Keith Luscombe interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1975694
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Luscombe, Keith, 1938-, 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 (ca. 57 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Keith Luscombe, born Dalby, Qld., talks about his family background; his schooling at Pittsworth, Qld.; working as a drover; Stan Fowler and Jim Fowler; story of parents meeting and getting married; his father's droving background; growing up, living in tents, horse drawn transport; the length of droving trip from Auvergne to South Galway; story of having cattle returned by another drover's boy after a rush; story of repairing a pack tree on the road; timing of his droving trips (c. 1955-1968); Ian McBean; Bill Walters; Cammy Cleary; horse thieves; Dave Allworth; working and mustering on stations; dry droving trip with Bill Walters; travelling early in the season, good feed, no road, bogging trucks; Jasper's Gorge; travelling from Auvergne with assistance from Indigenous stockmen, size of mobs; difference between droving store bullocks and fat cattle; the movements of different kinds of cattle; trucking procedure at Winton; working train droving at Quilpie, checking on cattle, living on the train; Wallangarra Meatworks, Dalby; returning home when father got ill; story of getting Stan Fowlers' supply truck stuck in gully; the early days on their dairy farm, milking, chores, milk deliveries; father's ill health, debts, selling the farm; his attachment to the droving life; attending Drovers Camp Festival with the family; story of being told off by Stan Fowler; the Fowler residence, "The Sanitorium"; some anecdotes; pubs in Camooweal, drinking age laws; story of a misunderstanding at a police station, looking after drunk Mick Cousins; story of being dragged by a young horse while chasing cattle; story of being injured by a bull while throwing it; learning to be camp cook; singing around the cattle; Indigenous stockmen; Don Booth; discovering a crashed aeroplane; explanation of "dogwatch", droving terms; droving in the rain, lightning, rushes/stampedes.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on July 10, 2000 at Camooweal, Qld.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221246873
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 35 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Drovers
- Other authors/contributors:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2000
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