Golden Shears World Council was formed in the small (population 3000) Australian country town of Euroa on October 27, 1980. Euroa was home to the Australian Golden Shears from 1974 until 1984 when the Australian Workers Union (AWU) applied a ban on competition with New Zealand effectively ending the event...
The golden shears world council. To promote and encourage interest in wool and in the art and skill of blade (hand) and machine shearing and wool handling.