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Gil Bowman - Red Centre Reflections

Gil Bowman - Red Centre Reflections

Central Station - True Stories from Outback Australia
Sea. 6 Ep. 2411 hr, 46 min
Wednesday
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This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project - which they have kindly shared with our listeners In this episode, we hear the story of Gil Bowman.  From as soon as he could walk, Gil was, as he says, always trying to “make a few bob”.  With his strong work ethic and determination, and the few bob he had made along the way, he purchased Pine Hill Station in 1968, at just 28 years old.  Turning Pine Hill from a relatively undeveloped block into a functioning, profitable cattle station took years of hard work, resourcefulness, and creativity - all things Gil was never short of.  His story is a true example of a young fella just having a crack at life, with plenty of adventures along the way. To start our conversation, I asked Gil, who was 85 at the time of this recording, the share his earliest memories from his childhood during World War 2. Red Centre Reflections is a Centralian Land Management Association project, supported by FRRR through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.