Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Matthew Rigney

Title

Coorong and Lower Lakes: Oral History of Matthew Rigney

Description

An interview in three parts with Matthew Rigney.

Matthew Rigney is an Elder of the Ngarrindjeri Nation in South Australia. He discusses the culture and spirituality of his people, the changes in the waterways within the Coorong region with special regard to floods and barrages, the issues with government in gaining water for cultural flows for Indigenous peoples, traditional Ngarrindjeri land and water management, and fishing in the region.

Topics covered include: Aboriginal land and water management practices; competing views of Aboriginal and Eurocentric viewpoints regarding the environment and economy; Indigenous connection to land; cultural flows; Cultural Water Access Licences, Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN); Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority.

Creator

Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley

Publisher

University of Technology, Sydney

Contributor

Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries

Rights

Copyright University of Technology, Sydney

Date

2011-02-10

Access Rights

Restricted access.

Electronic records have been made private as per the request of Matthew Rigney's family. As part of our data access requirements, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Data Archive (located at the University of Technology, Sydney) requires an applicant to sign an undertaking before access to material can be approved. These undertakings may include a request for information about the intended use of the data. The depositor and/or family may be informed of the application.

Preliminary applications may be made to:
atsida@lib.uts.edu.au.

License

AusGOALRestrictive

Mediator

Mediated access. Since Mr Rigney's passing, his family have requested restricted access. Originally, Mr Rigney requested conditional access restrictions but had not specified what they were.

Interviewer

Jodi Frawley

Interviewee

Matthew Rigney

Location

Camp Coorong, South Australia

Duration

Part 1 00:20:29
Part 2 00:20:11
Part 3 00:14:48

Item Relations

This Item Is Part Of Item: The Coorong and Lower Lakes
This Item References Item: Ngarrindjeri
This Item Was Created By Item: Prof. Heather Goodall
Item: Dr Jodi Frawley
This Item Has Provenance Information Item: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA)
Item: State Library of New South Wales
This Item References The Subject Item: Golden Perch
Item: Bony Bream

Position: 21 (85 views)