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  • Fights and Battles
  • Outback Ruins
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  • Images of the Outback
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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories - Uncategorized

    Nat Buchanan

    August 7, 2017 - By gbarron

    When Irishman, Lieutenant Charles Henry Buchanan and his wife, Annie, emigrated to Australia and took up a New England station called Rimbanda, they had no idea that their son Nathaniel would one day become known as the greatest drover the world has ever seen. Nat grew from a cheerful and…

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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories

    John Urquhart’s Grave

    November 11, 2017 - By gbarron

    If you ever find yourself in Roper Bar, Northern Territory, drive down the caravan park, climb over the fence at the far end and walk into the bush a hundred metres or so. There you’ll find the grave of John Urquhart. I took this photo in July, when I was…

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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories - Whistler's Bones

    Lake Nash: A harrowing tale of drought and disaster

    November 24, 2017 - By gbarron

    In 1889 Charlie Gaunt was working on Lake Nash Station, near the NT/Queensland border first breaking horses and then as a stockman. Lake Nash Station was, at the time Charlie arrived there, under the ownership of John Costello. John’s pride and joy, Valley of Springs Station had, by this stage,…

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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories - Uncategorized

    Charles Fisher – Cattle King

    January 26, 2018 - By gbarron

    Most Australians know the names of our biggest cattle kings, Sidney Kidman and John Cox. Charles Brown Fisher was in the same league, building an empire of land, men, cattle and sheep when things were much tougher. Charles was born in 1818, in London. Feeling restricted by city life, as…

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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories - Small Town Stories

    James “Jimmy” Darcy

    February 9, 2018 - By gbarron

    The year was 1917, and it had been a long day in the saddle for Walter and Thomas Darcy. They drew first turn at the night watch, keeping the cattle contained on the river flats, while the rest of the crew slept. A rider came in from Wyndham with terrible…

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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories - Uncategorized - Whistler's Bones

    Tom Kilfoyle

    February 17, 2018 - By gbarron

    Tom Kilfoyle, a cousin of the pioneering Durack family, was Charlie Gaunt’s boss for much of the 1883-6 overland drive from the Channel Country in Queensland to Rosewood Station in the Kimberleys. Tom was born in County Clare, Ireland in 1842 but became a highly skilled bushman. Interestingly, he later…

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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories - Inspirational Australians

    The Incredible Life of Nat Buchanan

    September 25, 2020 - By gbarron

    When Irishman, Lieutenant Charles Henry Buchanan and his wife, Annie, emigrated to Australia and took up a New England station called Rimbanda, they had no idea that their son Nathaniel would one day become known as the greatest drover the world has ever seen. Nat grew from a cheerful and…

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