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Port Augusta 1869 The Teamsters

from Land of the vast horizon by Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotters Bequest

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The expansion into the outback of South Australia had begun. At the tip of Spencers Gulf, the town of Port Augusta flourished allowing teams of horses to cart equipment and supplies over rough bush tracks as people pushed further north and west. In 1865 my maternal great grandfather John Henry Cahill arrived in South Australia aboard the "Hougoumont" a young single man aged 17. After working at Riverton as a labourer, he based himself at Port Augusta as a teamster carrying supplies to the various properties that were developing in the area. He was later to live nearby in the stunning Flinders Ranges.

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As vast as an ocean
as far as I can see
blue mountains frame
a blood red plain
‘neath an azure sky.

Ravines dipped in honey
scent of morning dew
gorges of shale
and snake like trails
takes your breath away.

Like cards on a table
we’re dealt the hands we choose
but blue mountain range
and blood red plain
is enough for me.

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from Land of the vast horizon, released February 1, 2006
Music and words written by Gavin O’Loghlen.

Gavin O'Loghlen : Acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars, electric guitars, drums, bass, percussion, Hammond, keyboards, highland pipes A, smallpipes D, Dudley 1880 accordeon, vocals
Jim Petkoff : Lead guitar
Jack Brennan : Uilleann pipes D
Stephanie Graeber : Violin
Harry Theodoros : Accordion

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Cotters Bequest is a seven piece progressive Celtic band playing 28 instruments including Highland, Uilleann, Northumbrian and Scottish smallpipes, Irish whistles, violin, cello and accordion wrapped in layers of acoustic and electric guitars, vintage keyboards and rich vocal harmonies.

In the style of "a Celtic King Crimson..a Pink Floyd with bagpipes.. with a sprinkling of Peter Gabriel." ... more

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