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Dianne Lindsay has included a song called 'Jackie Howe' on her new album 'Heartbeat Of Australia'. Dianne thought it fitting to incorporate songs about prominent Australians on this album. Dianne Lindsay is a very well respected artist in her own right and also has a very well-known family background, as Reg Lindsay and Heather McKean are her parents and she is a neice of Slim Dusy and Joy McKean. Part of our motivation for the theme of the album and the song is that it was felt by the Artist a strong obligation to keep our Australian legends and culture alive. http://www.gumtreemusic.com.au/music/dianne-lindsay/heartbeat-of-australia.aspx http://www.gumtreemusic.com.au/music/ted-egan/shearers.aspx --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Famous for his 1892 unbroken record of shearing 321 sheep in one day using hand shears, the Australian icon's gold medals, shield and fob watch are on display at Warwick Art Gallery until July 6. Warwick Art Gallery director Karina Devine said regional Australia was lucky to have the items on display at the Warm my Heart exhibition. “The National Gallery, in Canberra, normally houses the medals on behalf of a private owner,” she said. “When the medals, shield and fob watch were sold by the Howe family at auction last year, there was great speculation on which community would put up money and bid for the objects. “Right at the end, a private collector bought them. “So someone out there felt strongly enough to bring these items back to Warwick and have them displayed here.” The collection, worth $305,000, was flown from Canberra in a specialised security plane. “The National Gallery came to Warwick and checked our gallery's temperature, lighting, security; everything.” Jackie Howe was born at Canning Downs station and wore the medals and fob watch when he wore a suit. Southern Downs Mayor Ron Bellingham said the roots of the Warwick region were deeply entwined with the wool industry. “This is a positive and significant opportunity for our community to see a genuine and important piece of our history,” he said. “Ownership of the medals resides in this community and that person recognises the medals are an important part of Australian history and should remain Australian property.” • Warm my Heart exhibition: June 11 to July 6. • Open: Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm; weekend 10am to 1pm. By GEORGIA DONOVAN 28th May 2008 A MYSTERY Warwick bidder claimed Jackie Howe's medals for $360,000 in an "emotional" pledge to the champion shearer at a Melbourne auction last night. Five bidders hotly contested Howe's medals and fob watch, which Sotheby's expected would reach between $25,000 and $35,000, when they went under the hammer at 7.30pm in a packed auction room. However late last night, the bidder, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed to the Daily News he was "weak at the knees" after his phone bid of $360,000 was successful. He said he called in to the auction expecting a price between $70,000 and $80,000, but was opposed by an extremely determined contender after that price was reached. "There was one obviously who really wanted them. They were very determined," he said. "There's nothing similar you could benchmark the medals against. This is totally an emotional thing and they must've believed this was extraordinarily important. They're an icon, there is just one Jackie Howe and it's very nice to secure it for the district." The successful buyer will explore several options to put the medals on display in Warwick but had not made a decision on a location last night. "It will be a matter of talking to a number of people to the best location where they can be displayed in the Warwick area," he said. "It would be very nice to keep these medals in the public domain because it's such a unique achievement and one that every Australian should be proud of." A contingent from The Shear Outback Museum in Hay, NSW, attended the auction with their own bid of $100,000 raised through a national pledge. A Sotheby's spokeswoman said the medals stirred national interest with bids from across the country. With Jackie Howe's medals to go under the hammer next month at a Sotheby's auction in Melbourne, interest has been expressed by a mystery buyer to retain the medals in Warwick where the champion blade shearer was born. As reported in Saturday's Daily News, the two gold medals Howe won in 1892 are being sold by his family and are expected to reach a price of up to $35,000. (Source http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3770367)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Site Overview: I have included several images which I will routinely add to.* Jackie Howe was born at Canning Downs Station on the Darling Downs in 1861. He is known as the Greatest Shearer who ever lived.Just as Bradman had the eye of an eagle,Jackie also had the physical attributes that helped him become the greatest in his field.He was as strong as an ox, had hands the size of small dinner plates, wrists as strong as steel. Jackie was also a natural athlete.He once ran against a professional runner , in bare feet.The result was a dead heat. Of course the race was held after work, where Jackie had just shorn 217 sheep. Jackie's path to greatness began when the gun shearer at the station where he worked insulted him.Jackie was determined to prove he was the better man. Up until this point Jackie was more than happy to shear about a hundred sheep a day.But on that day he was able to shear a record 211 sheep.Word of his achievement spread and ringers across the country set out to beat his record. In 1892 ,an Australian wide competition was held to see who was the greatest shearer in the land.Two gold medals were offered as prizes and Jackie was determined to claim both.On the 10th October 1892 , at Alice Downs Station outside Blackall, Jackie set the record for hand shearing 321 sheep in just seven hours and forty minutes.Later he went on to set the machine shearing record of 237 sheep. Jackie Howe hung up his blades in 1900 and moved into Business with a Ford Dealership as well as a Hotel. (source:Qld Heritage-www.abc.net.au)* refer copyright
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