Fred Woods interviewed by Jeff Carter for the Jeff Carter collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2248023
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Woods, Fred, 1914-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1995 Aug. 5
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 56 min.)
- Summary:
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Woods recalls working with the Allied Works Council during WWII building roads and aerodromes; later moving to Ulladulla on the south coast where there were many Italian fishermen in the early 1940's; how they fished primarily for flathead; how Danish seine net fishing evolved into the use of boards to separate the nets; recalls the local Italian fishing families such as Puglisis, Costis, and Lavalis, how some were interned during the War; leaving Ulladulla in 1943 after marrying a girl from a fishing family moving to Eden where they bought land and made a home; some of the Eden fishing families; how he came to eventually own his own boat despite some hard times; describes fishing for mowong and flathead; describes long 3-4 day fish trawling up and down the coast using maps and virtually no technical equipment; how his boat 'Nimitibelle' could hold 150 baskets of fish per trip; Sydney being the main market, describes the Melbourne market; how the Eden Fishermen's Club (later, Eden Fishermen's Co-operative) was established though with little return - 25 fishermen put in 25 pounds each to start it in 1945 but it went broke; how he was the President for 28 years, describes the club today,
Woods discusses how the 'Nimitibelle' is now a tourist boat in Queensland, some close calls and rescues at sea; modern fishing methods as destructive and over-fishing so that the gem fish were slaughtered even the barracuda, though some species are recovering they are thinned out and not plentiful, yet the fishermen do okay because less fish mean higher prices; how conservation of fish species is necessary, respects CSIRO but some scientists get impractical ideas; describes the growth in mussel farming in Twofold Bay; compares a number of fish for eating; reads a poem "Admiral of the Fleet" about himself written by local fisherman Kevie Warren, then he reads a poem by his son Peter; contrasts life in Eden today with the old days lamenting the disappearance of the work ethic and the rise of drugs; discusses how the Italians families have married with the locals; that Eden is too far south for much tourism; the good economic impact of woodchip milling on the area; describes the Eden cannery processing Phillipine fish though most of Eden's fishing catch goes to Sydney and Melbourne with the best going to Japan.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 5 August 1995.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available (2 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Carter, Jeff, 1928-2010, interviewer
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- 1995
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