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- Tags: Traditional fishing
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Adrian Brown
Adrian talks about growing up along the River (around Queanbeyan River, Jumping Creek, and Wanna Wanna Creek) and the way that he and his brother learnt the land by walking it and fishing the river…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Burial sites, Communities, Connection to country, Cultural flows, Fish populations, Indigenous peoples, Kurnai / Gunai people, Land custodianship, Murrumbidgee, Ngarigo / Ngarigu people, Ngunawal / Ngunnawal people, Places of significance, Siltation, Totems, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Walgalu / Walgal people, Wiradjuri people
Position: 25 (190 views)
Murray: Oral History of Wally Cooper and Pat Larkin
Wally talks about traditional fishing, fishing women, tickling fish, fishing with spears, hand lines, baiting, canoe fishing and diving for Crayfish. He also…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Connection to country, Cotton, Fishing nets, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Introduced species, Murray, Tobacco industry, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Water quality, Weirs
Position: 73 (112 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: 12 (299 views)
Culgoa - Balonne: Oral History of Keith Codrington, George Thomas, and Robert Worboys
With over 50 years experience fishing in the region, Keith, George and Robert share their knowledge of the Culgoa-Balonne region. They discuss floods,…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal fish traps, Crustaceans, Culgoa-Balonne, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Traditional fishing, Weirs
Position: 75 (111 views)
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: 33 (165 views)