Stan Boyd recites a poem and recalls his days as a drover and stockman

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Boyd, Stan, 1923-2010
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Boyd, Stan, 1923-2010; Droving - Queensland - Anecdotes.; Drovers
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Folkloric recording. Stan Boyd speaks about scratch pulling; chopping wood on the chest; carrying heavy weights for a dare; Paddy Fox, a squatter on Crown Land at Pine Tree; cleanskins; stock always travelling east; roping pole; Cooktown races; mothers's skills; red 'turkey' twill; Native troopers; 'lava lava'; stockman's wages, compares the difference between black and white; women not paid at all; Brown at Weipa; York Downs; Paddy Fox and the Crooked Bangtail Muster (duplicated?); George Kermode.
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Stan Boyd recites a poem and recalls his days as a drover and stockman [sound recording].
Wendy Lowenstein Australian folklore and social history collection.
1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.)
1971 English Sound; Interview, lecture, talk 1 & Online

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