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National Wool Museum
Tool - Grinder, 1960-69
Cooper S.E. Ball Bearing Grinder made and guaranteed by Sunbeam Corporation Limited. Grinders like this example have been made the same since the early 1900s, with this grinder thought to have been produced in the 1960s. It is belt driven, with the other end of the belt being attached to an engine; the same engine that would have powered the overhead shearing equipment in shearing sheds. It was common for shearing teams to bring their own equipment, especially pre-1960 as most shearing sheds were not connected to power, and shearers preferred to work with their own equipment. The engines that powered the shears and grinder were typically fuelled with kerosene or petrol. The large circular disks are attached to the bolt that protrudes from the grinder and fastened tightly with a nut. An example of seeing a similar grinder in action can be found on the following link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7eimI_Gm9o. Inventor Frederick Wolseley made the world's first commercially successful power-shearing system in Australia in 1888. US company Cooper, which had been founded in 1843 as a maker of sheep dip, began selling Wolseley equipment in the USA in 1895. The Chicago Flexible Shaft Company successfully entered the power-shearing market a few years later and entered a joint venture with Cooper. It set up a branch in Sydney and sold shearing sets, and engines to power them, into the Australian market. In 1921 the US parent company, realising it needed to make products whose sales were not as seasonal as those of shearing equipment, made its first household appliances and branded them Sunbeam. In 1933, changes in exchange rates and taxes led the company to manufacture engines and shearing equipment in Australia via subsidiary Cooper Engineering, which changed its name to Sunbeam in 1946. Although most Australians know of this company as a major manufacturer of household appliances, its rural division flourished and retained the Sunbeam name for shearing equipment even after it was taken over by New Zealand company Tru-Test in 2001. The grinder is formed from a central arch shaped block of green painted metal. Much of this paint has been lost to age, leaving the grinder in a ‘farm used’ condition with much surface oxidation present. On the front of the arch is a specification plate, reading “Cooper S.E. ball bearing grinder. Made and guaranteed by Sunbeam”. At the foot of the arch, three bolt holes are found for securing the grinder to the base of a solid wooden surface. Two of the bolt holes are found on the front of the grinder, with another found on the rear. From the central arch, a bolt protrudes to the right of the grinder. This large bolt is for securing a grinding plate to the grinder. Above the central arch is a pendulum which holds the comb / cutter that is being sharpened. From the pendulum, a large arm extends down (not pictured) to meet and strike the plate spinning at a rapid speed. On the left-hand side of the central arch of the grinder, a wheel is found which a belt is attached to for power. This belt is then attached to a separate engine, spinning the wheel and hence powering the grinder. The wheel is partially covered with a section of protective bent tube, designed to provide protection from the rapidly spinning wheel. Below this wheel is the belt shifter. It is designed to move the protective bent tube from one side of the grinder to the other, to accommodate the grinder in the setup of different shearing sheds. The two separate grinding plates are identical. They have a slight slope for sharpening the comb and cutters in the correct method, with a slight bias towards the base, or “tooth”, of the equipment. The disks have a large central bolt for attaching to the grinder. They have tags on the horizontal axis of the grinding plates, for securing the plates in transportation, and to help with initial alignment when setting up the grinder. The reverse of these grinding plates has the same green painted metal finish found on the grinder. This paint is also in a ‘farm used’ condition, with surface oxidation present. The grinder would be provided from the factory with a comb holder, shifter for securing the grinding plates, emery cloth and emery glue. The emery cloth is what does the actual grinding and is applied to the grinding disks, replacing once well worn. These items can be seen in the final images in the multimedia section, showcasing advertising for this grinder. Plate. Inscribed. “Cooper / S.E. BALL BEARING GRINDER / MADE AND GUARANTEED BY / Sunbeam / CORPORATION LIMITED / SYDNEY MELBOURNE / ADELAIDE BRISBANE ”sheep shearing, shearing equipment, sunbeam, grinder -
National Wool Museum
Poster, Notice, 1914
