Wayne Dennis interviewed by Luke Keogh in the Coal seam gas oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5816374
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dennis, Wayne, 1949-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2012
- 2 sound files (ca. 116 min.)
- Series:
- Coal seam gas oral history project.
- Summary:
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Wayne Dennis speaks about the history of his grandfather, Alf Dennis on Moorilda Station; the selection of Moorilda Station; Alf Dennis' arrival in Australia, his marriage and move to Queensland; Perth Station cattle yards; Water sources, sheep and Herefords on Moorilda Station; working for his father on Moorilda; learning the land from his grandfather and experience; droughts and floods in the Tara district; hunting feral animals, running sheep and managing properties; work as a shearer; moving away from and returning to the district; the landscape of Moorilda; the sheep industry and difficulties during the 1980s; sport in Tara and building ant-bed tennis courts; groundwater; the purchase of Woodstone Station and its landscape; land clearing on Moorilda and Woodstone, and dealing with government regulation; what he values in the Tara district; the changes in the district due to the coal seam gas industry; early settlers in the district; divisions in the community regarding coal seam gas; locking the gate to coal seam gas; work load sharing between station owners.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 21 January 2012 at Woodstone, Dalby, Qld.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 pages)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Farmers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Keogh, Luke, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Coal seam gas oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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