THE SHOWMEN The advent of showmanship, in the form of whipcracking, played a major part in producing the Golden Age … More
Practise Creative Plaiting
I will be teaching a 6 week creative plaiting course at Byron College in Mullumbimby starting May 19: Creative Plaiting at…
History & Origins: The Golden Age of the Australian Stockwhip
THE MASTER CRAFTSMEN With the increased wealth of cattlemen in rural Australia during the latter part of the 19th century, we…
Show Was a Cracker for Whip Man
This weekend I had a whip display at the Bangalow Show so thank you to Digby Hildreth who wrote an…
Kangaroo Hide Discovery
Developing into what seemed to the Australian stockmen to be a pest, kangaroos were present in large numbers as more…
Fall Fastening
This article was originally printed in The Australian Plaiters and Whipmakers Association Journal Number 16. August 1989 As a point…
Early Australian Whips
The early Australian whips were two piece whips, made in rural areas by stockmen or whipmakers. They used vegetable tanned…
Search for the Best Whips in Australia
Tony Angel of Gunnedah is in search of old stock whips, broken and all. At age 10, Tony used to…
Preparation of a Stockwhip Handle
METHODS BY TONY ANGEL
TONY NUGENT WHIPS 