Outlook: Bullocky 

The man in this video is my great uncle. He thought he would be running his bullocks till he died but at the age of 62 had a major car accident & broke both his hips & legs badly & could no longer go into the bush. It was devastating for him & also for us as a family as we had had 4 generations in the bush & he was one of the last 'working' bullock teams in Australia. There are still bullock teams around that show up at ag shows etc, but no more working teams. An interesting sideline is that the voice you hear speaking is not uncle Vic's. His bush accent was thought to be too difficult for people to understand so they dubbed him. The only time you hear his actual voice is when he's revving up the bullocks. His brothers worked in the bush with him & hard work was obviously never hurt them because they all died in their late 80's & uncle Vic went in his 90's

Wow. I've just stumbled across this video because I typed in 'timber getting in Wyee'. Vic Deaves was actually my great grandfathers nephew. My great grandfather being Angus Deaves. This is a fantastic video and can't believe it's taken me so long to find it as I am very big in finding out about my family history.

The old Australia, the good Australia. Those times are long gone now.

I enjoyed watching this piece of timeless Australian history.

@FILMAUSTRALIA bulldozers replaced them and trucks . slim dusty sings about the bullocks and green hide whips , i love this old history , please post some of the old snowy mt project with the mighty t20 international bulldozers . my family settled and carved out the Hunter valley in 1860s.

Strewth, that was beaut. I'll show my sisters' children as our great-grandpa was a bullocky around Molong before the Great War. He made his own bull-whips too. Thanks for the wonderful, nostalgic films. I think, however, the film was made in 64, or so the credits run ...LXIV, besides the bushie talks about pounds, which makes it pre-1966.

@Seattlecarnut A bit of Aussie lingo to test your language skills I guess.

Hard men from a different time. Hard work for both man and beast. Great little video enjoyed it ,thanks

Fabulous look back and excellent copy (restoration?). A way of Australian life to remind you we are Australian.

Spect àh'll be here til ahm done. What a Statement.Australia wàke up.

... and then men got lazy so they invented clear felling.

@frpetermark Glad you liked it. This fellow was based around the Watagan Mountains in the Hunter Valley. Definitely made in 1969 though. Credits say LXIX.

@Seattlecarnut A Bullocky is the guy who controls the bullocks or bullock team. Now a long forgotten art.

@frpetermark Hard times and hard people for sure.

@FILMAUSTRALIA Stone the crows, you're right, my mistake, as I've checked - this time wearing my goggles - which helps. Feel like a right drongo considering I know Latin. Rugged country the Upper Hunter. Imagine trekking over it with several drays in the late 1860s as my maternal g-g-g-grandparents did, along with 3 other related families, from Wollombi to Bundarra in New England, with over a dozen children under 5 in tow, plus livestock, It took over 15 months!

What a fantastic look at our Australia history... I wish there were more of it.. 👍👍

Very interesting! Thank you

@FILMAUSTRALIA Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. I'm wondering whether you have any footage of the Australian Light Horse, as two renowned distant cousins served therein; Lt.Col.C.V.Single DSO OBE and Gen.Sir J.M.Bourchier DSO KBE. And any film of England vs Australia test cricket matches from 1912/13 when Dr.Single wore the baggy green & the famous Victor Trumper was then captain. I do very much appreciate you posting these marvellous old movies. Glimpses into a bygone age.

Love these, from Auckland NZ

Wonderful footage love watching this during the lockdown

That is gold. Thanks for sharing

I can remember seeing a bullocky and his team in 1969 as a 12 year old. Im glad I got to see it.

Gosh that is so reminiscent of when we worked oxen almost four decades ago. My brother had a yoke of 1100 pound jersey bulls that we raised as calves and they were gentle as kittens. He traded them for 1300 pound Holstein 3 year olds. They were a nasty yoke and would go after people with those horns. So, yeah you can't assume anything even if they're in a yoke. Both were trained as logging workers like those and we never ploughed or hayed with them.

Be animal cruelty nowdays,and imagine what some upstart Worksafe inspector would think of the bush falling!The days of the lean taciturn Aussie Digger are long gone!

the year i was born , what great year 69

Now I know how "speaking in tongues" started. Fabulous stuff.

The logs are pretty small. I thought they would still have had bigger logs in 1969??

Looks like he really cares for the animals. Nudge nudge wink wink. Not really sure of the language or the IQ.