Researcher preserves stories of Indigenous stockmen Around 200
stories from Indigenous stockmen and women across the country
have been collected for a heritage project in Queensland's west.
The Stockman's Hall of Fame in Longreach has been working for
about 18 months on a project, to collect stories about the
contribution of Indigenous stockmen and women in the nation's
pioneering history. Researcher Delyna Baxter says they will
eventually form part of a new gallery at the complex. She says
it is probably the first time stories have been collected about
Indigenous pastoral workers on such a large scale. "I've been to
Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and in the
very near future South Australia and New South Wales," she said.
"It's like any history really, it's not until it's been and gone
that people become interested in it." Ms Baxter says it is
important the role of Indigenous people in opening up the inland
is recognised. "These people are getting quite old and passing
away at an alarmi