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The Cattle King
- Narrated by: Various Artists
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King.
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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- Anonymous User
- 02-01-2023
Great listen, definitely recommend
Very easy to listen to and follow. Very interesting. Loved the extra sounds, such as birds and horses hooves
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- Anonymous User
- 15-03-2021
Truly AMAZING
What a truly AMAZING story about one of Australia's greatest pioneers and bushman. I enjoyed ever second of this. Thankyou Sid and god bless.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-2020
great Australian history information.
Very interesting book, great insight to Australias history and early pioneering days, from horseback to train to motorcars.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-03-2020
left me wanting more
narrator was awesome. sometimes background sound effects too loud making narrator difficult to hear. would have loved to have heard what happened after he passed away.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-12-2023
The resilience👍
Hopefully we can get some more Ion Iddriess both him and Sydney Kidman are both legends of Australia 
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- Anonymous User
- 18-07-2023
Great Story!
A wonderful rendition of our Australian history. Sidney Kidman was a truly remarkable man.
To be honest, the music in the beginning made it difficult to hear the narrator, it was just too loud. I totally enjoyed the book though.
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- Andrew
- 17-08-2021
Background music drowns out dialogue
Great story that has been ruined by tacky background music that drowns out the dialogue.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-2019
punchy farmer
good book where are these men now that we need them are we all asleep
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- David Courtot
- 09-11-2017
Not unabridged - great story though
Great story and well told. At times the background sound effects can be too much, but mostly I didn't mind them.
However, very disappointed that the book was advertised as "unabridged" and is very clearly not.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-08-2017
Disappointing
Not enough detail and to much background noise can barely hear the narrator. There is no talk about any of the stations in detail
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