This set of two posters were displayed in the sale rooms for wool, skin, hides, and tallow at the Wool Exchange in Melbourne, on the corner of King and Little Collins Street. The posters were found in the storeroom under the white sale room in the late 1970s, when the Melbourne Woolbrokers Association moved around the corner to 530 Little Collins Street. The first poster is dated 21st of September 1914. It predates the second poster which replaced it on the 4th of December 1914. The posters detail that the Auctioneer will accept any bid from German or Austrian buyers on the condition that the buyer is not acting on behalf of any country which is at war with Great Britain. The Auctioneer also reserves the right to cancel any purchases found to be in violation of this condition. Presumably, the posters were in use until 1916, when Australia's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes, negotiated the sale of Australia's entire wool clip to the British Government for the remainder of The Great War. The British government agreed to buy Australia’s entire wool production in 1916 at 55% above market price. In the end, £160,000,000 British pounds was paid by the UK Government to Australia for the nation’s entire wool clip between 1916‑1920. This would be equivalent to £7,619,760,000 in 2022 money when accounting for inflation, or $13,239,000,000 AUD.Two posters on yellowed card. The first poster is printed in black text with a title of “NOTICE”. The second poster is printed in red text with the same title, “NOTICE”. Both posters have 4 body paragraphs of text, detailing restraints put on potential wool buyers because of war with Germany in the Great War. Both Posters are finished with a date in the bottom left corner.the great war, world war one, melbourne wool exchange, melbourne wool brokers association, wool sales, 1910s -
National Wool Museum
Book, A survey of private treaty trading in Australia
... Dickson, Australian Wool Corporation, 1975 Wool Sales Wool ..."A survey of private treaty trading in Australia", Jenny Dickson, Australian Wool Corporation, 1975wool sales wool brokering wool marketing, australian wool corporation private treaty wool merchants association of australia, wool sales, wool brokering, wool marketing -
National Wool Museum
Book, Report by the wool marketing committeee to the Australian Wool Board, vol. 2, Oct 1967
... - Auction System Australian Wool Board Wool Sales Wool Marketing ..."Report by the wool marketing committee to the Australian Wool Board, vol. 2, Oct 1967", Appendix to report by the Australian Wool Board presented to the Australian Wool Industry Conference Melbourne, 1967wool sales wool marketing wool brokering wool sales - floor price scheme wool sales - price averaging plan wool sales - private treaty wool sales - auction system, australian wool board, wool sales, wool marketing, wool brokering, wool sales - floor price scheme, wool sales - price averaging plan, wool sales - private treaty, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Book, Report and recommendations on wool marketing, vol. 3, 1967
"Report and recommendations on wool marketing, vol 3, 1967" Appendices to report by the Australian Wool Board presented to the Ausralian Wool Industry Conference, Oct, 1967.wool sales woolclassing wool brokering wool processing wool bale descriptions, australian wool board, wool clip preparation, wool sales, woolclassing, wool brokering, wool processing, wool bale descriptions -
National Wool Museum
Book, The role of the Australian woolbuying broker
... Ward, Australian Wool Board, 1967 Wool Brokering Wool Sales ..."The role of the Australian woolbuying broker: - Lionel E Ward, Australian Wool Board, 1967wool brokering wool sales, australian wool board, wool brokering, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Book, Sale by description: a progress report on implementation
... "- Advisory Committee on Objective Measurement, Australian Wool ..."Sale by description: a progress report on implementation"- Advisory Committee on Objective Measurement, Australian Wool Corporation, 1986wool sales wool brokering wool marketing woolclassing - objective measurement wool - measurement wool sales - sale by description, australian wool corporation - advisory committee on objective measurement, wool sales, wool brokering, wool marketing, woolclassing - objective measurement, wool - measurement, wool sales - sale by description -
National Wool Museum
Book, Minspec Part 2: cost benefit analysis and broad implementation programme
"Minspec Part 2: cost benefit analysis and broad implementation programme" - Fibre Specification Dept, Australian Wool Corporation, 1978.wool - measurement woolclassing - objective measurement wool sales wool marketing trade - international, australian wool corporation, wool - measurement, woolclassing - objective measurement, wool sales, wool marketing, trade - international -
