Title
Goulburn: Oral History of Ken Gilmore
Description
An interview in two parts with Ken Gilmore.
Born in 1922, Ken’s family have lived on the ‘Hughendon’ property at Thornton since the 1860s. The Goulburn River runs on one side of the property and the Rubicon River runs through the middle.
Ken talks about: growing up on a meat and dairy cattle property; changes in the rivers after the weir was built in 1956 (size and frequency of floods, flood dissipation, water temperature, fish species); floods in 1916 and 1934; role of horses in floods; land erosion, role of Willow trees in stabilising soil and providing fish habitats; River Improvement Trust; yabbying; ferreting; Willow, Black Wattle, Red Gum; snakes; platypus.
Transcript mentions the following fish, however species unspecified: bream, trout, skip jack.
Born in 1922, Ken’s family have lived on the ‘Hughendon’ property at Thornton since the 1860s. The Goulburn River runs on one side of the property and the Rubicon River runs through the middle.
Ken talks about: growing up on a meat and dairy cattle property; changes in the rivers after the weir was built in 1956 (size and frequency of floods, flood dissipation, water temperature, fish species); floods in 1916 and 1934; role of horses in floods; land erosion, role of Willow trees in stabilising soil and providing fish habitats; River Improvement Trust; yabbying; ferreting; Willow, Black Wattle, Red Gum; snakes; platypus.
Transcript mentions the following fish, however species unspecified: bream, trout, skip jack.
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
2010-10-27
Access Rights
Open access
License
Interviewer
Jodi Frawley
Interviewee
Ken Gilmore
Location
Thornton, VIC
Duration
Part 1 00:20:13
Part 2 00:19:53
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Item: Goulburn River, Victoria |
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Item: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive (ATSIDA) Item: State Library of New South Wales |
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