Title
Goulburn: Oral History of David Chalmers
Description
An interview in two parts. Audio only.
David Chalmers is associated with the Goulburn River Men's Group Inc. and is interviewed on the site of a Kangaroo farm. Throughout the interview, David identifies the native plants and vegetation present and the history of the area with special regard to the Aboriginal people who are the traditional owners of the area.
David tours the site in the interview, describing the numerous historical Aboriginal artifacts such as tool-making areas, elaborate Kangaroo traps, calendars, caves, and what he believes to have occurred in this time period.
David also speaks about his interaction with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in trying to obtain an assessment of the Aboriginal site and how he sees this site as a significant piece of history.
Plants mentioned: wild oats, senecio, ajuga, kangaroo grass, dianella, isotoma, cypress pine, grevillea, cumbungi, kurrajong, iron bark.
David Chalmers is associated with the Goulburn River Men's Group Inc. and is interviewed on the site of a Kangaroo farm. Throughout the interview, David identifies the native plants and vegetation present and the history of the area with special regard to the Aboriginal people who are the traditional owners of the area.
David tours the site in the interview, describing the numerous historical Aboriginal artifacts such as tool-making areas, elaborate Kangaroo traps, calendars, caves, and what he believes to have occurred in this time period.
David also speaks about his interaction with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in trying to obtain an assessment of the Aboriginal site and how he sees this site as a significant piece of history.
Plants mentioned: wild oats, senecio, ajuga, kangaroo grass, dianella, isotoma, cypress pine, grevillea, cumbungi, kurrajong, iron bark.
Creator
Heather Goodall
Jodi Frawley
Hamish Sewell
Publisher
University of Technology, Sydney
Contributor
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NSW Department of Primary Industries - NSW Fisheries
Rights
Copyright University of Technology, Sydney
Rights Holder
Re-use: The Management Committee, the Goulburn River Clans Inc. Men's Group.
Date
2010-11-20
Access Rights
Open access. Conditional use. A section of this interview recording and transcript has been masked at the participants request. Permission to reuse this data may be sought from the Rights Holder, by contacting atsida@lib.uts.edu.au.
License
Provenance
Originally organised by researchers in sub-collection 'MDB Extra'. Interviewee affiliated with Goulburn River Clans Inc. Men's Group.
Mediator
Unmediated registration for reuse. Interviewee's consent condition: Download or copy of material needs permission from management committee of the Goulburn River Clans Inc. Men's Group.
Interviewer
Hamish Sewell
Interviewee
David Chalmers
Location
Victoria, Australia
Duration
Part 1 00:27:26
Part 2 00:57:33
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of |
Item: Goulburn River, Victoria |
| This Item | References |
Item: Yorta Yorta |
| 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: Aboriginal calendar Item: Aboriginal fish traps |
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