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Sheep shearing and wool handling competitions are held regularly in parts of the world, particularly Ireland, the UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. [25] As sheep shearing is an arduous task, speed shearers, for all types of equipment and sheep, are usually very fit and well trained.
: purchased by William Morris Hunt, Boston from Jean-François Millet 1874: purchased by Quincy Adams Shaw, Boston from Hunt through Doll and Richards, Boston 1917: given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Quincy A. Shaw, Jr. and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
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The Golden Fleece, originally known as Shearing at Newstead, is an 1894 painting by the Australian artist Tom Roberts.The painting depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed at Newstead North, a sheep station near Inverell on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales.
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 Australian in character, the painting is a celebration of pastoral life and work, especially "strong, masculine labour", and recognises the role that the wool industry played in the development of the country.
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John Robert Howe (10 July 1861 – 21 July 1920) was a legendary Australian sheep shearer at the end of the 19th century. He shot to fame in pre-Federation Australia in 1892 when he broke the daily and weekly shearing records across the colonies. Jackie Howe newspaper cuttings, 1890s. Howe was born at Killarney near Warwick, Queensland.
Blade shearing or hand shearing is the style of shearing sheep and other animals with fibrous coats (alpaca, llama, goats etc.) with a set of specialized scissors. It is practiced in many parts of the world as both an occupation and a sport.