The story of Australia's agricultural and pastoral development has in general been broadly told. But in the telling of this story many developments and worthy pioneers have been either mentioned only in passing or entirely ignored. This is particularly true of the basic technological innovations in agriculture and especially the pastoral industry and its people who effected them: such innovations as the drafting gate, sheep-dip, shearing machine, windmill, woolpress, stripper and harvester and Australia's unique working dogs. "Pioneering Days" also provides profiles of "types" of Australian rural life: in addition to such well-known figures as the shepherd, stockman and shearer, it looks at the contributions of the bush pastors, water diviners, the breeders of working dogs and the rural journalists who first recorded the achievements of Australia's rural pioneers in the "magnificent days that are done".
From his experience of life in the country during boyhood and youth, Gerry Walsh developed an interest in country people and rural technology, and for over 30 years has carried out considerable research on forgotten pioneers and the innovations that have contributed so much to Australia's rural development. "Pioneering Days" is a commemoration of the work of Australia's rural pioneers during the spacious days of pastoral development from the 1860's to today, and should be of interest to anyone keen to explore Australia's colourful pastoral and agricultural past.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 180 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86373-193-5 (9781863731935)
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The shepherd; fencing and the wire-strainer; the sheep-dip and the drafting gate; the Rarey method of horse-taming; ringbarking; Gerald Kempe - a dog man; the sheep-dog and the origin of the kelpie; Jack Quinn and his dog "Coil"; the sheep-classers; the invention of the shearing machine; Mr Suckling and his shearing machine; the woolpress; the shearer; the rabbit problem; artesian water; water divining; water-raising and the windmill; the stripper and harvester; the stump-jump plough; ploughing machines; the jackeroo; the stockman and drover; the Australian cattle dog; three singular pastoralists; "Bruni" and "Bendleby" of the "Australasian"; the "Pastoral Review"; the bush pastors and the Yass mission.
