Mick the Cattle Dog - Wandoan, QLD
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Tuena
S 26° 07.330 E 149° 57.482
55J E 795807 N 7107422
A statue of Mick the Cattle Dog who saved his master's life.
Waymark Code: WMTBC6
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 10/28/2016
Views: 7
The plaque beside the statue explains that in 1901 injured stockman, Sid McCorry scratched a message for help into his matchbox, threaded it into his belt, strapped it to Mick's neck & sent him home for help, thus saving his life.
True to form Mick is coloured blue, has a belt around his neck & sits on a well worn mosaic depicting a horse & his master lying prostrate on the ground. Sid McCorry was a stockman for Juandah Station (a large farming property) who fell off his horse & if not for Mick would have died.
Breed: Blue Cattle Dog
Date Built: No idea
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