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Shearing the Rams is an 1890 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts.It depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed.Distinctly Australian in character, the painting is a celebration of pastoral life and work, especially "strong, masculine labour", and recognises the role that the wool industry played in the development of the country.
The history of South America is the study of the past, particularly the written record, oral histories, and traditions, passed down from generation to generation on the continent of South America. The continent continues to be home to indigenous peoples, some of whom built high civilizations prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late 1400s ...
The Geelong Gallery, formerly known as Geelong Art Gallery, is a major regional gallery in the city of Geelong in Victoria, Australia.The gallery forms Geelong's Cultural Precinct, along with the adjacent Geelong Library and Heritage Centre (Geelong Regional Library and Geelong Heritage Centre), Geelong Arts Centre, and the Geelong Courthouse (housing Back to Back Theatre and Platform Arts).
South Geelong is one of the oldest suburbs in Geelong and it was the location of the first house ever built in Geelong. In a letter to His Excellency Charles Joseph Latrobe, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria, dated September 21, 1853, Mr. David Fisher writes: "In the latter end of the year 1836 I returned to Port Phillip for the purpose of formin
Frederick Wolseley, unassisted, went to Melbourne from Ireland, arriving in July 1854, [5] aged 17, to be a jackaroo on his future brother-in-law's sheep station.His sister Fanny's husband, Gavin Ralston Caldwell, they married in Dublin in 1857, held Thule, on the Murray River, and later added nearby Cobran near Deniliquin; both stations were in New South Wales.
The Geelong Library and Heritage Centre is a regional library, archive and resource facility in the city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [1] Geelong Free Library was begun in 1858. [2] The Geelong Historical Records Centre was established in 1979 as a depository for significant historical records and archives from the district. [3]
1925 – Retail chain Target opens first store in Geelong; 1926 – Geelong suburb Highton gets struck by tornado; 1930 – 3GL radio station opens; 1931 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership; 1937 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership; 1940 – Manning Clark begins teaching at Geelong Grammar School; 1951 – Geelong Football Club ...
After the day's shearing, the "old shearer" takes his cheque and heads to the local pub for a drinking session. The tune is from the American Civil War song " Ring the Bell, Watchman ", by Henry Clay Work , and the first verse follows closely, in parody, Work's lyrics as well.