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We'll Be Back

When the Bracks government announced the ban on High Country grazing in May 2005, a spectacular mounted rally of 500 horses and several thousand supporters was organised within ten days. A core of people at that rally determined that they would carry on the fight until Alpine grazing was restored. They also recognized that a win for the Mountain Cattlemen would be a win for all who were losing access to the bush, losing their rights over their own private land, and were being slandered by greenies and city-centric governments.

This is a short pictorial history of that fight.

June 2005, 500 horsemen and women made a stirring site as they rode up Bourke St to protest the Bracks government Alpine Grazing ban... and below

...several thousand supporters recognised that all bush people are under attack and used the opportunity to advertise their cause