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Shearers, Tell Your Stories
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Thursday 23 June 2016 Page 7
RURAL ROUNDUP
Men and women who worked in the shearing industry in the 1950s to 1970s are being called upon to share their stories for an exciting new performance work in the CowraCanowindra area. As part of the SILOS Project a performance named The Shearers Ballet is being developed that celebrates the extraordinary work of the shearing industry. The creative team behind the project will be in the Cowra area next week Monday to Wednesday and will spend time talking to anyone once involved in the industry: shearer, wool classer, rouse about or cook. The only condition is that they need to be 65 or older. Director Patrick Nolan, choreographer Alison Plevey and composer Scott Saunders are looking forward to working with retired shearers to create the performance. The team are looking for people willing to spend an hour with them talking about things like: • What were the conditions like? • What was involved in a day’s work? • What time would you start / finish? • How was a shearing shed managed? • What were the different roles and how did they work together? • What’s it like to shear a sheep? • What sort of food did you eat? • What do you think of the shearing industry today? If you’d like to be involved please contact: Phoebe Cowdery, SILOS project manager: 0423 484 415.
Jemalong Wool Weekly Market Update Week ending: 16 June 2016 Prices bounced back this week, breaking the downward trend of recent weeks.The NRI gained 8 cents to finish at 1300cents/kg. As with most recent offerings Stylish/ good spec wools recorded the highest gains but this week saw the average/ lower spec wools attract widespread buyer support to finish the week with solid gains. Gains were experienced across all micron ranges, with the fleece market closing generally 10/15 cents dearer when compared to last week’s close. Prices for Merino skirtings followed the lead of the fleece market making solid gains. Low vegetable matter lots (<2.0%) were highly sought after and in some cases prices were extreme. Merino cardings were the only poor performers for the week drifting marginally, to close the week 5/10 cents easier when compared to last week. Carbonising locks were most affected finishing 10/15 centscheaper. Next week Fremantle has a one week recess which brings the national offering back down to a total of 24,000, the smallest offering in12 months.
STEVE MOONEY 0428 683 152 BEN EMMS 0428 639 381 PAT BIRD 0438 361 109 GRANT ELWIN 0408 012 114 (Cowra / Canowindra Agent)
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