The Cattle King

by Ion L. Idriess

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At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune and made him a legend.

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Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
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920.094History & geographyBiographies, Genealogy, HealdryBiographiesGeneral and collective by localitiesOf Oceania
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PR8238 .D72 .C37Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature
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