Goulburn: Oral History of Rolf Weber

Title

Goulburn: Oral History of Rolf Weber

Description

An interview with Rolf Weber, a senior biodiversity officer with Fisheries and Wildlife, who came to Shepparton Victoria in 1981.

Rolf talks about: wetland vegetation; role of plants in providing protection for fish and their eggs; Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil) plant species, and the few locations it is found; role of plant bacteria and algae in plant ecosystems; Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, 1988; change in focus from wildlife to habitat management; lack of information about wetland vegetation; process of species identification.

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

Date

2010-11-17

Access Rights

Open access

License

Provenance

Originally organised by researchers in sub-collection 'MDB Extra'.

Interviewer

Hamish Sewell

Interviewee

Rolf Weber

Location

Tahbilk, VIC

Duration

00:17:33

Item Relations

This Item Is Part Of Item: Goulburn River, Victoria
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: Freshwater Catfish

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