National Wool Museum
Book, Australian wool board: report to woolgrowers, 1963
"Report to woolgrowers,"- Sir William Gunn et al, Australian Wool Board, 1963. Three separate reports.wool marketing wool sales export - wool trade - international, australian wool board international wool secretariat australian wool industry conference, wool marketing, wool sales, export - wool, trade - international -
National Wool Museum
Book, Sale by description: a progress report on implementation 1987
... , Australian Wool Corporation, Wool Sales - Sale by Description Wool ..."Sale by description: a progress report on implementation 1987" Advisory committee on objective measurement, Australian Wool Corporation,wool sales - sale by description wool - measurement wool brokering woolclassing - objective measurement wool sales - reserve price plan, wool sales - sale by description, wool - measurement, wool brokering, woolclassing - objective measurement, wool sales - reserve price plan -
National Wool Museum
Book, The superfine wool and stud industries
"The superfine wool and stud industries" - Campbell Curtis, Economics Dept., Australian Wool Corporation, 1977wool - superfine wool - research wool sales sheep breeding saxon sheep, wool - superfine, wool - research, wool sales, sheep breeding, saxon sheep -
National Wool Museum
Book, Costs of staple length testing and economic implications of additional measurement
"Costs of staple length testing and economic implications of additional measurement" M Spinks and B Richardson, Economics Dept, Australian Wool Corporation, 1980wool - measurement woolclassing - objective measurement wool - testing wool sales, wool - measurement, woolclassing - objective measurement, wool - testing, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Map
... and the western part of South Australia. Wool Brokering Wool Sales Wool ...Map of Victoria, with shaded areas designating the WSS Wool Areas for Victoria, southern New South Wales and the western part of South Australia.wool brokering wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Pamphlet, Step-by-step objective clip preparation
... "Step-by-step objective clip preparation' - Australian Wool ..."Step-by-step objective clip preparation' - Australian Wool Corporation. Amongst items collected in Australian Wool Corporation folder (W6052).woolclassing - objective measurement wool marketing wool - measurement wool sales sheep stations - management, australian wool corporation, woolclassing - objective measurement, wool marketing, wool - measurement, wool sales, sheep stations - management -
National Wool Museum
Booklet
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National Wool Museum
Book, Bareme for arriving at floor prices in Australian currency: greasy wool season 1949-1950
Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Wool Realization Commission: "Bareme for arriving at floor prices in Australian currency: greasy wool season 1949-1950"wool sales wool brokering, c. of a. - australian wool realization commission, wool sales, wool brokering -
National Wool Museum
Book, Commonwealth Wool Inquiry Committee, 1932. The Australian wool industry: report
"The Australian wool industry: report by the Commonwealth Wool Inquiry Committee, 1932."wool marketing wool sales export - wool wool - transportation wool brokering, commonwealth wool inquiry committee, wool marketing, wool sales, export - wool, wool - transportation, wool brokering -
National Wool Museum
Book, Notes on the Australian Wool Board's recommendations for an auction reserve price scheme. 1st October 1964
... -and-the-bellarine-peninsula Book Notes on the Australian Wool Board's ..."Notes on the Australian Wool Board's recommendations for an auction reserve price scheme. 1st October 1964"- S Ick-Hewins, Graziers' Association of N S WBy S Ick-Hewins, Graziers' Association of NSWwool sales - reserve price plan wool sales wool marketing, australian wool board graziers' association of nsw, wool sales - reserve price plan, wool sales, wool marketing -
National Wool Museum
Book, Arguments supporting Australian endeavour to secure reduction in U.S. tariff on raw wool and wool products
"Arguements supporting Australian endeavour to secure reduction in U.S. tariff on raw wool and wool products" - Wool division, Department of Primary Industry, Canberra, Jan 1976.export - wool trade - international wool sales, export - wool, trade - international, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Report, The Minspec Report : summary and recommendations
