The Cattle King

· Bolinda · Narrated by Roger Cardwell, Chris Pitman, Henry Salter, Patrick Frost, Judy Dick, Tony Haslam, Ted Hodgeman, Jonathan Leigh, Bob Vale, Peter Goerecke, Kathryn Fisher, Ian Boyle, and Adrian Shirley
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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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Ion Llewellyn Windeyer Idriess, known to his friends and acquaintances as Jack, was undoubtedly one of Australia's most important and prolific authors. He wrote and had published around fifty books, more than one a year for over forty years, from 1927 to 1969.

Roger Cardwell's name has been associated with the Adelaide media for more than 50 years. Throughout the 1960s he was the host and performer of the Australian national TV show Country and Western Hour and Adelaide ADS7 TV show Country Style. Roger was also one of Australia's leading TV news anchor men for over 20 years. His voice was heard regularly on radio, and though it has been a while since he has graced our screens, his listeners at Adelaide’s Burnside Library – where he took part in their book reading program supported by the Royal Society for the Blind – hung on every word.

Chris Pitman is an actor residing in Adelaide, South Australia. He has narrated several audio books and worked extensively in theatre, having worked for every major theatre company around Australia. His credits include Cloudstreet, Belvoir St Theatre, Don's Party, Sydney Theatre Company, Toy Symphony, Queensland Theatre Company, and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, State Theatre Company of South Australia.

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