Rodney Watson interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4468969
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Watson, Rodney, 1931-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 75 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Rodney Watson, discuses his family life and background; schooling; memories of Camooweal; first droving job in 1946; droving; mustering; Morestone Station; swags; food supplies; working as head stockman in NT; negotiating stock routes; Indigenous stockmen's skills; great cattle men; working as a camp cook; traditional stockman's skills; droving methods; droving plants; the preservation of droving history.
- Notes:
- Recorded on August 24, 2008 at Camooweal, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
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- Corrected transcript (typescript, 71 leaves)
- Timed summary (3 p.).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Until 2078 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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