Centenary of the Brand

1924-2024

We found this document in a drawer after my father's passing in an envelope he had marked "My Fathers Papers." This registration, two branding irons and a set of hand scales for weighing rabbit skins was his material inheritance.
The story of the brand is entwined with the story of our family. Our spoken family history has passed on so much yet so little of this twisting story. This registration captures a moment in time as a reference.
The young man who registered this brand in 1924 was not to live another 5 years. Shot two months before my father’s birth, this left my father and his siblings as orphans in the 1930s as it was not possible for them to remain in their mother's care.
It would be safe to assume that when the 22yo Granville Crawford (my grandfather) registered this brand of G and Spur just months after the birth of his first child, he had dreams of owning mobs of horses and cattle and building a future for his family.
My father, also Granville Crawford, took the brand as a legacy and precious thread to a father he never knew. He passed it onto me.
I am proud to continue that legacy with the brand now registered to my property Galimbang YAVEN CREEK.
Last spring we joined 450 Angus cows wearing this brand and further 180 heifers. 286 females are APR registered with Angus Australia. In 2023 the herd won Champion Commercial Herd Overall in the Adelong Show Commercial Cattle Competition.
If there is such a thing as looking down, I reckon both my fathers before me would be pleased at how that has turned out. It might have even exceeded their dreams.