Three Steel Teeth
Wide Comb Shears and Woolshed Wars
$48.44
- Paperback
380 pages
- Release Date
13 September 2019
Summary
Australia’s wool growing industry descended into chaos during the early 1980s when a small group of ‘rebel’ shearers started advocating for a seemingly minor change. The rebels, led by gun shearer Robert White, wanted 13-tooth shearing combs legalised. Wide combs, as they were known, had been banned from use in Australia for more than 50 years. But White and his supporters argued they were more efficient and productive than the standard gauge 10-tooth shearing combs and wanted the ban overtur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760417888 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1760417882 |
| Author: | Mark Filmer |
| Publisher: | Ginninderra Press |
| Imprint: | Ginninderra Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 380 |
| Release Date: | 13 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Mark Filmer
Mark Filmer was studying economics at Macquarie University during the wide comb dispute. After graduating in 1986, he spent the next 20 years working as a journalist, mostly for country newspapers. During this period he won the Henry Lawson Journalism Award (1999) and was highly commended in the Sir Harry Budd Memorial Award for NSW Country Journalism (2000-2001). While researching this book, he travelled extensively throughout New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, interviewing 40 people. He also spent many weeks scouring several libraries and archives in Canberra. Mark is passionate about country life and rural and regional Australia. He grew up in Tathra and now lives with his wife Linda in Orange, where he works as an editor for Charles Sturt University. Three Steel Teeth is his first book.
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