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Dharmae: Darling River - Bourke to Brewarrina Oral History collection (Talking Fish project)

University of Technology Sydney
Heather Goodall (Associated with, Aggregated by) Professor Heather Goodall (Associated with, Aggregated by)
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This item represents a Study Region in Dharmae, the UTS Data Hub of Australian Research on Marine and Aquatic Ecocultures.

The data from this study region includes 7 oral histories (audio as mp3s, and transcripts) and 3 image galleries, as well as a georeferenced hand-drawn map of the area.

Bourke was once the end of the line for most of the paddlesteamers that made their way up the muddy Darling. They sometimes had to wait for months before the waters became navigable and when the rains didn’t come, the channel dried to a series of pools.

Since the coming of Europeans, the health of the river and its fish have degraded. The paddlesteamer trade, grazing, and irrigation, all changed the rivers. Weirs were constructed, reaches desnagged, water extracted, foreign animals and plants introduced and new ways to catch fish also had an impact. These changes mean there are now a lot less fish than there were. Before the turn of the twentieth century there are stories of catching great numbers of silver perch, Murray cod, catfish and yellowbelly - and no tales of carp.

These are the traditional lands of the Ngiyampaa, Murawari and Yuwalaraay peoples. They have seen great changes to the river and surrounding waterways where they fished and hunted the wetlands.

(Source: Frawley, J., Nichols, S., Goodall, H. and Baker, E. 2011. Darling ‐ Brewarrina to Bourke: Talking fish, making connections with the rivers of the Murray‐Darling Basin. Murray‐Darling Basin Authority, Canberra.)

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141.91667,-34.03333

141.91667,-34.03333

145.94543,-30.09008

145.94543,-30.09008

148.13333,-32.75

148.13333,-32.75

146.33333,-29.93333

146.33333,-29.93333

148.08333,-30

148.08333,-30

146.7,-29.91667

146.7,-29.91667

146.85986,-29.96067

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text: Darling River, AU (Australia/Sydney)

dcmiPoint: name=Darling River, AU (Australia/Sydney); east=141.91667; north=-34.03333; projection=WGS84

text: Bourke, AU (Australia/Sydney)

dcmiPoint: name=Bourke, AU (Australia/Sydney); east=145.94543; north=-30.09008; projection=WGS84

text: Bogan River, AU (Australia/Sydney)

dcmiPoint: name=Bogan River, AU (Australia/Sydney); east=148.13333; north=-32.75; projection=WGS84

text: Culgoa River, AU (Australia/Sydney)

dcmiPoint: name=Culgoa River, AU (Australia/Sydney); east=146.33333; north=-29.93333; projection=WGS84

text: Barwon River, AU (Australia/Sydney)

dcmiPoint: name=Barwon River, AU (Australia/Sydney); east=148.08333; north=-30.0; projection=WGS84

text: Bokhara River, AU (Australia/Sydney)

dcmiPoint: name=Bokhara River, AU (Australia/Sydney); east=146.7; north=-29.91667; projection=WGS84

text: Brewarrina, AU (Australia/Sydney)

dcmiPoint: name=Brewarrina, AU (Australia/Sydney); east=146.85986; north=-29.96067; projection=WGS84

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledge | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Applied research | Australian History (Excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Cultural Understanding | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Ecosystem Assessment and Management | Environment | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Heritage | Historical Studies | History and Archaeology | Natural Resource Management | Upper Darling |

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