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John Stazzonelli (former) The Pilbara Wanderer Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979) was a kelpie / cattle dog cross that was well known for his travels through Western Australia 's vast Pilbara region.
May 25, 2014 · John Stazzonelli, it seems, was a bit of a legend in his own right. At Point Sampson we parked Isabel in the driveway of John and Debbie Potten, identities in the Pilbara since the early 1970s. They reminisced about the legend over a beer.
A bus driver for the Hamersley Iron Co. named John Stazzonelli became his new owner during 1972. His bus travelled from Karratha to Dampier and back again. John drove the miners and other workers to and from work, a distance total of 4o kilometres and for at least three years Red was his constant companion on the bus, until John was killed in a motorbike accident during July 1975.
Sep 24, 2017 · How “Tally Ho” came to be owned by a Hamersley Iron bus driver, John Stazzonelli, is unknown to us, but Stazzonelli took the dog along on bus trips which is how the dog became so well known by locals. When Stazzonelli died in 1975, the Kelpie now known as “Red Dog” spent a lot of time traveling on his own.
Second owner "John Stazzonelli". 1970s. Western Australia. His second owner was John Stazzonelli, a bus driver with Hamersley Iron, who took the dog with him in his bus. With John, Red Dog travelled as far as Perth, Broome, Roebourne, Point Samson and Port Hedland. His second owner was John Stazzonelli, a bus driver with Hamersley Iron, who ...
John Stazzonelli was a West Australian, who joined Hamersley Iron in 1972 and became Blue’s unofficial owner. When John drove the company bus, Blue always sat behind him. John died July 23rd 1975, aged 27 and is buried in Northampton, WA near his Mother and Father, Winifred and Albondio.
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A WA man named John Stazzonelli was Red Dog’s next and last true master and after Stazzonelli's tragic death, Red Dog took to wandering the Pilbara. Red Dog’s many friends looked after him during this time, including the Karratha vet, Dr Rick Fenny. With a bank account and fully paid-up memberships in the Dampier Sports and Social Club ...
