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Overlanders Of 1862
Overlander or Overlanders may refer to: *An Australian name for a drover who herds large mobs of sheep or cattle over long distances, to a market or rail head, or to open up new grazing territory * Overlander (train) was a rail service that operated between the cities of Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand *Overlander, Western Australia, a location in Australia *Overlanders, Edmonton, a residential neighbourhood in the Hermitage area of northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada * ''The Overlanders'' (film), a 1946 movie about Australian drovers herding cattle across the Australian outback during World War II *The Overlanders (band), the name of a British 1960s music group * Overlander Mountain, in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Canada * Gregor the Overlander, the first book of the Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins * A human-like species in the comic books ''Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drover (Australian)
A drover in Australia is a person, typically an experienced stockman, who moves livestock, usually sheep, cattle, and horses "on the hoof" over long distances. Reasons for droving may include: delivering animals to a new owner's property, taking animals to market, or moving animals during a drought in search of better feed and/or water or in search of a yard to work on the livestock. The drovers who covered very long distances to open up new country were known as " overlanders". Method Moving a small mob of quiet cattle is relatively easy, but moving several hundreds or thousands head of wild station cattle over long distances is a very different matter. Long-distance moving large mobs of stock was traditionally carried out by contract drovers. A drover had to be independent and tough, an excellent horseman, able to manage stock as well as men. The boss drover who had a plant (horses, dogs, cooking gear and other requisites) contracted to move the mob at a predetermined rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