"The Minspec Report : summary and recommendations"- Australian Wool Corporation, Marketing Division, Fibre Specification Department, 25 March 1977.woolclassing - objective measurement wool - measurement wool sales export - wool wool marketing, australian wool corporation, woolclassing - objective measurement, wool - measurement, wool sales, export - wool, wool marketing -
National Wool Museum
Folder, Rules of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, June 1929
... societies Wool Growing Wool Sales Wool Marketing Australian ..."Rules of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, June 1929". Confirmed at the 42nd Convention of the Graziers' Federal Council of Australia, Melbourne, June 1929.agricultural societies wool growing wool sales wool marketing, australian woolgrowers' council graziers' federal council of australia, agricultural societies, wool growing, wool sales, wool marketing -
National Wool Museum
Book, An integrated marketing system for the Australian wool clip, 1972 - draft submission
... , March 1972 . Wool Marketing Wool Sales Australian Wool Board ..."An integrated marketing system for the Australian wool clip" - draft submission to the Commonwealth Government from the Australian Wool Industry Conference, March 1972 .wool marketing wool sales, australian wool board australian wool commission, wool marketing, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Book, Notes on the Australian Wool Board's recommendations for an auction reserve price scheme, 1964
'Notes on the Australian Wool Board's recommendations for an auction reserve price scheme, 1964", [Executive Committee of the New South Wales Grazier's Association], insert [Council of the United Farmers and Woolgrowers].wool sales - reserve price plan wool marketing trade - international, australian wool board graziers' association of nsw council of the united farmers and woolgrowers, wool sales - reserve price plan, wool marketing, trade - international -
National Wool Museum
Book, Wool marketing in Australia
... Marketing Wool Sales Wool Brokering Australian Wool Board Wool ..."Wool marketing in Australia"- Charles J King, Department of Agriculture, 1963wool marketing wool sales wool brokering, australian wool board, wool marketing, wool sales, wool brokering -
National Wool Museum
Book, Australian Wool Board: report to woolgrowers, 1963
... -and-the-bellarine-peninsula Book Australian Wool Board: report ..."Australian Wool Board: report to woolgrowers, 1963" - Sir William Gunn, chairman.wool marketing wool sales wool - research, australian wool board international wool secretariat, wool marketing, wool sales, wool - research -
National Wool Museum
Book, The Australian pastoral houses: an industry study
"The Australian pastoral houses: an industry study"- R J Edgar, 1971wool brokering wool - transportation wool sales, dalgety and company limited elder smith goldsbrough mort limited, wool brokering, wool - transportation, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Book, Costs of staple length testing and economic implications of additional measurement
... - measurement Wool Sales Wool Marketing Australian Wool Corporation Wool ..."Costs of staple length testing and economic implications of additional measurement" - Murray Spinks and Bob Richardson, Australian Wool Corporation, 1980.wool - measurement wool sales wool marketing, australian wool corporation, wool - measurement, wool sales, wool marketing -
National Wool Museum
Book, Report to the Australian Wool Board: A proposal for handling the Australian wool clip under an acquisition plan
... William Gunn. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Marketing Australian ..."A proposal for handling the Australian wool clip under an acquisition plan." Report to the Australian Wool Board: - J S Smith, committee chairman. Includes a covering letter from J S Smith to Sir William Gunn.wool sales wool brokering wool marketing, australian wool board, wool sales, wool brokering, wool marketing -
National Wool Museum
Book, Report on objective measurement: technical mission to Eastern Europe
"Report on objective measurement: technical mission to Eastern Europe"- Australian Wool Corporation Research and Development Department, 1975.textile industry wool - measurement wool marketing wool sales trade - international export - wool woolclassing - objective measurement, carding, scouring, combing, spinning, wool clip preparation, textile industry, wool - measurement, wool marketing, wool sales, trade - international, export - wool, woolclassing - objective measurement -
National Wool Museum
Book, Sale with additional measurements pilot trial: explanatory notes
... , Jan 1980. Wool - measurement Wool Sales Australian Wool ..."Sale with additional measurements pilot trial: explanatory notes." Australian Wool Corporation, Jan 1980.wool - measurement wool sales, australian wool corporation, wool - measurement, wool sales