Barramundi fishing is not just a recreational sport, but big business in the Northern Territory….
Year: 1985
Big Bill Neidjie, custodian and elder of the Gagadju
When you are a reporter you sometimes come across people with a clean vision of…
B52 arrives for training
While working in Darwin, TV reporters tend to do a number of stories relating to…
HMAS Darwin
In 1985 I covered the maiden voyage of the HMAS Darwin. A guided missile frigate,…
Warramungu land claim
An early experience of Aboriginal land rights came when I went to Tennant Creek to…
Dead crocodile
This was one of the first stories I covered on arriving in Darwin in 1985….
Kakadu fishing
While the conflict between commercial and recreational fishing interests was significant in the Territory, so…
Nuclear submarine
Not long after I arrived in Darwin, the city received one of its more unusual…
Fishing in Kakadu
With the more stringent conservation methods being applied in many national parks, 1985 saw conflicts…
Old farm lore
Each Friday, The Tasmanian Country Hour crew was responsible for a 15 minute radio documentary…