Agnes Buntine ( – 29 February 1896) was a Scottish pastoralist and bullocky. Born in Glasgow, Scotland as Agnes Davidson, she and her family moved to Australia in 1840. She became a bullocky there, frequently making trips across different cities to transport merchandise, and opening two stores. When working as a bullocky, she wore thick clothing and boots, unlike the clothing of most women at the time, which saved her life when she was caught in a large bush fire.
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A person who drives wagons is called a "wagoner", a "teamster", a "bullocky", a "muleskinner", or simply a "driver".
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Thus then was the team attached to the dray or jinker. A bullocky walked on the nearside (left) of the bullocks for added control of the team and also because seating was not usually provided on the wagons and jinkers. The bullocky called each bullock by name to adjust its pace and effort.
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The Aboriginal team photographed in Sydney in 1867; Bullocky is sitting in front row, second from right Harry Bullocky (born Bullchanach or Bullchanah, but usually known as Bullocky) (died 1890) was an Aboriginal Australian cricketer who joined the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. He was a right-handed opening batsman and wicket-keeper. He was referred to as "at once the black Bannerman and Blackham of his team", and his wicket-keeping was favourably compared to Tom Lockyer. Much of the details of Bullocky's life remain obscure.
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Bullocky is a 1969 Australian short documentary film, in colour. It was directed by Richard Mitchell and produced by Gil Brealey for the Commonwealth Film Unit. The film depicts Vic Reaves, one of the few remaining 'bullockies' hauling timber in country New South Wales. Bullocky was a co-winner of the Golden Reel prize at the 1969 Australian Film Institute Awards.
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The bullock-whip was used by an Australian bullock team driver (bullocky). The thong was long, or more, and often made of greenhide. A long handle was cut from spotted gum or another native tree and was frequently taller than the bullock driver's shoulder. The bullocky walked beside the team and kept the bullocks moving with taps from the long handle as well as using the thong as needed.
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If the whip was needed it was flicked out in front of the bullock driver; then by the use of all his strength he swung it over his head, often twirling it several times before he cracked it or let fall upon the back of a bullock he might wish to reach. Sometimes the bullocky had an “offsider” (a type of an apprentice) who walked on the offside (right) of the team and also assisted the bullocky yoke up and care for the team. Many Australians who have never had contact with bullocky or a team still use the word “offsider’ as a synonym for an assistant, helper or learner.Coupe, Sheena (ed.), Frontier Country, Vol.
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His date of birth and ancestry are not known. His nick-name Bullocky is an Anglicised approximation to his traditional name, and may be a reference to the Australian term "bullocky", meaning the driver of a bullock team. He spent much of his life working on agricultural stations in the Wimmera region of western Victoria. He received some cricket training from Tom Hamilton at Bringalbert Station, and moved to work for Charles Officer at Mount Talbot Station alongside other Aboriginal cricketers.
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In the 2015 Budget the Northern Territory government announced a dedicated visual art gallery in Darwin's historic Chan Building with a proposed budget of $18.3m sourced from a combination of government and private sources featuring gallery space, cafe and retail space. It is intended that the space become the second campus of the existing Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory at Bullocky Point showcasing contemporary art while the Bullocky Point facility remains a centre for science and history.
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It would not budge, and much to Brown's delight, the "bullocky" had to take out his team and pull the waggon back. Retribution followed, and Brown later had the mortification of finding that his stout posts had been burnt to the ground.
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The gorge is not a national park or state forest. The gorge is a farming and residential area. The road through the gorge is bordered mostly by private property. Drivers should stick to the road and stop at designated stopping areas only including Bullocky Crossing.
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Most of these works reflected the rural lifestyle and agricultural pursuits common in the Riverina at that time and projected an image of Australia and Australians that would later change rapidly. The writer Joseph Furphy worked as a bullocky for 10 years in the area around Hay from 1872. Later, using the pen name Tom Collins, Furphy wrote Such Is Life set in the Riverina during the drought and depression of the 1890s and drawing on his experiences as a bullocky. Although a slow seller, the novel was described as "fitted to become an Australian classic" by A.G. Stephens, the literary critic of The Bulletin.
