| Bib ID |
5816872 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access to be determined. |
| Description |
2012
2 sound files (143 min.)
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| Series |
Coal seam gas oral history project.
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| Summary |
Allan and Jeanette Williams speak about Allan's birth, early childhood and schooling; Riverside Station and competing in show jumping; competing on the international show jumping circuit and with the 1984 Australian Olympic show jumping team; Tyzac, the showjumping horse and competition in Perth; the Australian circuit and preparing a horse for competition; how Allan was perceived by international competitors; travelling to Europe in cargo plane via the U.S. with a horse; the challenges of international competition with a young family; being an Australian show jumping rider in Europe; station life; purchasing Olive Downs and the greater management workload; experiences of Riverside 1964-1990; horse breeding on the station and droving horses to Mackay; the coal companies effect on station life; the coal industry in the Nebo district and Goonyella mine; Moranbah township; the landscape of Riverside; droughts and floods in the Nebo district; the cattle depression in the 1970s; the challenges of coal mining on their property; employees and property improvements; what they value on the property; the impact of coal mining in recent years; whether their children will take up the property; the mining boom and living in a small town; the challenges coal mining and coal companies present for the future of their property.
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| Notes |
Recorded on 23 January 2012 at Riverside, Nebo, Qld.
Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (3 pages) |
| Subjects |
Williams, Allan, - 1949- - Interviews. | Williams, Jeanette, - 1951- - Interviews. | Family farms - Management. | Coalbed methane - Queensland. | Coalbed methane - Environmental aspects.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Williams, Jeanette, 1951-, Interviewee | Keogh, Luke, 1983-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Coal seam gas oral history project
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