Kidman was certainly a man with a vision.

It's said his object was to own stations all over Australia so that, in times of drought he could move his stock around the country without ever leaving his own properties, he came very close owning properties in all mainland states other than Victoria.

Drought was a constant problem in Australia way back then, some part of the country was always in desperate need of rain, Sidney Kidman recognised this and took steps to deal with the problem.

The book written by Jill Bowen (Kidman The Forgotten King) is a great read.

This map gives some idea of his holdings, very difficult to read the script, gives a pretty good idea.

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Kidman was certainly a man with a vision.

It's said his object was to own stations all over Australia so that, in times of drought he could move his stock around the country without ever leaving his own properties, he came very close owning properties in all mainland states other than Victoria.

Drought was a constant problem in Australia way back then, some part of the country was always in desperate need of rain, Sidney Kidman recognised this and took steps to deal with the problem.

The book written by Jill Bowen (Kidman The Forgotten King) is a great read.

This map gives some idea of his holdings, very difficult to read the script, gives a pretty good idea.

-- Edited by Santa on Saturday 19th of October 2019 05:55:53 PM

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 Hi Santa.

I read Miss Bowen book not long back, a lot of years after I read Ian Indriess book about the great man Sidney Kidman. Ian book was written at the time the man was still alive telling a story about Sid, Miss Bowen book is wrote a few years back after doing said "reseach". I liked Ian's version better as it was more personal wrote about 1938, Sid died in 1935 but Idriess had met the man in his travels having sat around a camp fire or 2. A good read either way.