Cliff Robinson interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3705577
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Robinson, Cliff, 1944-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies, written permission is required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2006
- 1 sound file.
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Cliff Robinson, born in Townsville, Qld. (1944) discusses his family and family history; the naming of Magnetic Island, Qld.; WWI; his grandfather's property near Halifax; his schooling and education in Townsville, Qld. and Sydney; working on his parents’ pig farm; working on roads at Marble Bar, W.A.; building a zoo; the sale of the zoo and animals; working in the bird section at Taronga Park Zoo under Sir Edward Hallstrom (1965); itinerant work in Victoria; barramundi fishing; crocodile attacks; working as a ringer; mustering; knee-stringing bullocks; stock horses; horse shoeing; drafting and bronco banding; racism towards Aboriginal stockmen at stations; acquaintances and work conditions on stations; camp cooks and cooking; modernisation; travelling to London (1973); his artistic career and exhibitions; the methods, techniques and subjects employed in his artwork; being inspired by Indigenous art; retirement; conclusion.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on June 10, 2006 at Mackay, Qld.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 49 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Drovers
- Other authors/contributors:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 2006
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