Interview with Margaret Buick regarding the history of the Australian fishing industry
Date31 January 1990
Object numberANMS0871[015]
NameInterview
MediumCompact disk and tape
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 11 mm
Copyright© Murdoch University
ClassificationsBorn digital media
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Murdoch University
DescriptionA recorded interview with Margaret Buick of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The interview is part of a series titled 'History of the Australian Fishing Industry'. It contains information on Margaret Buick's arrival at Kangaroo Island, early background, family, business expansion, son's education in fishing, role in the industry, involvement with Safcol, exports to the United States, species processed, the shark market, the Buick family history, her husband Nigel Buick and sons, ship to shore radio, management of fisheries, taxation, input from fishermen, fishermen's organisations and problems facing the industry.HistoryNigel Buick is a well known Kangaroo Island fisherman and fish processor and exporter. On the day of the interview he was absent from the island on business but fortunately his wife, Margaret, who has worked closely with Nigel over many years agreed to be interviewed in his stead.
In the interview Margaret provides an account of the industry on Kangaroo Island and of her husband's and family's part in it. It is valuable here to be able at least in some small measure to acknowledge the very considerable input made by women to the fishing industry in South Australia and indeed throughout the whole of Australia.
This recorded interview with Margaret Buick is part of a larger series produced as result of an oral history research project conducted by the Economics Department of Murdoch University and coordinated by Malcolm Tull. The project commissioned researchers in every Australian state to interview fishermen and others involved in catching, processing and marketing fish. Their research involved questions about daily work, personal memories of life in the Australian fishing industry as well as questions about the economics of the industry.
SignificanceThis collection of 150 recorded interviews is significant in providing a comprehensive record of commercial fishing from the 1950s to the 1990s across Australia.