Picture of the Oyster Bay stone #fishweirs from Kalgan River

Some content on the fish weirs and #indigenous #Menang #Noongar people
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Picture of the Oyster Bay stone #fishweirs from Kalgan River

Diagram of Oyster Harbour structures 3 and 4 (see Fig. 1c). Based upon plane table survey by w.e. Dix. Dix, W.C. and Meagher, S.J., 1976. Fish traps in the south-west of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 4(2), pp.171-187.

A photograph of the fish traps taken around 1900 (Supplied: WA Museum)

Title Aerial images Photographer City of Albany Dimensions 1129 x 883, 0.22 MB https://inherit.dplh.wa.gov.au/Public/inventory/Image/9c8acfe6-bbf2-4284-887f-8cd5760825c3

Aerial image of the Oyster Bay stone #fishweirs from Kalgan River, #Albany #WesternAustralia. They were built by #indigenous #Menang #Noongar people, for whom fishing is believed to have been a central part of their culture for generations deep into history. 1/3 #Coastalhistory #tcdtceh

A historic fish trap at Oyster Harbour. Photo by Ali Clark 2022.

Fishing has always been an important part of local life in #Albany,#Western #Australia. The stone #fishweirs were fish traps at Oyster Harbour by #Menang #aboriginal #indigenouspeople. Believed to have been used the Menang people for 7000 years old.