The Drover's Boy

"The Drover's Boy" is a song by Ted Egan, copyright 1993 by Ted Egan Enterprises.

Songs on the album (all composed by Ted Egan):

Song TitlePerformer(s)
1. The Drover's Boy Ted Egan
2. A Bunch of Damned Whores Nerys Evans, Margret Roadknight, Geraldine Doyle, Margot Moir
3. Mary Broad Nerys Evans
4. God's Police Ted Egan
5. Truganini Nerys Evans
6. Kitty Buchanan Nerys Evans
7. Alyandabu Ted Egan
8. A Song for Grace Nerys Evans
9. Bush Woman Ted Egan
10. The Shearer's Wife Nerys Evans
11. She's Australian Ted Egan
12. The Rouseabout Nerys Evans
13. Granny Ted Egan
14. Survivors Ted Egan

Book

Ted wrote a book based on the story of the song; The Drover's Boy (2000) ISBN 0-85091-840-5

The jacket description reads:

"Based on a song of the same name and set in the 1920's, The Drover's Boy recalls the time when it was illegal for Caucasians and Aborigines to marry, and the death of an Aborigine went unnoticed by the white community. This popular and moving Australian folk song comes from a true story about a Caucasian drover (the Australian name for a cowboy or sheep herder) who is forced to pass off his Aboriginal wife as his "drover's boy". Ted Egan wrote this song as a tribute to the Aboriginal stockwomen, in the hope that one day their enormous contribution to the Australian pastoral industry might be recognized and honored. Ages 11+."

Compilations and cover versions

Bibliography

The Drover's Boy has been collected in:

and inspired a series of paintings:

and a stage production:

Movie

Ted saw a potential movie in the story of The Drover's Boy and commissioned Cinevest Limited to find potential backers. A prospectus was issued in 1995[2] The funds raised by Cinevest and Ted Egan personally, after pre-production costs were sufficient to capture extensive footage of outback cattle movements on high quality film, but insufficient to guarantee completion of the full-length movie, so the project was abandoned.

References

  1. "Country Music of Australia Awards - 1990s". Country Music Australia, Tamworth NSW 2340. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. Cinevest Limited (1995), Ted Egan's the drover's boy : an Australian feature film. Prospectus, Cinevest Limited], retrieved 21 January 2015

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