SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand

SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
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Title: SHEAR HISTORY: 50 years of golden shears in New Zealand
Author(s): Unknown
ISBN: 9780986459306
Category: New Zealand - General History
New / Used: New
Book Type: Medium Softcover
Published: 2010
Published By: Fraser Books
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: 443
Size (mm): 185 w x 260 h x 30 d

Condition

New with only light shelf wear on covers.

About

The detailed and colourful unfolding of five decades of the world's premier shearing event - a vital part of New Zealand's unique rural heritage of sheep farming and wool production.

For each decade there is an overview of the state of the sheep industry and developments on and off the farm coupled with year-by-year highlights of each Golden Shears - the personalities, the records, the changing nature of the competition with the introduction of wool handling and pressing in the 1980s.

Packed with over 300 photographs, including colour sections. There are also chapters covering the international shearing competitions associated with Golden Shears and the special role women have played in its history.

Compiled with contributions from Golden Shears' identities and some of New Zealand's leading rural and shearing writer

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