine, Connection to country, Crustaceans, Dreaming (Spiritual), Fishes--Identification, Githabul people, Indigenous peoples, Plants--Identification, Trade routes, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Water--Symbolic aspects
Position: 13 (159 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Gary Hera-Singh
Gary is a commercial fisher in the Lower Lakes and Coorong Fishery for 28 years; a third generation fisher on his father’s side, and a fifth generation fisher on his mother’s side (lineage to the…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Acid sulfate soils, Coorong, Estuarine ecology, Fisheries, Fishes--Identification, Fishing regulations, Floods, Introduced species, Local history, Marine ecosystems, Ngarrindjeri people, Professional fisher, Salinisation, Sustainable fisheries, Trade routes, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water--Law and legislation
Position: 25 (97 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: 151 (41 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Brian Schulz
Tags: Bait fishing, Blackwater, Coorong, Environmental flows, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Identification, Fishing nets, Floods, Lure fishing, Recreational fisher, Riparian areas, Salinisation, Tournament fishing, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality, Water--Law and legislation
Position: 174 (37 views)
Coorong and Lower Lakes: Images from interview with Brian Schulz
Position: 113 (48 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: 74 (60 views)
Goulburn: Oral History of Daryl Sloan
Daryl Sloan has been a resident of the Shepparton area for 35 years since his teenage years. He has worked in the social welfare industry for around 15 years and his work sees him regularly visiting the Goulburn River…
Tags: Aboriginal history, Aboriginal scarred tree, Camping, Colonisation, Connection to country, Environmental conservation, Goulburn, Homeless camps, Indigenous peoples, Mental illness, Native animals, Traditional ecological knowledge, Water quality, Water--Symbolic aspects
Position: 47 (79 views)