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Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Bryan Pratt
Brian came to the Murrumbidgee in 1965. He talks about seasonal variations in the prevalence of fish, and their breeding and migration habits. He remarks on regional variations within species and…
Tags: Bait fishing, Fish kills, Fish populations, Fish stocking, Fishes--Breeding, Fishes--Diseases, Fishes--Migration, Fishes--Speciation, Fishing industry, Lure fishing, Murrumbidgee, Native Fish Strategy, Recreational fisher
Position: 99 (94 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Gay and Dick Lawler
Gay and Dick talk about the arrival of Carp and St John's Wort following a big flood in 1991. They stopped fishing soon afterward. They discuss their efforts to reintroduce native plants, and…
Tags: Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Fish populations, Floods, Introduced species, Landholder, Murrumbidgee, Restoration ecology, Riparian restoration, River engineering, Stream restoration, Water quality
Position: 44 (129 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Vern Drew
Tags: Birdsong, Landholder, Murrumbidgee
Position: 162 (70 views)
Upper Murrumbidgee: Oral History of Adrian Brown
Adrian talks about growing up along the River (around Queanbeyan River, Jumping Creek, and Wanna Wanna Creek) and the way that he and his brother learnt the land by walking it and fishing the river…
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Burial sites, Communities, Connection to country, Cultural flows, Fish populations, Indigenous peoples, Kurnai / Gunai people, Land custodianship, Murrumbidgee, Ngarigo / Ngarigu people, Ngunawal / Ngunnawal people, Places of significance, Siltation, Totems, Traditional ecological knowledge, Traditional fishing, Walgalu / Walgal people, Wiradjuri people
Position: 23 (185 views)
Paroo: Images from interview with Gordon Warner
Tags: Black-and-white photography, Book, Floods, Landholder, Paroo
Position: 33 (150 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Gordon Warner
Gordon has spent most of his life in the Eulo district, and thirty years on a cattle property at Wandilla on the eastern side of the Paroo River. The district is sheep and cattle country; the Paroo…
Tags: Birds--Identification, Blackwater, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Introduced species, Irrigation, Landholder, Livestock, Local history, Paroo, Physical characteristics (Animals), Plants--Identification, Siltation
Position: 81 (100 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Colin Tud Murphy
In the interview Tud describes the changes he has…
Tags: Aboriginal customs, Aboriginal history, Colonisation, Droughts, Floods, Hunting, Indigenous peoples, Paroo, Siltation, Stock routes, Water quality
Position: 117 (86 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Lorna McNiven
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal fish traps, Aboriginal spirituality, Badjiri / Budjari / Badyidi people, Connection to country, Fishes--Migration, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Muruwari / Murrawarri people, Paroo, Siltation, Storytelling, Water pollution, Weirs
Position: 18 (218 views)
Paroo: Oral History of Douglas MacGregor
Tags: Aboriginal culture, Bushfires, Depressions--1929--Australia, Droughts, Environmental flows, Fishes--Identification, Floods, Grazing, Introduced species, Landholder, Paroo, Recreational fisher, Siltation, Soldier settlement
Position: 124 (81 views)
Paroo: Images from interview with Beryl and Colin Leigo
Tags: Black-and-white photography, Boats, Floods, Landholder, Paroo
Position: 105 (91 views)