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                  <text>Talking Fish is a research data collection of oral histories and local knowledge in building community participation in Murray-Darling Basin river rehabilitation. It includes a cross section of age, class, gender, and Indigenous Australian communities.</text>
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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;The Talking Fish project covers 12 reaches within the Basin:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Namoi"&gt;Namoi River (NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Condamine"&gt;Upper Condamine River (Qld)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Katarapko"&gt;Katarapko Creek (SA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murrumbidgee"&gt;Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW / ACT)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Culgoa-Balonne"&gt;Culgoa-Balonne Rivers (Qld / NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Paroo"&gt;Paroo River (Qld)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Goulburn"&gt;Goulburn River (Vic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Anabranch"&gt;Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Ovens"&gt;Ovens River (Vic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murray"&gt;Mainstem Murray River (NSW / Vic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Upper+Darling"&gt;Darling River-Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Coorong"&gt;The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recent decades have brought an increasing realisation that the health of the Murray-Darling Basin is at risk. An array of pressures ranging from the over allocation of water resources, poor land management planning and the expansion of primary production have all contributed to declines in river health. Fish and their habitats have been greatly affected by these pressures, with estimates suggesting native fish populations are at 10% of pre-European colonisation levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As all levels of government explore options for improving the health of the Murray-Darling Basin, the knowledge held by people within the community who have had a lengthy association with the waterways of the Basin is being increasingly recognised as a valuable resource. People’s lived experience provides a unique insight into how changes in rivers and their associated habitats have occurred over time. Accessing and recording this information will make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Murray-Darling Basin, and help shape the management decisions of the future to achieve improved river health outcomes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many different groups of people have developed unique relationships with rivers and their associated environments. The long history of recreational fishing within the Basin has led generations of people to spend substantial amounts of time on or near its rivers. Their desire to experience the river and to catch fish has developed a refined understanding of how fish relate to the riverine environment, and consequently how the changes to these environments have affected the status of native fisheries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Similarly, Indigenous peoples have relationships with the rivers that stretch back tens of thousands of years before the arrival of European colonisers. This strong and lasting association has also allowed Indigenous peoples to witness contemporary changes to the health of the Basin’s rivers and observe how these changes have influenced fish and their habitats. In addition, landholders, long-time residents, regular tourists and an array of other community stakeholders hold stories and memories of the river that are an invaluable resource for guiding its future management.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project represents a unique collaboration between some of Australia’s most prominent ecological oral historians (both within tertiary institutions and commercial production companies), all four Basin-state fisheries agencies and regional NRM organisations. The integration of research institutions, government and local community stakeholders provides a diverse and flexible framework to access a wide range of participants and ensure the collection, analysis and presentation of information is in accordance with national and international best practice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project delivered a suite of oral history recordings from across the Basin, while also developing communication products in the form of radio features and community booklets. This output was deposited with the Mitchell Library of the State Library of New South Wales and the Australian Torres Strait Islander Digital Archive (ATSIDA). Physical copies are held at the Mitchell Library (Accession Record MLOH 647).&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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Bourke was once the end of the line for most of the paddlesteamers that made their way up the muddy Darling. They sometimes had to wait for months before the waters became navigable and when the rains didn’t come, the channel dried to a series of pools.&#13;
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Since the coming of Europeans, the health of the river and its fish have degraded. The paddlesteamer trade, grazing, and irrigation, all changed the rivers. Weirs were constructed, reaches desnagged, water extracted, foreign animals and plants introduced and new ways to catch fish also had an impact. These changes mean there are now a lot less fish than there were. Before the turn of the twentieth century there are stories of catching great numbers of silver perch, Murray cod, catfish and yellowbelly - and no tales of carp.&#13;
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These are the traditional lands of the Ngiyampaa, Murawari and Yuwalaraay peoples. They have seen great changes to the river and surrounding waterways where they fished and hunted the wetlands. &#13;
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&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Namoi"&gt;Namoi River (NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Condamine"&gt;Upper Condamine River (Qld)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Katarapko"&gt;Katarapko Creek (SA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murrumbidgee"&gt;Upper Murrumbidgee River (NSW / ACT)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Culgoa-Balonne"&gt;Culgoa-Balonne Rivers (Qld / NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Paroo"&gt;Paroo River (Qld)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Goulburn"&gt;Goulburn River (Vic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Anabranch"&gt;Darling and the Great Anabranch (NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Ovens"&gt;Ovens River (Vic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Murray"&gt;Mainstem Murray River (NSW / Vic)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Upper+Darling"&gt;Darling River-Bourke to Brewarrina (NSW)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://dharmae.research.uts.edu.au/items/browse?tags=Coorong"&gt;The Coorong and Lower Lakes (SA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recent decades have brought an increasing realisation that the health of the Murray-Darling Basin is at risk. An array of pressures ranging from the over allocation of water resources, poor land management planning and the expansion of primary production have all contributed to declines in river health. Fish and their habitats have been greatly affected by these pressures, with estimates suggesting native fish populations are at 10% of pre-European colonisation levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As all levels of government explore options for improving the health of the Murray-Darling Basin, the knowledge held by people within the community who have had a lengthy association with the waterways of the Basin is being increasingly recognised as a valuable resource. People’s lived experience provides a unique insight into how changes in rivers and their associated habitats have occurred over time. Accessing and recording this information will make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Murray-Darling Basin, and help shape the management decisions of the future to achieve improved river health outcomes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many different groups of people have developed unique relationships with rivers and their associated environments. The long history of recreational fishing within the Basin has led generations of people to spend substantial amounts of time on or near its rivers. Their desire to experience the river and to catch fish has developed a refined understanding of how fish relate to the riverine environment, and consequently how the changes to these environments have affected the status of native fisheries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Similarly, Indigenous peoples have relationships with the rivers that stretch back tens of thousands of years before the arrival of European colonisers. This strong and lasting association has also allowed Indigenous peoples to witness contemporary changes to the health of the Basin’s rivers and observe how these changes have influenced fish and their habitats. In addition, landholders, long-time residents, regular tourists and an array of other community stakeholders hold stories and memories of the river that are an invaluable resource for guiding its future management.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project represents a unique collaboration between some of Australia’s most prominent ecological oral historians (both within tertiary institutions and commercial production companies), all four Basin-state fisheries agencies and regional NRM organisations. The integration of research institutions, government and local community stakeholders provides a diverse and flexible framework to access a wide range of participants and ensure the collection, analysis and presentation of information is in accordance with national and international best practice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project delivered a suite of oral history recordings from across the Basin, while also developing communication products in the form of radio features and community booklets. This output was deposited with the Mitchell Library of the State Library of New South Wales and the Australian Torres Strait Islander Digital Archive (ATSIDA). Physical copies are held at the Mitchell Library (Accession Record MLOH 647).&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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Mentioned: water rat, mud crab.&#13;
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