Beaten by a blow : a shearer's story / Dennis McIntosh.
Beaten by a blow : a shearer's story / Dennis McIntosh.
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Publisher
Camberwelll , Vic. : Viking, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
636.0833/6 , N636.0833/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
277 p. ; 23 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Camberwelll , Vic. : Viking, 2008.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
Takes us into the real life of that Australian icon, the shearer. The first shearer's strike in 1891 saw the birth of the Australian Labour movement; McIntosh is shearing ninety years later, at a time when shearers were about to go on strike again, the industry threatened by scab labourers and the use of the wide comb.
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Full title
Beaten by a blow : a shearer's story / Dennis McIntosh.
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"The genuine article: gritty and honest and harsh as a crow's cry"--Cover.
National Biography Award contender 2009.
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Call Numbers
636.0833/6 , N636.0833/2
Record Identifier
74VMQwqoA6Qy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQwqoA6Qy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780670072293 (pbk.)
DDC
636.0833092
MMS ID
991000335659702626
