Murray Cod
by Ramptha Lexie Edwards

Ramptha is an Elder. As a descendent of the Yorta Yorta clan she lived on the Cummeragunja Mission as a young girl. On the banks of the Murray River, Ramptha, also known as Lexie, fished with her mother Theresa for "Old Man Murray Cod" amongst the River Red Gums of the Barmah Forest: the biggest forest of its kind in the world. Theresa (who passed away in 1993) was a well-known fisherwoman of the cod in the Barmah Forest area. She handed on her fishing skills to Ramptha, who in turn handed them down to her daughter Angie.