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Advertising : 39 wordsSHEEP CARRY AUSTRALIA ON THEIR WOOLLY BACKS is the opinion expressed by members of the Empire Parliamentary delegation, which is toing the Commonwealth. Left: The station shearing shed at Nerrin Nerrin where, from dawn till dark, the shearers ply their machine clippers. Approximately 800 are clipped in a week by each man. who earns £2 per hundred. Right: The fleece when spread for skirting and trimming measures over 6ft. long by 4ft, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 83 wordsShearing is in full swing in the Western District of Victoria, and this series, taken on the Hon. Agar Wynne's station at Nerrin Nerrin, in the busy scenes attendant on the shearing of 23,000 sheep. Left: Classifying the wool by its texture and length before it is baled. Right: Freedom! When the clipped sheep are released they bound high into the air and make straight for the green paddocks, enjoying to the utmost their new found agility. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), Thu 21 Oct 1926, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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