Jackie Howe
John Robert Jackie Howe July 1920 was a legendary Australian sheep shearer at the end of the 19th century. He shot to fame in preFederation Australia in 1892 when he broke the daily and weekly shearing records across the colonies.
Howe was born at Killarney near Warwick, Queensland. OnOctober 1892, Howe shore 321 sheep in seven hours andminutes at Alice Downs station, near Blackall, Queensland. This was a faster tally than any other shearer had achieved before. In the week beforehand, Howe also set the weekly record, shearing 1,437 sheep in 44 hours andminutes. Howes daily record was beaten by Ted Reick in 1950, but Reick was using machine shears, while Howes hand shears were little more than scissors. Howes weekly record stands unbeaten as of 2005.
Source: Wikipedia