Frederick York Wolseley (16 March 1837 – 8 January 1899) was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery after extensive experimentation.[1] It revolutionised the wool industry.
The former Murray Shire Council erected a monument to him where he lived at the time, referring to his invention: "It has become part of the rich history of the wool industry and is now perpetuated in poem and song."
- ^ Tindley, Annie; Wodehouse, Andrew (2016). "Conceptual Development–The Embodied Empire". Design, Technology and Communication in the British Empire, 1830–1914. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 76.