THE GUN SHEARER

What is a 'gun shearer'? In the Australian wool industry, it's the shearer who can shear the most sheep in a single day. A greatly respected 'gun shearer', LYLE THOMPSON, reveals just what it took to achieve that status on several sheep properties in different parts of Australia over several decades from the 1950s to the 1990s. This book details the challenges, the controversies, the shed conditions and the camaraderie of mates doing it tough in remote properties. There are good times and hilarious antics along with deep sadness mixed with admiration for the Outback life. A laconic, true narrative detailing the contribution to the national economy made by the men and women of the Australian wool industry. This is a gun shearer's story, as told to his journalist brother, Les Thompson

• | Author: Lyle THOMPSON, L. E. S. THOMPSON
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Oct 03, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 113 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1092160663
• | ISBN-13: 9781092160667