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Aerial photograph of the meatworks in the 1930s Vestey's Meatworks, officially the North Australia Meat Company, was a slaughterhouse in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, built by Vestey Brothers between 1914 and 1917. Never profitable, it operated for three years before the company abandoned the venture in the aftermath of the Darwin rebellion. Most of the facility was demolished in 1957, but two large water tanks are still standing today, on what is now the site of the Darwin High School on Bullocky Point in the suburb of The Gardens. The beach to the north of Bullocky Point is called Vestey's beach as a result of the meatworks.
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Most members were employed in key infrastructure areas including occupations at the wharf, on the railway line, truck owners, and in the construction of the Vesteys Meatworks at Bullocky Point. Their catchcry quickly became 'no taxation without representation'.Civil unrest and the Darwin Rebellion. National Archives of Australia.
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Bullocks were less excitable and more dependable when faced with difficulties than horses. Furthermore, bullocks were cheaper to purchase, equip and feed. Horses also required complex, expensive leather harness that frequently needed repair. Bullock gear was simple and the yokes were sometimes made by the bullocky from different kinds of timber.
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Construction of a meatworks began at Bullocky Point in 1914. It was completed in 1917 for a total cost of £1 million. Construction employed 500 or more men at the time. In mid-November 1917 construction started on two water tanks due to the insufficient amount of bore water available on the site.
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The bullock team driver was called a bullocky, bullock puncher or teamster. Many Australian country towns owe their origin to the bullock teams, having grown from a store or shanty where teams rested or crossed a stream. These shanties were spaced at about intervals, which was the usual distance for a team to travel in a day.
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Drays were pulled by bullock teams which could consist of 20 or more animals. The driver of a bullock team was known as a 'bullocky'. Bullock teams were used extensively to transport produce from rural areas to major towns and ports. Because of Australia's size, these journeys often covered large distances and could take many days and even weeks.
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15, In some places, a teamster was known as a carter, referring to the bullock cart. In Australian English, a teamster was also known as a bullocker or bullocky. From the Revolutionary War at least through World War I, United States Army enlisted personnel responsible for transporting supplies by wagon and upkeep of animals for this purpose were called wagoners.
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Bullock team hauling wool on a dray, Walcha, New South Wales Yoking up the leaders of a bullock team. A colour postcard printed of a team of 16 bullocks carting a large load of wool ca. 1909. A bullock team at Farrell Flat, South Australia in 1911. A bullocky is an Australian English term for the driver of a bullock team.
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"An Old Master" is a poem by Australian poet C. J. Dennis. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 4 August 1910, and later in the poet's poetry collection Backblock Ballads and Other Verses (1913).Austlit - "An Old Master" by C. J. Dennis The poem depicts the problem faced by a bullocky when his team gets stuck in thick mud.
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To support her family, Buntine became the first female bullocky in Australia. She journeyed from her home near Port Albert to Forest Creek in 1851, travelling across multiple mountains, to transport butter and cheese. She opened multiple stores, including one at Bendigo, Victoria, and one at the Shire of McIvor. In 1853, after having established those, she travelled back to Bruthen Creek.
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Her family moved to Flynns Creek in 1858 and owned a farm there. By this time, Hugh had fallen ill, so the family was supported solely by the money produced from Agnes' work as a bullocky. The longest trips she executed were from Melbourne to various parts of Gippsland. During one of her journeys, Buntine experienced a large bush fire.
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Local legend says it's because of a bull who was trying to cross a creek. The bull had a diamond shaped white patch on its head and found difficulty crossing the creek. Thus the Bullocky decided to name the town after the bull with the diamond shape on its head and the creek it drowned in. From 1894 - 1969 there were a number of bushfires.
