sheep

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

Australia

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Dimensions

92mm

470mm

65mm

Nineteenth century shears

Nineteenth century shears

Location

Blackall, QLD

Australia

24° 25' 27.6312" S, 145° 27' 57.7548" E

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H45509

Queensland Museum

23 November 2010

Blackall, QLD

Australia

24° 25' 27.6312" S, 145° 27' 57.7548" E

See map: Google Maps

Dimensions

92mm

69mm

35mm

Dehorning rams on Biddenham Station, Charleville, 1915. From Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Shorn sheep at Jondaryan Woolshed, Darling Downs, 1915. From Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Sheep on Oondooroo Station, near Winton, 1915. From Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Compiled and issues by the Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, Queensland.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Pastoralism 1860s-1915

After two decades of land seizure and frontier bloodshed, by 1859 the pastoral grazing of sheep and cattle had completely transformed at least a quarter of the land use in Queensland and had become

Ewes and lambs, Glengallan Homestead, Warwick, 1937. From Queensland agricultural journal, Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

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

Sheep yarded for shearing, Isis Downs, 1938. From C.B. Christensen, Queensland journey, Brisbane, Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, 1938, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland