- Most
shearers are paid on a piece-rate per sheep.
Shearers who "tally" more than 200
sheep per day are
known as "gun
shearers".
Typical m****
shearing of...
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industry expanded, more
shearers were required.
Although the
demand had increased,
conditions had not
improved and
shearers had to
contend with terrible...
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sheep shearers during the 19th
century in
Australia were
consistently poor. With the
growth of the wool industry, more
workers became shearers and employees...
- Look up
shear in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Shear may
refer to:
Animal shearing, the
collection of wool from
various species Sheep shearing The removal...
- The
Australian Shearers'
Union (also
known as the
Australasian Shearers Union,
sometimes referred to as the
Creswick Shearers' Union) was a significant...
- Additionally,
shearers are some kind of
mining machines used for
continuous mining. Additionally,
Shearer is a surname: Alan
Shearer (born 1970), English...
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Commercial blade shearers shear on
average 140
sheep in an 8-hour
working day, but some will
shear over 200
sheep in a day.
Shearing is said to be one...
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bureaucracy in the AWU.
Shearers support for
Craig Johnston, 9
September 2004 "You need a real union,"
publication of the
Shearers and
Rural Workers' Union...
- to
competition from The
Terrace bar next door.
Shearers Bar on the
Newcastle United website "
Shearer's Bar at St James' Park
renamed by
Newcastle United...
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Shearing the Rams is an 1890
painting by
Australian artist Tom Roberts. It
depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a
timber shearing shed. Distinctly...
