Machine shears

Wool was a central colonial economy for Queensland and the basis for European expansion and settlement. The arrival of large numbers of sheep transformed the physical landscape.

Location

Australia
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010, H19798
Australia
Dimensions
92mm
470mm
65mm

Nineteenth century shears

Nineteenth century shears

Location

Blackall, QLD
Australia
24° 25' 27.6312" S, 145° 27' 57.7548" E
H45509
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Blackall, QLD
Australia
24° 25' 27.6312" S, 145° 27' 57.7548" E
Dimensions
92mm
69mm
35mm

The Tree of Knowledge Memorial, Barcaldine, 2009. Featuring the original trunk, poisoned.  Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Inside the Tree of Knowledge Memorial, Barcaldine, 2009. Barcaldine – and the labour movement –suffered a symbolic blow in October 2006, with the poisoning death of the heritage-listed Tree of Knowledge. However, a spectacular architect-designed new Tree of Knowledge memorial using the site and the trunk of the original tree was opened in May 2009 by Premier Anna Bligh. It features an 18 metre high cube in which 4000 suspended timbers of varying length form the tree canopy. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Australian Workers Heritage Centre, Barcaldine, 1991. Celebration Theatre, Centenary of Australian Labour Movement, Barcaldine. Slide by Barcaldine Council, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Barcaldine Council and Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine, 1991. Slide by Barcaldine Council, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Barcaldine Council and Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Shearer’s strike camp at Barcaldine, 1891. Collection of the Australian Workers Heritage Centre

Collection of the Australian Workers Heritage Centre

Peak Downs Homestead, built by George Fairbairn Jnr, restored at Capella’s Pioneer Village. Collection of Liz Huf

Collection of Liz Huf

Cover of The Worker, 7 March 1891. Political cartoon on shearers’ strike.  Collection of Liz Huf

Collection of Liz Huf

The military arrives at Peak Downs, Clermont, 1891. Collection of Liz Huf

Collection of Liz Huf

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