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Patent specification. Mechanical motion. Sheep shears. No. 15,624, 1909. D. Unaipon, SA
Title : Patent specification. Mechanical motion. Sheep shears. No. 15,624, 1909. D. Unaipon, SA Patent specification. Mechanical motion. Sheep shears. No. 15,624, 1909. D. Unaipon, SA
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Creator : Unaipon, David
Source : Australian official journal of patents, 1910, p. 910
Date of creation : 1910
Format : Magazine
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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David Unaipon was born at Raukkan (then Point McLeay Mission) in 1872. In 1909, he developed and patented a modified handpiece for shearing.


Unaipon also spent many years lecturing on Aboriginal legends, customs and social conditions, becoming a spokesperson for Aboriginal people and influencing government Indigenous policy. He published his own poetry from the late 1920s.
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Unaipon, David

Period : 1884-1913
Further reading :
State Library of South Australia. David Unaipon, Adelaide: State Library of South Australia, 1999
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