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During these early years in Australia, Casey's wife and infant children died in Ireland. Eventually, Casey was allocated to Joshua Moore, who had a farm at Liverpool and a new land grant called Canberry Station in the district that was to become Canberra. Moore was the first European landholder in the area. Casey worked as a shepherd and bullocky at both the Moore stations.
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Darwin High School is an Australian senior secondary high school in the Northern Territory and is an Independent Public School for students in years 10 – 12. Founded first in 1921, the school was closed, reopened, renamed, and relocated until its move to its current location, Bullocky Point, in 1962. The school offers advanced English and STEM programs, as well as clubs, activities, and athletics.
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After Hugh died, Agnes continued her involvement in the bullocky business until her retirement in Sale, Victoria, Australia. On 17 February 1873, she remarried to Michael Dawe Hallett, an English farmer who was aged 29 at the time of their marriage. From this time until her death, she lived at Flynns Creek and farmed there with her new husband. She died in Gippsland Hospital, Sale on 29 February 1896.
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He fled to the Hanseatic city of Lübeck where he arrived on 30 September. How he managed to escape is not certain, but according to a somewhat likely story, he disguised himself as a bullocky. For this, Gustav Eriksson got the nicknames "King Oxtail" and "Gustav Cow Butt", something he indeed disliked. When a swordsman drank to His Majesty "Gustav Cow Butt" in Kalmar in 1547, the swordsman was killed.
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B. Maher, Planting the Celtic Cross: Foundation of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Canberra, 1997, pp. 47-50. Casey was transported to Australia and arrived in Sydney in January 1826 aboard the convict transport, Sir Godfrey Webster.1828 NSW General Convict Muster. In the colony of New South Wales, he was allocated to a family on the newly opened Goulburn plains and worked as a bullocky.
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In 1921, Darwin Public School was established a high school class of 21 students. Due to World War II, Darwin Public School was closed in 1941 as the Army Barracks set their base up at Bullocky Point where the school was situated. Darwin Public School re-opened in 1946 with a 150 student capacity. In 1948 the school was renamed Darwin Higher Primary School, increasing its capacity increased to 525 students.
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This creates a dramatic landscape. The road through the gorge was used to carry supplies and mail to early settlers along the length of the gorge, and to bring timber to the railway in Killarney. The Crossings are named First, Second, Double, Mawhirts, Bullocky, Flaggie, Rocky, Mill, Reis', Heywood's, Billy John's, Andrew Evan's, Long and Watson's Crossing in order from The Head down river.Killarney & District Historical Society, Memories of Killarney & District, pp. 53-54.
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Forgan Road which runs along the eastern shore of Lake Samsonvale, gives access to popular fishing and picnic spots making the area a valuable recreational resource for locals and visitors. Important centres for recreational activities exist at Bullocky Rest and also at Forgan Cove, near the intersection with Samsonvale Road. Forgan Cove has been designated as a zone for paddle craft use by the public on the lake. Lake Samsonvale is stocked with several native fish species.
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A typical bullocky wore a cabbage tree hat, a twill shirt of that period, moleskin trousers, blucher boots and carried a long bullock whip which in many instances he had made. During the early years the bullock tracks were very rough with narrow, steep "pinches", plus dangerous river and creek crossings. Many roads still follow the tracks made by bullock teams as they negotiated their way up or down hills via a winding course to make haulage easier.
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A bullock team hitched to two small jinkers (log conveyances) with a dolly in the foreground. Bullockies often chose Devon cattle because they were plentiful, hardy, tractable and readily matched up the team, which was often a source of pride to the owners. Teams had to be educated to perform their respective tasks, too. The first part of a bullock’s education began when the bullocky tied two young bullocks together with two heavy leather collars and a connecting chain.
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After an easy win in Geelong, Wills took the players to "Belle Vue" to meet his mother. Back in Melbourne, two of the Aborigines, Bullocky (Bullenchanach) and Cuzens (Yellana), joined Wills in representing Victoria against a Tasmanian XVI. In February 1867, they went to Sydney to begin a tour of the colonies and overseas. Aware of the tour's lucrative potential, Charles Lawrence, captain of New South Wales, invited the team to stay at his hotel on Manly Beach.
