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Frederick Wolseley

A shearing stand and machine

Frederick York Wolseley (16 March 1837 – 8 January 1899) was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery after extensive experimentation.[1] It revolutionised the wool industry.

The former Murray Shire Council erected a monument to him where he lived at the time, referring to his invention: "It has become part of the rich history of the wool industry and is now perpetuated in poem and song."

  1. ^ Tindley, Annie; Wodehouse, Andrew (2016). "Conceptual Development–The Embodied Empire". Design, Technology and Communication in the British Empire, 1830–1914. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 76.

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