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Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Bottle, medicine, 1800s
Clear glass medicine bottle. Cylindrical in shape, sheared top.bottle, medicine, chinese, goldfields -
Clunes Museum
Tool - SHEARING HAND PIECE
NARROW COMB VERSION REPLACED HAND SHEARS THAT WERE FIRST USED TO SHEAR SHEEP. THE NARROW COMB WAS LATER SUPERCEEDED BY "WIDE COMB" IN THE LATE 1970'SSUNBEAM EB SPECIAL SHEARING HAND PIECE NARROW COMBshearing hand piece, narrow comb -
National Wool Museum
Table
Shearing table. Metal and wood construction. Complete swivel basin. -
Unions Ballarat
Part of the glory : reminiscences of the Shearers' Strike, Queensland 1891 from the pen of Julian Stuart (1866-1929) (Don Woodward Collection), Stuart, Julian et al, 1867
... shearers ...The strike took place in 1891 when pastoralists wanted to reduce shearers' wages and bring in non-union workers at lower rates. The author, Julian Stuart, was one of the leaders of the shearers' strike and was jailed for three years with hard labour. He subsequently worked for the Labour Electoral League (a predecessor of the Australian Labor Party).Relevant to the history of the union movement and especially the shearers' union in Queensland.Book; 167 pages. Dust jacket: red and black background; red and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: green; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, strikes, pastoralists, shearers, shearers' strike, queensland, labour electoral league, australian labor party, alp, stuart, julian, prison, workers - non-union, workers - union -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAVENSWOOD CROWN LANDS
Colour Photograph, Ravenswood Crown Lands, Shearing shed with yards at left.photograph, building, ravenswood estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAVENSWOOD CROWN LANDS
Colour Photograph, Ravenswood Crown Lands, Part of the Shearing shed on the Estate.photograph, building, ravenswood estate -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Bottle, medicine, 1800s
Set of three medicine bottles - graduated in size. 00200.1 Clear thick glass medicine bottle. Rectangular tapered shape with a sheared top. 00200.2 Next largest clear thick glass medicine bottle. Rectangular tapered shape with a sheared top. 00200.3 Largest clear thick glass medicine bottle. Rectangular tapered shape with a sheared top.bottle, chinese, medicine, goldfields, harrietville -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Ballarat School of Mines Students Shearing, pre 1996
Two Ballarat School of Mines students studying Shearing as part of Rural Studiesshearing, rural studies, ballarat school of mines -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Bottle, medicine, 1800s
Thick pale green glass medicine bottle, rectangular shape with a sheared top.bottle, chinese, medicine, goldfields, harrietville -
National Wool Museum
Document
Used in the NWM Wool brokers office displaylamb shearing 1986 2nd CRT Sept 87wool stores wool sales, grazcos co-operative limited dalgety and company limited dennys strachan mercantile limited watson, mr alex w - watswool pty ltd, wool stores, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Document
Used in the NWM Wool brokers office displaylamb shearing 1986 2nd CRT Sept 87wool stores wool sales, grazcos co-operative limited dalgety and company limited dennys strachan mercantile limited watson, mr alex w - watswool pty ltd, wool stores, wool sales -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Plough
Single farrow plough or spring tooth orchard harrow with wooden handles. It is minus its jointer.GU8 on wheel|33 1/2 on rear shear.rural industry, agriculture -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Shearer's Agreement, c. 1920
Shearer's Agreement, A3 size printed form (both sides of paper), between Leslie Austin, the employer and J. Ryan of Casterton, the shearer. Agreement dated 28 October, 1920 and signed by Austin & Ryan, witnessed by George Foster.rural industry, sheep farming, casterton, shearing, trade -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Brass Bell
Spherical brass bell with a rectangular handle. Half of the sphere has been sheared away.Lower hemisphere is etched with a 'flower petal' design. Upper hemisphere has a 10mm diameter hole behind the handle and an '8' at the side of the handle.bell, brass, buckland valley, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAVENSWOOD CROWN LANDS
Colour Photograph, Ravenswood Crown Lands, an end view of the shearing shed with the yard on right.photograph, building, ravenswood estate -
Benalla Art Gallery
Painting, J. H. SCHELTEMA, Full swing on the board, 1904
Born: The Hague, Netherlands 1861; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1888; Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1941RealismGift of Mr Gordon S. Ross, 1978Interior of shearing shed with figures, shears, animals and wool. Copper coloured gesso frame.Recto: Signed "J. H. Scheltema" in brown oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, interior, shed, shearing, sheep, figures, animals, wool, farm -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Bottle, medicine, 1800s
Group of four medicine bottles. 00203.1 : Clear glass medicine bottle, rectangular tapered shape with a sheared top. 00203.2 : Pale green clear glass medicine bottle, rectangular tapered shape with a sheared top. 00203.3 : Clear glass medicine bottle, rectangular tapered shape with a sheared top. Cracked. 00203.4 : Clear glass medicine bottle, cylindrical shape, lipped top with cork residue in base.00203.4 : Chinese characters on base.bottle, chinese, medicine, goldfields, buckland valley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAVENSWOOD CROWN LANDS
Photograph, Ravenswood Crown Lands ( water reserve ) 3 stone cottages on Crown land near Ravenswood shearing shed. Cottages were used by the shearing teams. One contains a large wood stove and alongside, a bread oven (bricked over)photograph, building, ravenswood estate -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Machine - Shearing machine
