2015-11-10 - P&O Agenda - Item 7, Attach 1 - Historical Ecology of the Noosa Estuary Fisheries

Acknowledgements

This project would not have been possible without the librarians, Councillors,
historians, recreational and commercial fishers, Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners
and residents, who gave up their time to provide published information, cultural
and personal observations. I am extremely grateful to all. In particular:


Ray Kerkhove for his generosity in sharing and alerting me to historical sources
(including the cover picture), in particular, the history of the Kabi Kabi
Traditional Owners and resource use within the Noosa region.


The fishers and long-time residents of Noosa who kindly gave their time to be
interviewed for the project.


Genevieve Jones, Bridgette Davis, Elaine Brown, Judy Powell, Jane Harding,
George Pearce, Bryan Walsh, Michael Gloster, Rowland Hill, Jan Maddin and
Martin Drydale, for sharing and alerting me to the existence of historical data.


The staff and volunteers at the Queensland State Archives, the State Library of
Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries library, Department of
Environment and Heritage Protection library, the Museum of Lands, Mapping
and Surveying, Noosa library, Pomona Museum, Nambour library, Gympie
library, and the University of Queensland library.


We acknowledge the Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners who provided cultural
knowledge and collective memories of the Noosa River and Lakes region. They
provided the following statement for this report:


“The recovery or restoration of shellfish reefs (including oyster reefs and
fisheries) in Southern Queensland offers significant prospects to renew the
cultural links of Traditional Owners to their Traditional Estates. The need to
convey to stakeholders the importance of recognising and acting on such



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