Jackie Howe
a black or blue singlet. Named after a famous Queensland sheep shearer John Robert Howe (1861-1920) | ||||
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Jackie Howe
Jack "Jackie" Howe (1861 or 1862–1920) was a legendary Australian sheep shearer at the end of the 19th century. He shot to fame in pre-Federation Australia in 1892 when he broke the daily and weekly shearing records across the colonies.
On 10 October 1892, Howe shore 321 sheep in seven hours and 40 minutes at the Alice Down station in Queensland, a faster tally than anyone had before achieved. In the week beforehand, Howe also set the weekly record, shearing 1,437 sheep in 44 hours and 30 minutes. Howe's daily record was beaten by Ted Reick in 1950, but Reick was using machine shears, while Howe's hand shears were little more than scissors. Howe's weekly record stands unbeaten as of 2005.
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