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He played for a Victoria XI against a Tasmanian XVI in January 1867, alongside Johnny Cuzens. As a result, they are thought to be the first people of Aboriginal descent to play inter-colony cricket, although the match is not considered to have first- class status. Bullocky joined the Aboriginal cricket team that toured in England in 1868. He sailed to England with most of the team, leaving Sydney on the Parramatta on 8 February 1868.
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He played 39 matches on the tour in May to October 1868. Often opening the batting, he was also the main wicket-keeper, although occasionally the role was taken by Johnny Mullagh. Bullocky stumped 28 batsmen off the bowling of Charles Lawrence, standing up at the stumps. He played 61 innings on the rough pitches of the time which favoured the bowlers, scoring 569 runs at a batting average of 9.33, and coming fourth in the batting averages.
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In 1945 the figures were: Europeans—County, 1,912; Te Karaka T.D., 262; Maoris—County, 919; Te Karaka T.D., 109; grand total, 3,202, plus 3 per cent. to make up for residents absent on war activities. Te Karaka township site was covered with scrub and surrounded by heavy bush in the early 1880s. Its first white resident was George Burgess, a “bullocky.” A shepherd named McKinnon then built an hotel, the Isle of Mull, in thick bush near the river.
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As a bullocky, Buntine was described as a "steam boiler on horseback" and according to The Herald she had "strong, heavy-set, almost masculine features, her clear, intense eyes being her most marked attribute". During her journeys she wore thick clothing, boots, and a hat, in contrast to most women at the time, who typically wore "crinolines, bonnets, and shawls". Buntine also had two pistols contained in her belt and according to a man who knew Buntine, she smoked an "old black pipe".
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An analysis of the negotiations suggested that neither the government nor Vestey Brothers were fully confident of the success of the venture they were about to undertake. It also showed that Gilruth, as the middleman, was thoroughly influential in its outcome. It was largely through his efforts that Vestey Brothers finally consented to building a meatworks in Darwin. Aerial view of Vestey's Meatworks in the 1930s Vestey's meatworks began operation in 1917 on Bullocky Point (current site of the Darwin High School) in Darwin.Foley, Edward (1930).
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In colonial Australia, James Morrison is a young Bullocky who has two friends, Long and Short. He is betrothed to Jane Judd when he visits Sydney and meets fiery Irish girl Biddy O'Shea, who is just off the "wife ship" – a boatload of women from an Irish orphanage bought out to Australia. James is attracted to Biddy and promises to marry her. James returns to Bathurst to break the news to Jane, but his mother dies and makes James promise to marry her daughter.
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The school received its current name as Darwin High School in 1956 and relocated to its current location in Bullocky Point in 1963, then serving a capacity of 505 students. In 2009, Darwin High School began as a senior secondary high school, catering for students between years 10–12 rather than 7–12. In 2015, Darwin High School transitioned from being a public school to an independent public school. The school motto is ‘Esse Quam Vederi’ which translates to ‘To Be Rather Than To Seem To Be’.
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His credits include the AFI Award-winning documentary short Bullocky and the three-part 'omnibus' film Three To Go (1971), which includes segments by emerging directors Peter Weir and Brian Hannett. In 1972 he was appointed founding director/chairman of the South Australian Film Corporation, a role he held until 1976. In this time Brealey co-produced the acclaimed Sunday Too Far Away (1975), the film that launched the career of actor Jack Thompson. In 1976 Brealey was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the Australian Film Industry.
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A sharp jerk caused him to open his eyes, and he was astonished to see the basket just 150 feet above him. After letting rip at his tormentor with some "pure bullocky Australian" language, Briggs found he was enjoying the most wonderful sensation he had ever known. He was so intrigued at the stillness that he held his watch to his ear, and heard it ticking away merrily. After a rather heavy landing Briggs vowed, with George Powell, not to go within miles of a kite balloon outfit for a very long time.
