Over 50 years ago multi-award-winning journalist John Francis interviewed ageing Australian Outback characters, before their voices were lost in the red dust.This is very special Outback history. Most of these unique old characters would be aged over 130 if they were still alive today.Nearly all lived largely solitary lives, in the harsh and lonely inland, on the edge of deserts, in a world of searing droughts, and occasional fierce floods. They were prospectors, sheep and cattle men, boundary riders, drovers, railway workers, truck drivers, and isolated women.Australia's aviation history started in the red dust. You'll hear interviews with some of Australia's most famous pioneer airmen, who started flying in the First World War, then used aircraft to make the Outback a little less lonely.In this podcast series John will also interview the descendants of other unique characters, read fascinating tales from Australia's Outback past, and spin tales of his own red dust adventures.WEBSITE: reddusttapes.au
