Greg Bearup

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Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statementIt’s said to be the biggest tractor ever built in this country, “possibly the world” – a title Australians love to claim. She lazes lovingly in a park in the Victorian river town of Red Cliffs, a salute to our pioneering past. Big Lizzie – 45 tonnes and with dreadnought wheels for traction in sandy soils – was the brainchild of engineer and blacksmith Frank Bottrill. Loading...

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Greg BearupMay 30, 2025 – 4.45am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Key Statistics169Rich List 2025 ranking$939 millionNet wealthThe Great Dividing Range runs the length of the continent, 3500 kilometres from Cape York down through NSW and into the bountiful plains of Victoria’s Western District.

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Greg BearupMay 29, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Key Statistics116Rich List 2025 ranking$1.46 billion Net wealth“Work hard and they will respect us,” Henry “Bunny” Allen used to preach to his kids. And nobody had a harder job than him. He toiled away, lathered in sweat and wool fat, as the sun bore down on the tin roof of a shearing shed.

Feb 21, 2025 | afr.com | Greg Bearup

The fishing town of Port Lincoln has a swagger you don’t often find in country towns. It has the feel of a place that’s about to take off, a tourism sector that seems set to blossom. The remote settlement of 15,000, seven hours’ drive from Adelaide, seems destined for growth – that is if it doesn’t run out of water. Matthew Flinders was impressed with its “fine harbour” and pleasant climate when he sailed into Boston Bay in 1802.

Feb 20, 2025 | afr.com | Greg Bearup

Greg BearupFeb 21, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The history of Port Lincoln’s fabled tuna industry runs rich with the tales of men who rose from the ashes of post-war Europe to find their fortunes in the savage waters of the Southern Ocean. The late Sam Sarin arrived from Croatia in the 1950s with nothing.