Fred Trindle interviewed by Bruce Simpson in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1116315
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Trindle, Fred, 1934-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; closed for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2001 July 15
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 53 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Fred Trindle born at Louis Creek, Qld., speaks about his early memories of Barkly Downs; his parents background; his father’s work as a pumper and teamster; a description of the fire plough and team; accompanying his father to work, no schooling; fire ploughing with Clydesdale horses; horse care; road maintenance; his chores when out pumping with his father; dogging methods, laying trails, baiting dingoes, value of hides, bounties, proof required; never poisoning near camps of Aborigines; his first jobs in stock camps at age 13-14, pay; camp managers; his step-brother; quality of shorthorn cattle and stock horses on Barkly Downs station; seasonal work; stock camp; Indigenous workers; working on various stations as a ringer with his father; working with sheep and in a shearing shed; pay on Rocklands; his first droving trip with George Finlay to Dajarra; droving trips with brother; droving practices; his preference for station work over droving work; the camp cook, food; typical morning routine while droving; Boss drover's role; story of a cattle rush caused by a green night horse; the importance of a fire in drovers' camp at night; layout of camp; safety precautions; fitness levels; snake bites; breaking-in their own horses at Rocklands. horse breaking skills; the decline of traditional skills; his preference for ringing over droving; work conditions; claypan dances; recreation; ringers, independence and work ethic; the changeover to jackaroos and motorbikes; story of attending a modern style muster; cattle management; use of handmade greenhide equipment; station life, roles; managers on Rocklands; a story about threatened resignation.
- Notes:
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 49 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Stockmen
- Other authors/contributors:
- Simpson, Bruce (Bruce Forbes), 1923-2019, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Until 2071 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
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