10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHEARING GANG»
Discover the use of
shearing gang in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shearing gang and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Seasonal Work in New Zealand
... these days for the shearing hands to rotate jobs throughout the day so that
everybody gets their fair share of work. The four distinct jobs you will come across
and may have to undertake while working within a shearing gang are as follows:
...
Gary Andrews, Heidi Andrews, 1996
2
Calling the Station Home: Place and Identity in New ...
... for moving the sheep from pen to pen and ultimately into each shearer's
catching pen. In the shed, farmers keep an eye on how the sheep are handled by
the shearing gang, but with contract shearing most are careful not to hover.
3
New Zealand Driving Holidays: 29 New Zealand Holiday ...
DAY TWD Milford Sound The sounds of a shearing gang setting up comes from
the shed as we pass by bound for Milford Sound. We've a 1 1 5km journey ahead
of us through some of NZ's most scenic countryside yet the weather, which ...
Knowing the shearing gang would be arriving at daybreak, he got up especially
early, and gave the dogs a half hour outside. Once they had done their business,
he let Minnie and Mouse back inside. They had shown curiosity about so many ...
She liked the girl and would be only too happy to have her as daughter-inlaw.
Why couldn't Edward find a nice girl like that? * It took three weeks for the
shearing gang to complete their contract and another week for the family to clear
up and ...
6
Mateship and Moneymaking: Australian
Shearing : the Clash of ...
A reporter witnessed the raid and wrote this detailed account.10 Shortly after 5 o'
clock yesterday morning, the twelve men who constitute the shearing gang at
Noorindoo shed, 10 miles from Surat, were roused out of their sleep by an
invasion ...
7
Iwi: The Dynamics of Māori Tribal Organisation from C.1769 ...
Shearing gang, Masterton, 1904-5 decade later a few were even at work in the
towns in various occupations.111 A few Maori men worked on the Australian
goldfields in the 1850s, more in the 1860s,112 and in the same period some
Maori ...
Dad left the next morning after the shearing gang had arrived. I think he wanted
to check them out before leaving me on my own with them. The men were a
rough looking crew, mostly pretty young and arrogant – overconfident with the ...
9
While the Billy Boils: The Original Newspaper Versions
... by shearers concerning the number of sheep they have shorn in a given period
[Australianism]. bosses-over-theboard: overseers of the shearing gang [
Australianism]. ad libitum: As much as is wanted. Pint-pots pannikin: tin drinking
vessels ...
Edited by Paul Eggert Explanatory Notes by Elizabeth Webby, Henry Lawson, Paul Eggert, 2013
10
Under the Mulga: A Bush Memoir
We always looked forward to shearing time when the contractor and all the
shearing gang turned up. We hardly ever saw anyone apart from family, so all the
new faces and games every night and roo shooting every weekend provided a ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHEARING GANG»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
shearing gang is used in the context of the following news items.
Shearing gangs under pressure
South Canterbury shearing gang operator Chris McCarthy used to drive from Ashburton to Blenheim and see nothing but corriedales; now it's cows or grapes. «Timaru Herald, Jul 15»
Six hurt in serious crash in South Otago
Six people have been injured this morning after a van carrying a shearing gang skidded on black ice and crashed in South Otago. The van left the road and ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
Legendary shearer David Fagan retires from competition
LAST TIME: David Fagan will end his shearing career at the New Zealand ... age 17 while working for John Lawton's shearing gang at Otama in the late 1970s. «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
Shearing legend David Fagan about to hang up clippers
David Fagan, left, and his son Jack, prepare their shearing gear for Gore's ... age 17 while working for John Lawton's shearing gang at Otama in the late 1970s. «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
Lawton back competing at shears
Her parents John and Kay Lawton ran a shearing gang at Otama in Eastern ... She won the junior woolhandling championship at the Southern Shears in 1990 ... «The Southland Times, Feb 15»
shearing gang breaks world record
SHEAR AMIBITION: Piopio shearer Jock MacDonald in the process of breaking a world record at Puketiti Station as part of a Barrowcliffe shearing gang. «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
Salt of the earth in the shed
Daily life in a shearing gang has struck a chord with New Zealand television viewers, leading to filming of the third series of Shearing Gang, which follows the ... «Otago Daily Times, Aug 14»
Fabulous fleece flinger loving the work
Tia's great- grandfather was a shearer and her grandfather Mack came south to join his brother George, who set up a shearing gang in Milton in the early 1960s. «Southland Times, Feb 14»
Shearing gang leaves crowd in stitches
Hug your cuddly toys tight because there is a new shearing gang in town and they want to fleece your teddy bears. Teddy bear shearing made its debut at the ... «The Nelson Mail, Nov 13»
Desi's got shear staying power
His globe-spanning shearing career started in Hunterville where he was born with the ... Yesterday Mr Ratima took the whole shearing gang to the Hurricanes vs ... «New Zealand Herald, Aug 13»
