Sir Sidney Kidman
Sir Sidney Kidman Video
A fantastic look into Australian Legend
I have always been interested in Sir Sidney Kidman and his achievements,
When I came across this video a lot of people may have seen it but it put it all into perspective you will need to put aside 40 minutes to watch it.
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935), pastoralist, was born on 9 May 1857, probably at Athelstone near Adelaide, third son of George Kidman, farmer, and his wife Elizabeth Mary, née Nunn.
In 1886 Kidman bought his first station, Owen Springs on the Hugh River, south-west of Alice Springs.
Long before his thirtieth birthday he had conceived the idea of buying a chain, later two chains, of stations stretching in nearly continuous lines from the well-watered tropical country round the Gulf of Carpentaria, south through western Queensland to Broken Hill, and across the border into South Australia within easy droving distance of Adelaide.
He eventually owned or had a large interest in an enormous area of land variously stated to have covered from 85,000 square miles (220,000 km2) to 107,000 square miles (280,000 km2) covering some 68 separate station stocked with about 176,000 head of cattle and 215,000 head of sheep.
