Dick Jansen interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3721295
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Jansen, Dick, 1944-2018, 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. 46 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Dick Jansen, born in Clermont, Qld. (1944) discusses growing up on Moray Downs; his family; working on Kirkimbie Station, N.T.; organising camp; station horses and wild horses; horse breeds; horse breaking; horse handling and training; horse riding and rough riding; cattle breeds; branding; droving and droving methods; mustering; bull throwing; bull catching; Aboriginal stockmen; stockmen of Chinese and Aboriginal decent; notable stockmen; ringers; waterholes; accidents, injuries and deaths; the management of Willeroo Station; Gulf country stations; improving pastures; managing Wave Hill Station, N.T.; Wyndham meatworks; modernisation; the Aboriginal population at Wave Hill Station; the strike and walk-off by Aboriginal stockmen at Wave Hill Station (1966); employing European jackaroos when Aboriginal stockmen went on strike; Vincent Lingiari; Frank Hardy's influence on Indigenous workers; the Limbunya Station strike; changes in the workforce, work practices and costs after the Aboriginal strike at Wave Hill Station; the Indigenous population today.
- Notes:
- Recorded on June 14, 2006 at Emerald, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 42 leaves) available.
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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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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2006
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