REVISED DATE Evenings at the Archives: Roger Steele, 'Droving Days'

Library & Archives NT

Explore the rich history of droving in the Northern Territory with Roger Steele OAM.

Northern Territory Archives Centre

Please note that Roger Steele’s talk ‘Droving Days’ out at the Northern Territory Archives Centre has been postponed due to the COVID outbreak on the east coast. The revised date is Tuesday 19 October, 5.30pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. Join us at the Archives Centre in Millner on Tuesday 19 October at 5.30pm for Roger Steele’s talk ‘Droving Days’. For almost a century, droving large mobs of cattle overland on horseback was essential to move herds from the Territory’s inland to far-distant markets. However by the late 1960s, droving was almost entirely displaced by road train transport. Not long after, mythology gave rise to yarns about droving and the drovers themselves. Droving trips became legendary because of the size of the herds and the unpredictable challenges of keeping cattle alive on the road.Drawing on his own droving experience between Wyndham, Western Australia and Dajarra in Queensland, Roger will describe his encounters with well-known outback identities and a way of life that will never be repeated. Bookings are essential for this event via Eventbrite. Social distancing, as well as other NT Health orders will be followed on the night. 
Image: Cattle muster, c1940s. LANT, Douglas Lockwood Collection, PH0501/0480, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/325910.

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