This bottle held ink for use with a nib pen. The bottle was designed with an enclosed top for transport, which would be removed prior to use (shear top).Shear top cabin ink bottle in green glass. 'J.Angus' pressed into base.glass bottles, ink bottles, cabin inks

Clear glass, round shear-top ink bottle, circa 1940-50. These ink bottles were sealed for transport and storage. The top glass seal was removed to access the contents, hence the jagged top of this used bottle.Clear glass round, shear-top ink bottle, ink bottles

Used for keeping record of sheep shorn by individual shearers. The final number of sheep shorn by each shearer are used to calculate payment. Provides wool grower with statistical information about how many sheep on property and where they are. Depends how many people on site who keeps the shearers tallies eg the contractor, property owner, station hand. Used also to keep shearers honest about their totals and therefore their pay.Booklet with image of man shearing a sheep.Shearer's Tally Book. Eldersshearers, tally book, shearing, sheep

Wolseley No. 3 type shearing handpiece. Serial no. 52039.Wolseley no. 3 shearing handpiece.THE / WOLSELEY / SHEEP / SHEAR / 52039shearing, wolseley sheep shearing machine co. ltd

This matchbox holder / striker was made to advertise Cooper's shears, a well known Australian brand of sheep shears. An image of a mechanical Cooper's shear can be seen on one side.Matchbox holder, advertising Cooper's Shearing Machines. Matchbox holder, advertising Cooper's Shearing Machines. Matchbox holder, advertising Cooper's Shearing Machines. The area for striking matches can be seen. Matchbox holder, advertising Cooper's Shearing Machines.COOPER / SHEARING / MACHINES / DO BEST WORK NEW MODEL / COOPER / SHEAR PROV. PAT. / 16367shearing, cooper engineering company pty ltd

Photograph of Cooper shearing plant.Photograph of Cooper shearing plant.Cooper Model "A" contractors portable electric shearing plant capable of operating up to 4 stands of 220 volt D.C. electric shearing gear circa 1948shearing machinery

Photograph of Cooper shearing plant.Photograph of Cooper shearing plant.Cooper Model "A" contractors portable electric shearing plant capable of operating up to 4 stands of 220 volt D.C. electric shearing gear circa 1948shearing machinery

Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Black and white photograph of shearer shearing sheep on shearing table, inside shed, with two men in suits adjacent.Shearing table marketed 1953 designed by Qld. grazier John Borthwick Illegible . 134654L 6965shearing machinery shearing, shearing machinery, shearing

Photo depicts the interior of a shearing shed with shearing taking place. The shed is located in New South Wales and this photo would appear to date from the turn of the century. Presumably the Philadelphia Museum inscription on the front indicates that either this photo is from their collection (unlikely) or that it was commissioned by them for selling / distribution.Photograph, 'Shearing Sheep', 1900-10 (Philadelphia Museum). Caption on reverse of photograph - 'Shearing Sheep', (Philadelphia Museum) c.1900-10.SHEARING SHEEP / NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA / THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUMshearing shearing sheds, philadelphia museum, shearing, shearing sheds

shearing, Beaufort, Pyrenees, Sue Jarvis significant as a work of art by local Pyrenees artist, locally significant to the Central Highlands Region of Victoria as a representation of local landscape and/or culture Watercolour portrait of a shearer (possibly Lindsay Willding) with a sheep"signed: JARVIS (lower right) verso: LINDSAY WILLADING ALLEGED SHEARER"

Photograph of Cooper shearing plant.Photograph of Cooper shearing plant.4-stand self contained shearing plant powered by 4 H.P. Cooper petrol engine designed for use in South Africa circa 1950shearing machinery, cooper engineering company pty ltd

Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Location: On white label, rear of image: Wording: Shearing table marketed 1953 designed by Qld. grazier John Borthwick shearing machinery shearing, shearing machinery, shearing

Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Shearing table marketed 1953 designed by Qld. grazier John Borthwick Queensland Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative ... No ........ 134654 6968shearing machinery, queensland country life

Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Shearing table marketed 1953 designed by Qld. grazier John Borthwick Queensland Country Life photo copyright reserved Negative ... No ........ 134654L 6965queensland country life

Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Photograph of shearing table in use, designed by John Borthwick.Shearing table marketed 1953 designed by Qld. grazier John Borthwick Country Life Photo Copyright Reserved Negative....... No...... 6 (circled) 6965shearing machinery shearing, shearing machinery, shearing

Photograph of Sunbeam shearing machinery at a commercial display.Photograph of Sunbeam shearing machinery at a commercial display.Commercial display - full range Sunbeam shearing gear electric vertical & horizontal heavy duty models farm models for small flock owners Shearpower overhead shearing gear single and double ended electirc and belt driven grinders circa 1956 Ingerson-Arnold Studios Limited 84-88 Franklin St., Adleaide telephones LA 2848 LA 5867 To reorder quote No ....... AB 4569shearing machinery, ingerson-arnold studios ltd

Photograph of Cooper shearing plant.Photograph of Coooper shearing plant.Cooper 2-stand self contained shearing plant powered by 1 H.P. electric grinder motor circa 1948 Athol Shmith Studio Illustrative Photography 125 Collins Street Melbourne C.I. Cent. 27 No. ..... Position ....... 2/F/18512shearing machinery, cooper engineering company pty ltd

Blueprint, printed white on blue paper, of the mechanical engineering drawings of "Elevation of Four Cylinder Shearing Machine Shewing3 Cuts on Face and 1 Cut on Back" -395C"Elevation of Four Cylinder Shearing Machine Shewing3 Cuts on Face and 1 Cut on Back" -395C.ELEVATIOB OF FOUR CYLINDER SHEARING MACHINE SHEWING 3 CUTS ON FACE AND 1 CUT ON BACK -395Cshearing machinery shearing sheds shearing, shearing machinery, shearing sheds, shearing

The co-operative was registered in 1919 as the Graziers Co-op Shearing Company Limited. It changed its name in September 1948 to Grazcos Co-operative Ltd. In 1981 the co-operative merged with Farmers & Graziers Co-op Ltd to form Farmers Grazcos Co-op Ltd. This item is part of a collection of Annual Reports from Grazcos dated from 1949 - 1980.Booklet featuring tan and brown text and graphics. Graphics depict shearing and wool classing. front: CENTRAL CLASSING / SHEARING / GRAZCOS / 1966 / FORTY-SEVENTH / ANNUAL REPORTagricultural co-operative, agricultural wholesaling, annual reports, rural life, rural industry, business, corporate body

One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing shearers at work at Boonoke Station.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W56 / W56. Shearers at work, / Boonooke Station.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

With more and more woolsheds being connected to power lines, the need for electric shearing gear markedly increased from the 1960s onwards. The greater economy made electric gear an attractive proposition to many graziers. Requiring only an electric shearing motor, for small and medium scale operations, electric shearing motors were a more economical way of shearing a wool clip. The other option for graziers was Overhead shearing gear, which also required an Engine to provide shared power to a row of shearing stations. Still working, this Sunbeam Electric Shearing Motor – Heavy Duty Model, features a slow speed motor totally enclosed for protection against dust and insects. The full bearing down tube is easily removed and stored to be out of the way when not in use (not pictured). Providing 0.5 hp, which is twice the power ever needed for shearing sheep, this buffer allows for fluctuations in voltages that can occur in rural districts. 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 into 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. This 0.5 horsepower vertical brushed motor air-cooled engine was designed to drive a single shearing plant. From the central cylinder which features a yellow “Sunbeam” sticker, a grey 240v power lead can be found on the left-hand side. A blue capacitor is located next to this power lead. Below, two legs extend and meet to form a foot which is fastened to a wall. On the right-hand side of the engine, a specification plate is located on the central cylinder. A yellow directional arrow sticker is located on the rotating section of the engine below the specification plate (location for photography, this section is designed to rotate and hence this sticker is not fixed in this location). At the rear of the cylinder, a plastic cap with small air cut outs protects the air-cooled engine from contaminants. At the front of the engine, the location for securing the bearing down tube is located. On the right-hand side of the lock for the bearing down tube is the handle, to which a string is often attached for switching the motor on and off by a shearer bent at the waist (not pictured). Sticker. Gold writing. Front of shearing motor “Sunbeam” Plate. Inscribed. Side of shearing motor. “Sunbeam / SHEARING MOTOR / MADE IN AUSTRALIA / 0.5 H.P. / 220/240 V / 1 PHASE A.C. / 4.0 AMPS / 50 C/S. / CONT. RTG. / 1425 R.P.M. / CLASS A INSUL / NO. J244560 / TYPE: NSB5C2/49." sheep sheering, shearing equipment, sunbeam, electric shearing motor

