Browse Items (36 total)
- Tags: Water quality
Murray: Oral History of Merrilyn Strachan and Kelli Cunningham
Merrylin and Kelli are members of the Corowa Angling Club, Merrylin a champion women's fisher. Kelli is manager of the Corowa Motor Inn and grew up fishing around the Menindee Lakes. They…
Tags: Bait fishing, Erosion, Fish stocking, Fishes--Identification, Murray, Recreational fisher, Tournament fishing, Water quality, Water temperature
Position: 131 (45 views)
Murray: Oral History of Gavin Vale
Born in 1957, Gavin has lived all his life at Picola on the Murray River, at the edge of the Barmah Forest. Gavin‘s family property was used predominantly for sheep farming, with the occasional crop…
Tags: Bait fishing, Communities, Fishes--Identification, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Murray, Recreational fisher, Water quality
Position: 169 (38 views)
Namoi: Oral History of Eric and Carol Hannan
Eric and Carol Hannan are the owners of the Rampadelles property near Boggabri by the Namoi River and have lived here with their four children since 1973. During this time, the Hannan family have experienced numerous…
Tags: Erosion, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Namoi, Restoration ecology, Siltation, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 111 (49 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Beryl and Colin Leigo
Colin and Beryl live on the Mooreland Downs sheep property, half way between Wanaaring and Hungerford, west of the Paroo River.
Colin talks about: family history at Moorland Downs; land…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Communities, Family life, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Swimming, Water quality
Position: 23 (104 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Colin Tud Murphy
In the interview Tud describes the changes he has…
Tags: Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal history, Colonisation, Droughts, Floods, Hunting, Indigenous peoples, Paroo, Siltation, Stock routes, Water quality
Position: 91 (56 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Gay and Dick Lawler
Gay and Dick talk about the arrival of Carp and St John's Wort following a big flood in 1991. They stopped fishing soon afterward. They discuss their efforts to reintroduce native plants, and…
Tags: Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Fish populations, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Murrumbidgee, Restoration ecology, Riparian restoration, River engineering, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 84 (58 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Darren Rosso
Darren has worked in the Murrumbidgee Corridor since 1988.He talks about the Murrumbidgee Rivers historical fame as a Trout Cod fishery and discusses the practice of restocking fish. He describes the…
Tags: Bushfires, Fish habitat improvement, Fish kills, Fish populations, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Diseases, Murrumbidgee, Recreational fisher, Restoration ecology, River engineering, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 76 (60 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Keith Coleman and Max Jeffrey
Keith grew up in Brewarrina and learned to fish with his father. He learned to swim in the river, and remembers how clear the water was - clear enough that people could go spearfishing.…
Tags: Bait fishing, Fish populations, Fish stocking, Introduced species, Recreational fisher, River engineering, Traditional ecological knowledge, Upper Darling, Water conservation, Water quality
Position: 61 (67 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Feli McHughes
Tags: Billabongs, Connection to country, Cultural flows, Fish stocking, Fishes--Identification, Indigenous peoples, Native Fish Strategy, Native plants, Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language, Riparian restoration, Upper Darling, Water quality
Position: 17 (132 views)
Upper Darling: Oral History of Phillip Sullivan
Tags: Aboriginal art, Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal fish traps, Aboriginal kinship systems, Connection to country, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language, Indigenous peoples, Muruwari / Murrawarri people, Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language, Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people, Siltation, Totems, Upper Darling, Water quality, Weirs, Wiradjuri people
Position: 12 (164 views)