Kevin Ryan interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1116428
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Ryan, Kevin, 1938-2014, 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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- 2001 July 16
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 58 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Kevin Ryan, born in Townsville, Qld., talks about his schooling; leaving school, aged 13; working as a drover, stock camps; people he worked with; a droving trip in 1954, wagonette, routes, food; droving in the wet; 'Johnny cakes'; finding watermelons; mustering, food and rations; Helen Springs station, branding, spaying; road trains, transporting cattle; Morestone camp, horse breaking; various stations he worked at; his marriage; Managing Rocklands Station, his responsibilities; Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign (BTEC); taking up horse training (1976), developing his accommodation business, visitors; his views on how cattle are worked today, changes being economically-driven, motorbikes; bores; pumping; stations, living conditions; bush lifestyle; ringers; ticks; bulls, paddocks, fences, boundaries; humorous memories; the skills of the Aboriginal workers.
- Biography/History:
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Kevin Ryan is a station owner.
- Notes:
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221259897
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and timed transcript (52 p.) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Graziers
- Other authors/contributors:
- 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- Unpublished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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