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G'day ,
There was an episode on Australian Story this week about Chris Henggeler and his battle to save the donkeys that are helping regenerate the land on his Kimberley property 'Kachana' (an African word meaning 'far away'). The name is fitting as it's 120km south-west of Kununurra, WA. It's only accessible by air, there's never been a road in the 30 years Chris has been there.
The story explores Chris's holistic approach to managing the land using donkeys. In contrast, the government has issued him with a 'kill order' to eradicate the donkeys... VIEW EPISODE
Donkey's have played an integral role in Australian history - Remembrance Day is on Monday and in this edition we remember the 'Man with the Donkey'...
John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a twenty-two-year-old English-born trade union activist, defied expectations to become a national hero. Deserting the merchant navy in 1910, he roamed Australia before enlisting in the AIF. He was a stretcher-bearer in the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance. He came ashore during the Anzac landing of 25 April 1915 and was killed less than 3 weeks later.
The photograph above shows him leading a donkey carrying a wounded soldier through Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, during the First World War. Simpson has become an iconic figure of the Gallipoli campaign, and is perhaps the best known Anzac.
The donkey used by Simpson was landed on the first day of the Gallipoli campaign, one of a number brought ashore to carry water. Simpson later used a second donkey. It is believed that Simpson called the donkey in this photograph ‘Duffy’ – although other records indicate that either this or the other donkey was known as ‘Abdul’ or ‘Murphy’.
A statue of Simpson and his donkey sits near the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
We Will Remember Them.
Hooroo for now,
Simon
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