THE STORY SO FAR
At night, the droving team sings to the cattle to keep them calm.
INSPIRED BY THESE HISTORICAL EVENTS
Singing the cattle
For the first few weeks after taking delivery of the cattle two Aboriginal stockmen would circle the mob from opposite directions all through the night. The 'watch' would change every two hours. At night, the men on watch would ride slowly around the resting mob, about twenty metres out from them. They would sing to the cattle to keep them calm and sometimes recite verse. This was done to prevent a cattle rush. (Source: The Drovers by Keith Willey)
DIG DEEPER
The Overlanders by Dora Birtles
Raparapa by Paul Marshall
The Drovers by Keith Willey
Kings in Grass Castles and Sons in the Saddle by Mary Durack
The Way It Was by Ray Macnamara
Hell West and Crooked by Tom Cole