February 2017 – Barcaldine

Cattle

28 May 202017 February 2017

In 1950 the Cudmore family which had owned Tara since 1890 sold out to brothers, Lloydm Owen and James Walker. The property was burnt out in 1951 and it was almost three years before it …

1950s and 1960s As nations built up stockpiles of wool, prices began a downward slide. By 1954 nine properties on the east of the Barcaldine shire were reported to be stocked with cattle. The sheepmen …

Trade Unions

10 September 202017 February 2017

Text Source: Hoch, Isabel. 2008. Pages 17, 18, 23, 25 Unionism in Barcaldine began with carriers. The town was oversupplied with teamsters because the railway had taken over much of their livelihood and only a …

Before Barcaldine – the 1880s

19 March 202116 February 2017

Barcaldine, and the Western Country The Central line was carried westward from Emerald with rapid strides, but that little town maintained its own (both in number of population, and from a business point of view) for some …

Month: February 2017

Cattle

Wool

Trade Unions

Before Barcaldine – the 1880s