Bill Sullivan interviewed Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3425321
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sullivan, Bill, 1925-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 53 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Bill Sullivan born Hawker, S. Aust., speaks about the family's move to Alice Springs (1929); his schooling; leaving school at age 13; first cattle droving trips; brother Tom's droving plant and brother Jack's rough riding skills; droving at Elsey Station cattle; rushing cattle, night horses; cooking damper in a bedourie oven; a horse tailer's responsibilities; droving trips, conditions along the Birdsville Track; fat cattle and store bullocks; a story of a bicycle rider and a bad cattle rush; dry stages and bores; the long hours and exhaustion; sand storms; work conditions; droving hazards; accidents; Tex Morton; travelling shows; stories of riding half broken horses; story of bagman swapping pack horse for rogue horse on station; his saddle; stock horses; a droving trip (1940); Newcastle Waters; riding track work as a youth; compares traditional and modern horse breeds; a droving accident; Tom Sullivan's bush riding skills; modern buck jumping shows; American style saddles; the modernisation of stock work; horse breaking; camp cooking; food preparation; meat supplies; the conditions at Clifton Hills while trapping dingos; camp cook's responsibilities; picking camp sites, preparing camp; horse tailing duties, daily routine, tracking and caring for horses; water canteens; clever stock horses; horse care; camp routine; memorable characters; story of Americans horse riding on Dunmara Station; a droving trip (1943); his retirement in Alice Springs; volunteer work; his memories of Elsey Station; the abilities of Aboriginal stockmen; Jack Cadell.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 3 April 2005 at Alice Springs, N.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221277911
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 47 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Drovers
- Other authors/contributors:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2005
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