Jim Cotterill interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3426031
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Cotterill, Jim, 1943-, 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. 66 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Jim Cotterill, born Birmingham, England, discusses his family life and background; emigrating to Australia (1952); South Australian Railways; family move to Alice Springs; Len Tuit; working in father's garage and tourist company; Palm Valley; Standley Chasm; tourist industry development; the road to Ayers Rock; death; father forming tourist company with Daisy Underwood; first built accommodation for visitors (1958); Ayers Rock airstrip; Ansett Pioneer; Central Australian Tours Association; Angus Downs Station; Arthur Liddle; Stan Cawood; Tempe Downs; Kings Canyon Tours; TAA; sold garage; Wallara Ranch; road access; parents died; continues business with brother John; lease issues; new premises built at Stuart's Well on land he owned; Kings Canyon Resort.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on April 04, 2005 at Alice Springs, N.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221284640
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 37 leaves).
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2005
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