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9780646900940

Kidman

The extraordinary life of Sir Sidney Kidman

Christo Reid

A beautifully illustrated hardback that celebrates the life of the man they called 'the cattle king', Australia's greatest ever rural entrepreneur.

In the late 19th century, 13-year-old Sidney Kidman left home on a horse to make his fortune; over the next 50 years - and with single-minded determination - he would create a pastoral empire the size of France - the largest privately controlled pastoral empire the world has ever known.

He built this empire in the three rivers area of central Australia. He bought up holdings and established a system of seasonal droving, which could hold out against the drought and deliver well-fed livestock to the markets of southern Australia.

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Christo Reid, a great-grandchild of Sidney Kidman, uncovered never-before-published photographs and letters and assembled them in Kidman, an autobiography about the titular cattle king of 19th century Australia, alongside text by Jill Bowen. The result is a fascinating record of the development of one of Australia's backbone industries and the life of a great Australian.

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ISBN   9780646900940
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IMAGES   Black-and-white images
PAGE COUNT   240
DIMENSIONS   240 x 325 mm