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John Hagan interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 3423474
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Hagan, John, 1938-, Interviewee
 
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.) 
Series

Drovers oral history project.

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.

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;

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.
Other authors/contributors Simpson, Bruce (Bruce Forbes), 1923-, Interviewer  |  Gammage, Bill, 1942-, Interviewer

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