Stuart Simms interviewed by Rob Willis in the Voices of the bush, the drought experience oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4180938
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Simms, Stuart, 1941-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies. Written permission is required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 2 sound files (ca. 101 min.)
- Series:
- Voices of the bush, the drought experience oral history project.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Stuart Simms born 1941 at Kerang, Victoria talks about his grandparents; his parents; his siblings; his early school days; leaving school; dairy farming around Lake Charm; salinity problems; contract harvesting and trenching; reluctance of farmers to diversify; water trading; temporary and permanent sale of water; repercussions of water trading; sustainability of irrigation; loss of production; consequences of excess salt; political lobbying to improve salinity; solutions to salinity Murray River salt; bureaucratic problems; advisory committees; Joan Kerner; salinity action plans for whole state of Victoria; Catchment Management Authority.
Simms speaks about salt lakes; salt harvesting since 1880's; decrease in salt intake over last 13 years; consequences of salt excess; reversal of hydrology in salt lakes; salinity levels in the Murray River; causes of salinity; the future management of salt; the effects of the drought on ground water levels and on rural community; the financial cost of the drought; Major Mitchell; modern farming techniques; his views on climate change; weather changes; biodynamic farming; Alex Potolinski; cost of fertilizers; modern costs of farming; using computers and the internet in modern farming; home remedies.
- Full contents:
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- Tells stories about: Pyramid Creek
- Super spreader
- Sings paraody of 'The crust of old apple pie'.
- Biography/History:
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Stuart Simms is a third generation farmer. He is a recognised authority in several areas of water and its use and has served on various Governement and rural advisory boards.
- Notes:
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- Accompanying photograph.
- Recorded on May 17, 2007 at Lake Charm, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 56 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Farmers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Voices of the bush, the drought experience oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2007
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