Succession is one of the biggest challenges facing families on the land. It’s about much more than who takes over the keys. It’s about knowing when to step aside, when to step up, and finding a way to honour what the generations before have built while still allowing the next generation to make it their […]
In 1929, the Foulkes-Taylor family purchased Yuin Station in Western Australia’s Southern Murchison. Nearly a century later, the property remains in family hands—a remarkable achievement in an industry where the only constant has been change. Over almost 100 years, Yuin has weathered droughts, floods, wild dogs, government policy and shifting markets. The family has adapted […]
A governess meets a handsome jackeroo, they fall in love and move onto the family station. It sounds like a fairytale, or perhaps a Mills & Boon novel, but for Raelene Hall, it wasn’t quite that simple. For over 40 years, she’s carried a quiet feeling that she didn’t quite belong. That she somehow didn’t […]
Addressing the United Nations about women in pastoralism is a long way from day-to-day life on a station in the Southern Rangelands of Western Australia. But that’s exactly where Debbie Dowden has found herself — one of three women from around the world invited to take the stage in Mongolia and share her perspective on […]
In recent episodes, we’ve heard from women who have spent decades on stations, carrying with them generations of family history and a lifetime of knowledge about the rangelands. This episode is a little different. Sisters Jasmine and Codie Henville are new to the game. In 2025, their family traded the familiar for the unknown, purchasing […]
Meg Officer’s journey from Scotland to the Murchison was only ever meant to be temporary. Instead, she found a life, a family and a place that would shape the next 35 years. In this episode we talk about life on Woolgorong Station and why her connection to the region has endured long after she left. […]
When Julia Foulkes-Taylor moved to Yuin Station, she wasn’t just moving to a new home—she was stepping into a family with deep roots, a multi-generational pastoral business, and a way of life unlike anything she’d known before. After studying costume construction, life on a sheep station wasn’t exactly the career path she’d imagined. In this […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners. In this episode, we hear from John Hagan — someone who knows the Territory not just by map, but by memory. Over the course of 87 years, John has witnessed the Territory change […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners. The Hayes family is one of the most iconic and historic in the Northern Territory, and in this episode, we sit down with fourth-generation Territorian, Mickey Hayes.Born and raised on Undoolya Station, Mickey […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners. In this episode, we speak with Gaynor Cleary. Gaynor first travelled to the Northern Territory in 1959 to visit distant relatives who owned Mt Riddock Station. Although the visit was brief, it left […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners The pioneering legacy of Charles and Cora Chalmers is well documented in the history books—but the story of the Chalmers family didn’t end there. In this episode, we hear from their grandson, Cameron […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners In this episode, we talk to Di Martin from Mt Denison Station. Di first came to the remote Aboriginal community of Yuendumu in 1984 for what she thought would be a six-month teaching […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners In this episode, we hear the story of Gil Bowman. From as soon as he could walk, Gil was, as he says, always trying to “make a few bob”. With his strong work […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners In this episode, we hear from Tony and Pam Davis who’s journey of land ownership has taken them from Central Australia to Queensland, South Australia, the Top End, and finally back home right […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners In this episode, we chat with Steve and Bec Cadzow from Mt Riddock Station. The Cadzow family ventured into pastoralism more than 60 years ago with the purchase of a cattle station in […]
This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners In this episode, we speak with Col Stanton, a highly respected figure across the outback for his intuitive understanding of diverse landscapes and his unrivaled ability to implement interventions that improve water infiltration […]
*This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners* In this episode, we hear from Gary Prior. Between Gary and his father Bill, the Prior family managed Hamilton Downs Station for 40 years. And as Gary says, moving to the station at […]
*This episode was recorded as part of a Centralian Land Management Association project – which they have kindly shared with our listeners* In this episode, we sit down with David Bird of Indiana Station, a fourth-generation pastoralist continuing his family’s legacy on the land in Central Australia. David shares insights into how the experiences and […]
This episode is part of a mini-series produced for the Gascoyne Catchment’s Group, who have kindly allowed me to share it with you. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did making it. Welcome to Voices of the Gascoyne, the podcast series where we delve into the remarkable stories of the […]
This episode is part of a mini-series produced for the Gascoyne Catchment’s Group, who have kindly allowed me to share it with you. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did making it. Welcome to Voices of the Gascoyne, the podcast series where we delve into the remarkable stories of the […]
