Kidman: The Forgotten King. The True Story of the Greatest Pastoral Landholder in Modern History

Bowen, Jill, 1943-

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Verlag: Angus & Robertson, 1993

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AUSTRALIAN FLORA FAUNA AGRICULTURE BIOGRAPHY -xi, 476 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm #030522/270824/291125 (light edge soiling to prelim page)Kidman, Sidney, Sir, 1857-1935. | Landowners -- Australia -- Biography. | Cattle trade -- Australia -- History. | Ranchers -- Australia -- Biography. | Australia -- Biography.Originally published: 1987.Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-467) and index.Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 1857 — 2 September 1935),[1] known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King",[2] was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime.Kidman saved money and bought a bullock team, opened a butcher's shop and store at the Cobar copper rush, and made good profits. When he was 21 he inherited £400 from his grandfather's estate and used the money to buy and sell horses and cattle. Kidman was in his middle twenties when he acquired a one-fourteenth share in the BHP mine for 10 bullocks worth about £4 each. He sold his share for £150 less £50 commission and was satisfied with the profit. He had mail contracts on a fairly large scale and in 1886 bought Owen Springs station. Gradually he extended his holdings until they reached out into Queensland and New South Wales.In 1895 Kidman, in partnership with his brother Sackville, acquired Cowarie Station.[5]In 1896, Kidman bought his first property in Queensland, Annandale Station, situated in the Channel Country and described as ideal fattening country for cattle.[6]By 1903, Kidman owned or was a part owner of some 38,000 square miles (98,420 km2) of country ranging from the Carlton Hill Station in Western Australia to Victoria River Downs Station in the Northern Territory and Macumba Station in South Australia, and properties in the channel county of Queensland, including Annandale and Bulloo Downs.[7]Kidman acquired Diamantina Lakes Station in 1908, paying A£25,000 for the station and all its stock.[8] Later in 1908, he bought the 700 square kilometres (270 sq mi) Mount Poole Station in outback New South Wales.[9] The estimated size of Kidman's holdings in 1908 was 50,000 square miles (129,499 km2).[10]Another large Channel Country property, Durham Downs Station, was bought in 1909.[11] Kidman bought the property along with Tilbaroo, Morney Plains and Durrie Stations in Queensland, Burrawinna on the border and Macumba Station in South Australia as part of his plan of acquiring prime grazing lands along areas that watercourses followed. He borrowed A£50,000 to pay the A£100,000 asking price.[12] Kidman and the company Bovril Australian Estates purchased Carlton Hill Station in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1909 along with another two stations, one being Northcote and Victoria River Downs in the Northern Territory, for £200,000.[13] Boorara Station was acquired in 1913.[14] Kidman acquired Yancannia Station in far western New South Wales in 1916,[15][16] followed by Corona Station, also in the far west of New South Wales, in 1917.[17]In 1916, Kidman invested in Glenroy Station with the owners at the time, Reginald Spong and Jabez Orchard, forming the Glenroy Pastoral Company.[18] He acquired the Urisino station in 1913[15][19] along with Elsinora and Thurloo Downs in outback New South Wales from Goldsbrough Mort & Co.[20] In 1924, Kidman acquired Merty Merty Station in outback South Australia.[21]By the time World War I broke out, Kidman was a millionaire. He was knighted in the 1921 Birthday Honours for his support of the war effort.[citation needed]Kidman's entrepreneurial initiatives extended to many other rural industries. Probably his only unsuccessful business venture was the Kidman & Mayoh shipyard, which he established with engineer brothers Arthur and Joseph Mayoh in the Sydney suburb of Putney when the Commonwealth Government called for 24 wooden ships to be built by various companies for the war effort. The company employed hundreds of men to fell and square heavy tim.

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Titel
Kidman: The Forgotten King. The True Story of the Greatest Pastoral Landholder in Modern History
Autor
Bowen, Jill, 1943-
Verlag
Angus & Robertson
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1993
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Very Good (Used copy)
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Softcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0207178151
ISBN-13
9780207178153
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2388, 53, 265

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