Roo Thomson interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3705088
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Thomson, Roo, 1936-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2006
- 1 sound file (ca. 60 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Roo (Murray) Thomson, discusses his family life and background; father on the land; grandfather taking up a block (1881); his father's death; leaving school at 15; Tibooburra; mother finding, a gold nugget; cattle; marriage; Queensland New South Wales Border fence work; responsibilities when overseeing; modernisation of job; bought property, mainly sheep, left in 1974; racing career, riding 1951-1967; Tasmania; success; weight; injuries; bush races; droughts; horses; Western Land Act; overstocking; limited water, feed; moving into city, access to education; building industry.
- Notes:
- Recorded on June 7, 2006 at Caboolture, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
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- Corrected transcript (typescript, 55 leaves)
- Timed summary (3 p.).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Drovers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Until 2076 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2006
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