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A final farewell for a man credited with laying the foundations of the Northern Territory's cattle industry. Tom Stockwell – Pastoralist: He was and will forever remain a hero of our cattle community, the NT, and beyond, he truly deserves his exalted status amongst the legends and leaders of the North Hundreds gathering at the Darwin convention centre to pay their respects Damien Bowen – Brother: We have read and heard many seen many tributes to Luke, recalling his courage, determination and humour, and his ability to relate to people and provide leadership when it was needed. that is how our family remembers him as an infant, a small boy, a teenager, and as he grew to a young man His son describing a loving father who showed respect for people from all walks of life Jourdan Bowen – Son: There is so much I wish I could tell him. I love you, thank you, and I am proud of you. A man of integrity, a man I revered. Following the 2011 live cattle export ban, Mr Bowen was the public face of the Northern Australian Cattle Industry, tasked with rallying producers left without a livelihood, and rebuilding public trust in the sector, winning hearts and minds across the country. Tom Stockwell – Pastoralist: Not only did he leap onto the saddle of the night horse, to get back in the lead and get around that madly rushing mob of the press, and the public of Australia, get them back into a tractable mob that they were listening and thinking straight With the last words from the man himself. Luke Bowen - Former cattle industry leader: Look forward to catching up with everyone when we get home, we got plenty of work to do in 2022, so for now anyway, over and out

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00:00A final farewell for a man credited with laying the foundations of the Northern Territory's
00:08cattle industry.
00:09He was, and will forever remain, a hero of our cattle community, the NT and beyond.
00:17He truly deserves his exalted status amongst the legends and leaders of the North.
00:23Hundreds gathering at the Darwin Convention Centre to pay their respects.
00:27We have read and heard and seen many tributes to Luke, recalling his qualities of courage,
00:31determination and humour and his ability to relate to people and provide leadership when
00:36it was needed.
00:39That is how our family remembers him as an infant, a small boy, a teenager and as he
00:44grew to a young man.
00:46His son describing a loving father who showed respect for people from all walks of life.
00:51There is so much I wish I could tell him.
00:53I love you, thank you and I am proud of you, a man of integrity, a man I revered.
01:00Following the 2011 live cattle export ban, Mr Bowen was the public face of the Northern
01:05Australian cattle industry, tasked with rallying producers left without a livelihood and rebuilding
01:11public trust in the sector, winning hearts and minds across the country.
01:16Not only did he leap onto the saddle of the night horse to get back in the lead and get
01:21around that madly rushing mob of the press and the public of Australia, get them back
01:28into a tractable mob that they were listening and thinking straight.
01:31With the last words from the man himself.
01:33Look forward to catching up with everybody when you get home, we've got plenty of work
01:36to do in 2022, so for now anyway, over and out.
01:41Remembering a true gentleman of Australian agriculture.

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