Ab Teece interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 452604
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Teece, Ab, 1928-, 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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- 2000
- 1 digital audio tape (50 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Ab Teece discusses his early days at Mt Isa; the Mt Isa Mines; copper prospecting; mining development; self-sufficiency, hardship and loneliness as a youth while his father was prospecting; WWII; US soldiers; being in the army; working in Normanton; managing a cattle station; marriage; deaths in his family; Malapunya Station; droving; horse bells and horse hobbles; pack-horses, wagonettes and trucks; Wave Hill; cattle "rushes" or stampedes; the droving life and camp routine; camp cooks; droving over dry stages; Aboriginal stockmen; working with Aboriginal stockmen; American cattle men working in the Northern Territory and their methods; cattle care; droving with dogs; Macarthur River and the Darcy family; becoming a saddler; owning a shop; retirement; singing and songwriting; country music and music festivals; rough-riders and horsemen; bush yarns; bare-knuckle fighting; family life; concluding remarks.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on July 8, 2000 at Cloncurry, Qld.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221241316
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and corrected transcript (typescript, 38 leaves) available
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Drovers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2000
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