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The following reference is from the newspaper The Australasian of 17 July 1869 (page 17): “Cornstalk and gumsucker are both of colonial growth, and so, I think, is… bullocky (a teamster)”. Percy Clarke’s ‘New Chum’ in Australia (1886) has the following reference (page 137): “I knew a ‘bullockie’ (as these men are dubbed) who had a team of twelve beasts under his command which obeyed his every word and never received a word, which a ‘high-born ladie’ might not have listened to”.Ramson, W.S. (ed.), The Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 105.
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Michael Praetorius was not enthusiastic about the sound of the tenor cornett; he describes it as "bullocky and horn-like" in his Syntagma Musicum of 1619. He suggests that a trombone is to be preferred and the alto and tenor voices of cornett and trombone ensembles was usually played on trombones. However, tenor cornetts seem to have been common enough and composers like Gabrieli, Lassus, Hassler and Schütz (the fourth cornetto part of the Psalmen Davids of 1619 requires a tenor cornett) frequently made use of this instrument. Christopher Monk speculates that Praetorius heard the instrument played rather badly on several occasions.
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It was not until three years after Cyclone Tracy that in 1977 the Commonwealth Government approved construction of a new museum at Bullocky Point in the suburb of Fannie Bay. Construction commenced on the new museum in 1979 after the Northern Territory was granted self-government, and funding for the new building was confirmed. The building was opened on 10 September 1981 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen, and was known as the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. The museum featured the history, science and visual art of the region and its people.
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They started by buying game birds and storing them in the cold stores of American companies before shipping them to Liverpool. These early activities soon developed into importing beef and beef products into the UK, which in turn led to them owning cattle ranches in Brazil, Venezuela and Australia, and their own meat processing factories in Argentina, Uruguay (Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay), New Zealand and Australia. In 1914, they built a meat processing works at Bullocky Point, Darwin, Australia, but closed its operations in 1920 after the Darwin Rebellion. They acquired the Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory of Australia, in 1914.
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1, Weldon Russell Publishing, Willoughby, 1989, A bullock whip had a stick handle that was cut from a spotted gum or another native tree and was approximately six or seven feet long. The long handled whip permitted the bullocky to control his bullocks while keeping a safe working distance from the danger of being run down by a large dray or jinker. The thong, often made of plaited greenhide, was 8 to 10 feet long and attached to the handle by a leather loop. These thongs, graduated in thickness from the handle down to the size of a lead pencil at the fall, which was about 2 ½ feet long.
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In 1897, the Kannan Devan Hills produce company was registered as a separate company with a capital of 1.5 million and together with, a few years later, the American Direct Tea Trading Company Ltd., another member of the Finlay Group, became holders of almost the entire concession, except for a few estates first planted in the lower reaches by the pioneers. They owned 26 Estates, a few with coffee, most with cinchona. With a growing work force and increasing hills produce, Willie Milne, who had been brought back from Ceylon to become the second General Manager, raised with Toby Martin’s help a herd of 500 bullocks to ensure transport up and down the ghat. ‘ Bullocky Bill’ Lee was put in charge of the cattle farm on the Kundale flats which was tended by vets brought out from England. Communication between estates was by runner and the planters kept horses on the estate for their use – and their wives’.
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In 1897, the Kannan Devan Hills produce company was > registered as a separate company with a capital of 1.5 million and together > with, a few years later, the American Direct Tea Trading Company Ltd., > another member of the Finlay Group, became holders of almost the entire > concession, except for a few estates first planted in the lower reaches by > the pioneers. They owned 26 Estates, a few with coffee, most with cinchona. > With a growing work force and increasing hills produce, Willie Milne, who > had been brought back from Ceylon to become the second General Manager, > raised with Toby Martin’s help a herd of 500 bullocks to ensure transport up > and down the ghat. ‘ Bullocky Bill’ Lee was put in charge of the cattle farm > on the Kundale flats which was tended by vets brought out from England. > Communication between estates was by runner and the planters kept horses on > the estate for their use – and their wives’.
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