Mr William ("Bulloeky Bill") Hamilton, who was a shearer for 45 years and on his own calculaticns has shorn 1,000,000 sheep, has retired from shearing at the age of 60. He is now a Sydney watersider. He travelled all over Australia and New Zealand, following the shearing from shed to shed. He broke a record at Springfield, Australia, where over a period of about 15 weeks he shore nearly 200 a day. At Laiingra, Australia, he broke a record for shearing rams.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 248, 21 October 1942, Page 4
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