Volume 2

News clippings The Times dated 18 July 1960.

Headline: "Drovers 1000-Mile Trek Across Australia
Sub heading: How Cattle Travel the Stock Route for Three Months"

Paragraph subject headings: 'Staying Sober'; 'Droving at 87'; 'Mob Get Lost'

Places mentioned: Muyrranji Track (NT); Victoria River Downs (NT); Kimberleys (WA); Jessie Vale (Qld); Top Springs (NT); Wave Hill (NT); Mount Isa (Qld); Cloncurry (Qld)

People mentioned: Danny (Chinese Australian Aboriginal man); Bill (boss drover); Charlie Swann (1873-?)

Terminology mentioned: Drummy ground; billy tea; strides (trousers); plant (team of work horses); tucker (food)

Flora mentioned: Ironwood tree (Erythrophleum chlorostachys) 

Fauna mentioned: Dingos (Canis lupus); cattle

Equipment mentioned: portable wireless

CreatorCecil John Hackett
ControlAA 122/3/2/77A
Date Range18 July, 1960  -  18 July, 1960
Quantity   1   Foolscap page & newsclip
Series AA 122/03/01