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Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Shears
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.shears, shearing -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Shears
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.shears, shearing -
National Wool Museum
Shearing Handpiece
... shearing ...Moffat Virtue No 9 shearing handpiece with GRAZCOS label. Handpiece has duck feet yokes and grit proof nut equivilent to Lister design. Missing rear leather retaining ring. C.1892, used up until the 1950's.from/GRAZCOS/ CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED/ 90 WILLIAM STREET MELBOURNE Moffat Virtue No 11shearing, grazcos co-operative limited -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Sculpture - Bas-relief, Untitled (Early Pastoral Industries), n.d
... shearing ...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 -
Clunes Museum
Equipment - SHEARING HAND PIECES
... SHEARING ....1 Hand piece complete with one comb cutter and leather covered hand piece grip. (thin top comb missing from bracket). Also has rubber guard tied on with leather thong. .2 One shearing hand piece without comb cutter metal. shearing, sheep, mechanical -
National Wool Museum
Article, High Tallies and the Men Who Made Them
... Shearing ...History of high tallies made by well known shearers, written by Geoff Wilson, Australian Wool Board."High Tallies and the Men Who Made Them"shearing, australian wool board, wilson, mr geoff -
National Wool Museum
Shearing Handpiece
... shearing ...Shearing handpiece. Sold in the US by Stewart Machines Chicago, Flexible Shaft Co. Sold by Cooper in Australia, model is air cooled and has no numbers or identifiable marks on handpiece. Manufactured between 1912 and 1924.shearing, sheep stations management, sheep stations - management -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, BCOF, 66BN, C.1945 - 47
Clarence Henry Shearing No NX206837 enlisted on 27.4.1945 age 18 years. Serves initially in several Training Battalions. Embark for Japan 29.3.1946 as part of BCOF, disembark 13.4.1946, posted to Provo Corps 14.4.1946, transfer to 66th BN 2.9.1946, attached to RAE in March 1947, discharged from the Army with the rank of Pte on 20.10.1947.Photographs B & W of various sizes centred around a soldier Harry Shearing. Some are taken in Australia pre embarcation to Japan and in Japan. The photos relate to individuals and group photos, parades, in the Mess & on leave.All photos have some sort of inscription on the rear in pen or pencil written at various times.photographs, bcof, 66th bn -
National Wool Museum
Poster, Sunbeam Super Shearer
... Shearing ...Advertising poster produced by the "Sunbeam" company. "Sunbeam Super Shearer"shearing machinery shearing, sunbeam corporation limited, galloway, mr ken, shearing machinery, shearing -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of sheep shearing demonstration
Churchill Island has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series shows snippets of life on the Island after its acquisition by the Victorian Government in the late 1970s. Photograph of an outdoor sheep shearing demonstration held on Churchill Island, with a man shearing in the foreground, and a group of observers in the background.catalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph, sheep shearing -
National Wool Museum
Shearing Plant
Cooper portable shearing plant. -
National Wool Museum
Agreement
... Shearing ...Typed copies of 1873 agreements. One is between a shearing gang and the Steam Plains Station (which is now owned by the Wyndham Pastoral Company) and the other is between Steam Plains and Donald Coghill to cart wool to Echuca. According to the donor, these framed documents were in the possession of the Grazcos Shearing Company and hung above the fireplace in their office in William Street, Melbourne until they merged with Dalgety Farmers.shearing wool - transportation, steam plains station, victoria, shearing, wool - transportation -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, Stawell Show
Crowd watching a sheep shearing demonstration.stawell show -
National Wool Museum
Shearing Handpiece
Golden Lister hand piece produced in the late 1906's, part of the Lister Ace Family. Hand piece has a wide fork and is missing its comb.Golden lister no.60695 shearing handpiece.Golden Lister -
National Wool Museum
Shearing Handpiece
Used by 'fake' shearer in Gallery 1.Golden Lister -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Tool - Shears
Donated by Mrs A Terrill, the shears once belonged to Mr D A Terrill of "Thornbury Park" Via RutherglenHand shears used for shearing sheep"Made in England. Combination UTS No. 1 Sheffield" -
National Wool Museum
Journal extract, Federal Pastoral Awards
