Shears, Sheds and Strikes: Australian Sheep Shearing in the Golden Days of Wool 1860-1890 by James Donaldson
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Shears, Sheds and Strikes: Australian Sheep Shearing in the Golden Days of Wool 1860-1890 by James Donaldson

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SKU TBM9780975696613
AU$65.00
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780975696613
Author: James Donaldson
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Self-published
Place: Hawthorn VIC
Year: 2007
Format: Paperback
Pages: 323 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Protective plastic covering. Partial date due slip on inside page. Minor wear to page foredges.

This is a book about sheep shearing in the golden age of wool in the years 1860-1890. It covers the tradition and craft of the blade shearer and the introduction of the sheep shearing machines from the earliest patent in 1868 to the successful introduction of the Wolseley machine into woolsheds in 1888.

It includes background materials in sheep stations, woolsheds, wool washing, inventions and the conditions in woolsheds and the rise of the unions in 1886. (Trove)

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