Colour images of Sunbeam shearing machinery.Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machiney. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machiney. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machiney. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machiney. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machinery. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machinery. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machinery. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machinery. Colour image of Sunbeam shearing machinery.shearing machinery, sunbeam corporation limited

One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing sheep coming in to shearing shed yards at Boonoke Station.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W57 / W57. Sheep being driven from pasture to yards at shearing shed, / Boonoke Station.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

Ford and McFarlane shearing handpiece c.1890. This shearing handpiece is from ‘Wellington Lodge” in Tailem Bend, South Australia. Wellington Lodge today is an Angus beef farm; however, the property has a long history which includes wool farming. Wellington Lodge has been in the McFarlane family since the 1840’s and was originally around 19000 acres. The donor, Brian Licence, assembled this handpiece out of spare parts he found while classing wool on the property in the 1960s. Brian showed the finished handpiece to the owners once his classing work was completed and was told he could keep the handpiece as a souvenir. Brian also classed wool at “Jockwar” and “Pleasant Park” in Penola for members of the McFarlane family during the 1960s. The handpiece is named after Ford, the name of the engineer who designed the handpiece and McFarlane, the owners of Wellington Lodge Station and employers of Ford. This handpiece was developed as a prototype for use on the property. The handpiece which is made of solid brass is in a “used condition” and has been patched with solder. The handpiece is stamped with the number 10. Internally, the handpiece is powered from a drive mechanism of compressed air, this compressed air was typically produced by burning mutton fat. The handpiece comes from the pre-electrical– steam engine era of shearing. Brass metal shearing handpiece. A three-pronged fitting to hold both the comb and the blade protrudes from one end. A cylindrical stem extends vertically from the other. This is likely where a connecting rod to the shearing plant would be found. Below this vertical stem, the handpiece has an additional threaded hose fitting. This is likely where compressed air was delivered into the handpiece. The inscriptions can be found on the rear, near the previously mentioned vertical stem. Around this stem is also where the repairs of solder can be found. These repairs are unique to this handpiece and are not common practise.Etched. Base of handle. “FORD & McFARLANE . SHEEP SHEARER . Etched. Base of handle. “10”sheep shearing, shearing equipment, ford & mcfarlane, wellington lodge, tailem bend, south australia, shearing handpiece, shearing

Australian Workers' Union shearers ticket issued to Mr Gottlieb Wilhelm Plier (Will) who was born near Moorabool River in 1866, the son of G.W. Plier (the postmaster at Freshwater Creek). Will Plier also worked as a dairyman at St Albans, East Geelong until 1918. He lived on Torquay Road, Germantown when first married.Shearers Ticket issued by the Australian Workers' Union to W. Plier, 1901-2. Shearers Ticket issued by the Australian Workers' Union to W. Plier, 1901-2.AUSTRALIAN / WORKERS' UNION / 1901-1902. / 6773 / VICTORIA-RIVERINA BRANCH. / Mr W. Plier / of Germantown is entitled to all the / benefits of Membership and the protection of the Union while loyal / to its principles for the year ending September 30, 1901. Issued by J. Aitken / Rep / Urangeline / SHEARER'S TICKET, 12S. 6D. / WORKERS PRINT.shearing labour movement - australia, australian workers' union, union, plier, mr gottlieb wilhelm, shearing, labour movement - australia

Photocopied letters from 1868 to 1870, agreements from shearers to shear Messrs Patterson Bros Sheep.Photocopied letters from 1868 to 1870, agreements from shearers to shear Messrs Patterson Bros Sheep.shearing

Advertising leaflet for shearing combs produced by Sunbeam.Advertising leaflet for shearing combs produced by Sunbeam. Advertising leaflet for shearing combs produced by Sunbeam.shearing machinery, sunbeam corporation limited

Advertising leaflet for shearing handpiece produced by Sunbeam.Advertising leaflet for shearing handpiece produced by Sunbeam. Advertising leaflet for shearing handpiece produced by Sunbeam.shearing machinery, sunbeam corporation limited