| Bib ID |
3423474 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, written permission is required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
2005
1 digital audio tape (60 min.)
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| Series |
Drovers oral history project.
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| Summary |
John Hagan born Thargomindah, Qld. talks about his grandfather who was a pack-horse mailman; his family history; his father managing Vestey Group properties; the Air raid shelters on Marrakai Station; WWII, Darwin bombing; Indigenous domestic workers; his education; working with his uncle on Mt Denison Station; a description of country and water supplies; the Hagan brothers' droving trip to S. Aust. with Peter Sherwin; the rise of Peter Sherwin; working on Vestey's properties; the country around Avon Downs; a droving trip with his brother, Alan Hagan from Helen Springs to Cooloola, describes the stock route; Alan Hagan's droving career and purchase of Muckaty Station; managing Brunchilly Station for 26 years, station work; Indigenous stockmen; Aboriginal Protection Act; the impact of wages legislation on Indigenous station populations; managing Milton Park during the government purchase; the state of Killarney Station upon his arrival and sale of property; Alroy Station; Colin Chambers; droving cattle, avoiding cattle rushes, handling and management; the strategies for droving cattle through the Murranji, horses reaction to the Murranji track; tells a story of a mad cook on night watch; the shortage of stockmen in 2005; the increase in number of women working on stations; changes to work conditions; the demise of the stock camp; stockmen roles; the loss of knowledge and skills since horse work ceased; adapting to changing times, innovations in modern cattle industry, Brahman breed, cattle care and management, diseases; the purchase of Brunchilly Station by Mortimer following a Botulism epidemic.
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| Notes |
John Hagan is a pastoral inspector for the Colonial Agricultural Co.
Recorded on Apr. 02, 2005 at Alice Springs, N.T.
Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (3 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 54 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Hagan, John, - 1938- - Interviews. | Cattle droving - Australia - History. | Stockmen - Australia - History. | Cattle industry - Australia.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Simpson, Bruce (Bruce Forbes), 1923-, Interviewer | Gammage, Bill, 1942-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Drovers oral history project
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