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.
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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, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shearer-john-8408. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536768. Details
- 'Shearer, David (1850-1936)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464637. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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