Breaking the Sheep's Back: The Shocking True Story of the Decline and Fall of the Australian Wool Industry.
Language: English
Published by University of Queensland Press (UQP), Brisbane, St Lucia, 2011
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Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 432 pp. The untold story of Australia's biggest industry disaster: the collapse of the Australian Wool Corporation Reserve Price Scheme in 1991, which accumulated a huge wool stockpile and large debts. Charles Massy has taken ten years to research and write this book. He spoke to most of the main players and gained access to the key documents and correspondence. He has gone inside cabinet and political offices, the Wool Corporation, the boardrooms of international wool buyers, wool processors and designers, and the living rooms of farmers across the country. The author is an Australian merino farmer, wool executive and expert in wool research. This book is his private royal commission.
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- Title
- Breaking the Sheep's Back: The Shocking True Story of the Decline and Fall of the Australian Wool Industry.
- Author
- Massy, Charles.
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press (UQP), Brisbane, St Lucia
- Publication year
- 2011
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0702238856
- ISBN 13
- 9780702238857
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Seller catalogs
- RURAL & FARMING
The 10-billion-dollar collapse of the wool industry is considered one of Australia's biggest business disasters, and for the first time, the shocking true story behind this colossal collapse is revealed. Spanning 170 years from the birth of the industry in 1840 and its boom during the 1950s through its unraveling from 1980 to 1991, this is a searing account of greed, political corruption, and heavy-handed protectionism. As it uncovers the never-before-seen archival sources, government and board papers, and private correspondence and shares exclusive interviews with key whistle blowers, this narrative unveils the gripping true story of government corruption in a seemingly untouchable industry.
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