Ian Tait interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2638384
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Tait, Ian, 1929-, 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 13
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 46 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Ian (Spud) Tait born in Barcaldine, Qld (1929) discusses his schooling; working on sheep stations; working with horses; Willoughby Station; returned servicemen kangaroo shoots; sheep droving; cattle droving; spelling bullocks; first trip to the Northern Territory after rain (1950); managing Home Creek Station; meeting his wife; working on the railways; bringing bullocks to the slaughter-yard; retirement (1965); droving challenges; blight; working dogs; buffel grass; cooks; friendships; stockmen; missing mules; trading horses; dangerous crossings; modernisation and the decline of droving; horse-tailing; strikes; the Second World War; the shearers' union; New Zealand shearers; wide combs; shearing; family; health and old age; travel.
- Biography/History:
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Ian (Spud) Tait was a shearer.
- Notes:
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221253191
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 35 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Shearers
- 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- Unpublished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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