... Shearing ...Supplement to 'Grazing', May 1958, giving wage rates for shearers and station hands.shearing sheep stations - management agriculture - industrial relations, shearing shed hands, pettitt, mr r. w., shearing, sheep stations - management, agriculture - industrial relations -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Queen Elizabeth II visit to Geelong, 1988
In 1988 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip travelled across Australia to take part in the bicentenary celebrations. In April Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in Geelong to open the Wool Week Display in the almost complete National Wool Centre. Crowds gathered to welcome the royal couple, wool shearing demonstrations took place outside the centre and “Spud” the sheepdog exhibited his heading talents. During their visit to the wool centre they were met by the chairman of the Geelong Regional Commission, Mr Colin Atkins and Mrs Monique Atkins. The Queen was presented with a rug woven by the museums 1910 gripper-type Axminster Jacquard carpet loom and the Duke was presented with a woollen jumper. In return the Queen presented three letters from the archives of the Windsor Castle to the museum. The couple left in the afternoon, charming the Geelong crowd. Two black and white photographs of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the City of Greater Geelong Mayor, Jim Fidge, watching a shearing demonstration by local Geelong shearers outside the then National Wool Centre. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the Wool Week Display in the almost complete National Wool Centre during her visit in April 1988.royal visit, wool centre, geelong, queen elizabeth ii, prince philip, national wool centre., bicentenary celebrations -
National Wool Museum
Agreement, No1 shearer's agreement, 1964
... Shearing ...No1 shearer's agreement, 1964. Issued by the Graziers' Association of Victoria and the Riverina, made out to K Gallloway, 21 Oct 1964.K Galloway 21 OCT 1964shearing woolclassing, graziers' associations of victoria and riverina, galloway, mr ken, shearing, woolclassing -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of sheep shearer
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series of photographs was probably taken around Churchill Island and shows the community engagement through the decades.Photograph of a man shearing a sheep on an elevated platform.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil.churchill island, photograph -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Hand shears
Metal hand shears as used in sheep shearingstreel, shears -
National Wool Museum
Advertising Sign, 'Hearlcrowne Brand' Emery Fillet
... Shearing ...Advertising display card for "Hearlcrowne Brand" Emery Fillet, produced by Hearl Heaton & Sons Ltd, Crown Steel Works, Liversedge, Yorkshire. Posssibly sold by DALGETY MERCHANDISE for use in shearing sheds for grinding tools'HEARLCROWNE BRAND' / EMERY FILLET / [further text follows]shearing machinery, shearing sheds, hearl heaton and sons ltd dalgety and company limited, emery, shearing -
National Wool Museum
Shearing Handpiece
... Shearing ...Lister shearing handpiece with comb and cutter. (Note on comb/cutter - "Although the handpiece appears to have been presented complete with comb and cutter I think the tools are modern (Tom Crocker 3/11/93)".) Early version of the Lister S Hardened, No. 31. Hand piece contains genuine parts.LISTER / S/ HARDENED/31537shearing, sheep stations management, animal health, sheep stations - management -
National Wool Museum
Book, Time means tucker
... Shearing ..."Time means tucker: a shearer's reminiscences" - H P "Duke" Tritton, The Bulletin, 1959shearing labour movement - australia sheep stations - history agricultural shows agriculture - industrial relations pastoral industry - history, tritton, mr h. p., shearing, labour movement - australia, sheep stations - history, agricultural shows, agriculture - industrial relations, pastoral industry - history -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Bottle, medicine, 1800s
00199.1 Pale green glass medicine bottle. Rectangular tapered shape, sheared top 00199.2 Pale green glass medicine bottle. Rectangular tapered shape, sheared top.bottle, chinese, medicine, goldfields, gios -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAVENSWOOD CROWN LANDS, c2003
3 x black and white Photographs, Ravenswood Crown Lands, 3 views of the Ravenswood Estate. The Historic granite sheepwash, Out buildings near the shearing shed, and shearing shed.photograph, building, ravenswood estate -
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. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAVENSWOOD CROWN LANDS
Colour Photograph, Ravenswood Crown Lands, Shearing shed with yards at left.photograph, building, ravenswood estate