Machine shears

Wool was a central colonial economy for Queensland and the basis for European expansion and settlement. The arrival of large numbers of sheep transformed the physical landscape.

Location

Australia
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Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010, H19798
Australia
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Transformation
Transformation: how the landscape has changed and been modified
Dimensions
92mm
470mm
65mm

Shearing sheep at Jimbour Homestead, 1912

Shearing sheep at Jimbour Homestead, 1912. From Glimpses of Sunny Queensland (2nd edition), Brisbane, Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, 1912, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Woolshed at Isis Downs, 1933

Woolshed at Isis Downs, 1933. From D.C. Tilghman, The Queen State, Brisbane, John Mills, 1933, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Shearing shed, Colston Homestead, Winton, 1979

Shorn sheep and shearing shed, Colston Homestead, Winton, 1979. Slide by Bernie Searle & Loretta Searle, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Bernie Searle & Loretta Searle and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Tinnenburra Woolshed, 1918

Tinnenburra Woolshed, 1918. Cunnamulla District - 40 shearers averaging 3800 sheep daily. From Queensland Sheep and Wool Industry, Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, Brisbane 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Tinnenburra

For those in search of a triumphant colonial past populated with eccentric pioneers, the historic Tinnenburra property located in south-west Queensland is rich pickings.

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