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a black or blue singlet. Named after a famous Queensland sheep shearer John Robert Howe (1861-1920)
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Jack "Jackie" Howe (26 July 1861 (?) – 21 July 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.

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