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|aDon Corcoran interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project|h[sound recording]. |
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|a1 digital audio tape (ca. 58 min.) |
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|aAccess open for research, personal copies and public use. |
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|aRecorded on July 9, 2000 at Camooweal, Qld. |
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|aDon Corcoran born in Sydney, N.S.W. talks about changing his name; his schooling; working at the Australian Museum as a taxidermist; working in north west N.S.W. on sheep property; travelling to Tennant Creek (c. 1951-52); gaining employment with Edna Zigenbine; racism; respect for authority amongst workforce; droving fat cows from Helen to Dajarra, Qld.; alcohol; Keith O'Keefe; story of riding ‘Blue Bob’, a rogue pack-horse in camp at Helen; working as station hand on sheep stations near Warren and Nyngen, N.S.W.; Bryce Killen; working on Oban Station, Dajarra, terms of employment and work associates; a story of introductions at stock camp; surface work at Rum Jungle during the wet season, available work and emigrant workers; working with a documentary film unit travelling through South Australia and Northern Territory, sourcing wildlife for filming; catching crocodiles; the impact of feral cats on native wildlife; his marriage and children; joining the police force; his interest in spurs; the publication and success of his book, "The Target Rifle in Australia, 1860-1900"; his research for publication of a history of Australian spur makers and blacksmiths; his retirement; Drovers Camp Festival; Indigenous stockmen he's met, their skills and their treatment; the impact on station dwelling Aborigines following the repeal of the Aboriginal Protection Act; characters and associates on Willaroo; his memories of Corroborees; story of meeting Indigenous man in paint one morning; recording Corroborees for documentaries; Indigenous children. |
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|aAlso available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn1975670 |
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|aTimed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 21 leaves) |
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