Person

Shearer, David (1850 - 1936)

Born
7 November 1850
Orkney Islands, Scotland
Died
15 October 1936
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Inventor and Agricultural machinery maker

Summary

David Shearer, with his brother John, set up as farm implement makers in Mannum, South Australia in 1877. They took out a number of patents and the business expanded. He is credited with inventing the first steam automobile in Australia and differential gears.

Published resources

Books

  • Colwell, Max, Australian Transport: an illustrated history (Sydney: Hamlyn, 1972), 153 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Gibberd, Joyce, 'Shearer, John (1845-1932) and David (1850-1936), Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and Inventors' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 586-587. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110601b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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