Single stand shearing machine on unpainted wooden stand. Painted blue/green with red discfarm machinery, wool, shearing, machine operated -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Quilt, Wheat Bag Wagga, Percy Perkins, 1945
Mr Perkins joined the police force in his early twenties and apart from an 18-month posting in Melbourne, spent the rest of his career serving communities in country Victoria. He was a keen fisherman and hunter- his first love was sitting on the banks of the Murray River with a fishing rod in his hand. Family camping trips were spent by the river where everyone slept on stretchers with several army blankets underneath and a wheat bag wagga on top. This wagga is made from two standard sized jute wheat bags split and hand bound along the seams. It is typical of a basic wagga made by shearers, farmers and swagmen. The paint stains on this wagga display signs of later use as a painting drop sheet by descendants who inherited the quilt. Quilt made of two standard size jute wheat bags (a bushel = 150lbs) split and hand bound along seams. It is an example of the basic type of wagga made by shearers, farmers or swagmen. Another use for the wagga was as a 'drop sheet' when doing house painting- possibly explaining the paint stains on the wagga.quilting history, running stitch group, running stitch collection, highlights of the national wool museum: from waggas to the wool quilt prize - exhibition (22/09/2001 - 02/12/2001), perkins, mr percy, quilting - history -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Interior Scotsburn Union Church, with members of congregation, c 1990
historic buildingColour photograph, Interior Scotsburn Union Church, with members of congregation, Ern Brown, Bert Shearer, Roger Andersonscotsburn, church -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Slide, Stuart Ascough, Sheep Ready for Shearing, 1990s
This slide is part of a collection of visual resources used by Stuart Ascough while conducting training and technical advice at mills in China, India, Russia and Australia. This item is part of a collection of books, manuals, photographs, letters and clothing relating to the working life of Stuart Ascough. Stuart's career in the wool industry spanned over 43 years from 1960 to 2003 in various roles including Topmaking Plant Manager at Courtaulds Ltd. in Spennymore, U.K., Operations Manager at Port Phillip Mills in Williamstown Victoria, Marketing Executive, Early Stage Wool Processing at the International Wool Secretariat Melbourne, Australia and General Manager of Victoria Wool Processors Pty. Ltd. in Laverton North, Victoria. Throughout his career Stuart travelled extensively, and in the 1990s worked at many topmaking mills in China on quality improvement projects. He also provided technical advice and training at mills in India, Ukraine, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Latvia, Byelorussia and other parts of Europe and Asia.35mm colour transparency mounted in plastic slide mount showing sheep in stockyards in the foreground, with shearing sheds in the background.wool, industry, australia, australian wool board international wool secretariat, factory, training, shearing shed, sheep, rural property -
Melbourne Royal
Ephemera - Envelope, Australia Post, 1982
Australia Post souvenir cover (envelope) dated 1982. Over the years, a number of stamps and postal souvenirs have been produced by Australia Post to celebrate the Royal Melbourne Show.Buff coloured envelope with picture of bull, shearer and showjumper on front. Cancelled at Ascot Vale 16 Sep 1982australia post -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Bag hanger
Good example of farm improvisationHoome made unpainted metal bag hanger with shearer plough wheels base. Ring to hold bag stored separatelyfarm machinery, bag hanger, improvisation, hand made, churchill island -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Inside Scotsburn Union Church, back room (vestry), c 1995
historic buildingColour photograph, Inside Scotsburn Union Church, back room (vestry), with Bert Shearer, Shirley Smith & Roger Andersonscotsburn, church -
National Wool Museum
Drawing
One of a set of drawings of the National Wool Museum by David WilliamsPen and ink drawing, on paper, of the shearers kitchen, part of Gallery 1 in the National Wool Museum, Geelong. By David Williams.David Williams '90 SCHUTZMACHER SHOELLESHAMMER 9national wool museum -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Bottle, medicine, 1800s
Thick pale green glass medicine bottle, rectangular shape, sheared top.medicine, bottle, chinese, harrietville, goldfields -
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 -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1978/9
Supposed to have been built by J. D. McHaffie on his property at Ventnor and removed to Innishowen by Mr Harbison when he bought the property at Ventnor from J. D. McHaffie. In 1977 this shed was not on the property.Coloured photograph of wooden Shearing Shed. Roof of wooden shingles. Three children in foreground. The two girls are Graeme Gliddon's children. Boy unknown.local history, photographs, buildings - historical, coloured photograph, john cook, innishowen, ventnor, phillip island -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Sculpture - Bas-relief, Untitled (Early Pastoral Industries), n.d
Commissioned by State Bank to produce 5 copper bas-reliefs for 73 Percy Street, Portland. Spoke with Miss Betty Vivian (Member of the Portland Historical Society) re Portland's history. Commonwealth Bank stored objects in Melbourne (c.1991). Negotiations between Portland Historical Society and Commonwealth Bank of Australia led to gift of works to People of Portland. Stored at Council depot c.1998, retrieved for Maritime Discovery Centre display.Copper bas-relief depicting a man bent over to shear a sheep. His shirt sleeves are rolled up and he is bent toward the viewer.sculpture, industry, rural, copper, bas-relief, shearing, sheep, shearer