Peak Downs Homestead, built by George Fairbairn Jnr, restored at Capella’s Pioneer Village. Collection of Liz Huf

Collection of Liz Huf

George Fairbairn Jnr, outspoken leader of the graziers, 1891. Collection of Central Queensland University

Collection of Central Queensland University

The Great Shearers’ Strike of 1891 was a major confrontation between Queensland graziers and their shearing hands.

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