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Despite off-shears sales being in full swing and harvest beginning, farmers still found time to test the latest headers on the market in November 1983.

Furner grazier John Andrew during the first shearing in his new shearing shed. His previous 70-year-old she burnt down in the Ash Wednesday fires.

Kyall Presgrave, Keith, making heaps of hay on Warrawee Park Merino stud.

Australian Natinoal Railways agricultural products sales staff Lance Harrison and Glyn Schirmer at Dry Creek.

Elders Kingston's Mike Newton clerking the last pen in the offering of 27,000 off-shears wethers by TK&PA Brinkworth, Watervalley, Kingston.

West Darling Pastoral Association president Keith Alison, Broken Hill, NSW, Michael McBride, Adelaide, and Jack Spiers, Hawker.

Phil Withers, Strathalbyn, and John Riggs, Gawler.

Rachael Hughes, Wompinie Station, Mingary, with a joey named George she adopted when it was found abandoned.

Rex Watters, Curramulka, Dalgety's Curramulka representative Don Buttfield, and David Stone, Curramulka, before the local off-shears sale.

Jack Biddle, Parawa, Brian Archer, Angaston, and Bennetts Farmers Yankalilla manager Allan Lee at the Kentish Downs sale.

Trevor and Judy James, Bolapar stud, Waitpinga, inspecing Bella Vista Border Leicesters.

Colin Young with Mary and Neil Henderson at the Broadways Hampshire Down and Border Leicester sale.

Scott Pickering, Yankalilla, and Bruce Bennett, Normanville, at the Talamara Poll Dorset flock ram sale.

Kybybolite Tukidale breeder Dough Braldey, Battinga Park.

Max and Valerie Wright, Kentgrove Poll Hereford stud, Mount Schank.

NFF president Michael Davidson with Jim Andre, Furner.

South East woolgrowers Ken Hurst, Lake Hawdon, Robe, and Kevin Chant, Tantanoola, with Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort wool promotions manager Chirs Paltridge and Elders' Philip Atkinson.

Jim Young, Lucindale, Henry Krichauff, Hallett, and Doug Johnston, Bennetts Farmers wool department, Adelaide.

Kongorong dairyfarmer John Jolley (right) and his son Gary cut 800 hay rolls for the season.

SA Stud Merino Sheepbreeders' Association president Gary Dunn, Queen Elizabeth Hospital's Bob Seamark and SA's Director General of Agriculture Jim McColl.

Shirley McKenzie, Warooka, and Dalgety's Curramulka representative Don Buttfield.

Two Wells pork and bacon producer Theo Pounendis talks to Elders Adelaide's Bruce Dunn and Graham Lawrie, Paringa Station, Broken Hill, NSW. 

Neville Sharpe, Inverary Lodge, Two Wells, with Galleon barley.

Don Barr and his sons Trevor and Brian were giving their new Claas OHG Dominator 86 its first run.

This cartoon featured mice eagerly awaiting the start of harvest deliveries.

ICI agronomist Richard Bentley inspecting crops at Jamestown with SA Department of Agriculture chief extension officer Jim Richardson.

Joint Corriedale Hills studmaster Adrian Lush holds the stud's $820 top price ram.

Bayview studmaster Kevin Thompson, Brentwood, with Bennetts Farmers Mount Pleasant's Colin Fawcett and Barry Newman, Mount Torrens.

Lady Mary Downer stands by with the broom while Noel Luckett shears the Martinsell sheep.

Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Victor Harbor's Michael Milne at the Corriedale Hills sale.

International Harvester's model 1482 axial flow pull-type combine harvester being put through its paces on the Yorke Peninsula.

MB Wool Harvesters part owner and manager Wal Hastings feeds a lambskin through the trimming machine at Samcor, Gepps Cross.

Keith Copley, Bute, and Ian Bussenschutt, Ninnes, wait their turn at the Bute silos.

John Millard, Kulpara, at the Kulpara silos.

Bill Daniel waits his turn to unload grain at Wallaroo as the queue of trucks mounts up behind.

Stuart Paterson, Bute, and Colin Paterson, Bute, have had to wait up to three hours to unload at the Bute silos.

Officer-in-charge at the Wallaroo Barley Board Colin Goldsworthy checks grain quality.

Local dairy manufacturer Dairy Vale Metro Co-Operative hosted a family fun run to support the 1984 Olympic Appeal. Supporting the fun run launch are Dairy Vale assistant general manager Robin Steed, SA Olympic Appeal committee member Michael Parker, Australian athletics star Glynis Nunn, Premier John Bannon and SA Olympic Appeal executive director John Rodda.

Paul Chapman with Ivan and Lyal Zonker, Coonalpyn.

Coral Beebe (right) checks on the finer points of wool handling with Elders' chief wool valuer Ken Cummings.

Rex Stockman at work on his Burra property.

Rob and Bob Martin, Parawa, and Jamie Martin, Tintinara.

Greg Johnson, Yeoval, applying liquid insecticide to grain as it is being fed into the silo.

Elders Millicent’s Terry Barnes, Elders Penola’s Ron Thomas and Ken England, Penola, at the Watervalley sheep sale.

Wool Council of Australia president Ian McLachlan at a Mount Gambier conference.

Nestor Timmins, Nairne, with Wally and Allan Samuel at the Elders Strathalbyn off-shears sale.

Ian Schutz, Woodside, and Wally Chaplin, Strathalbyn.

Poll Dorset enthusiasts Byrne Carmichael, Santa Cruz, Victor Harbor, and Bill Close, Newbold, Gawler River, at the Strathalbyn off-shears sale.

Ray Wakefield, Whittam Transport, Strathalbyn, Michael Burgess, Milang, and Allan Perry, Milang.

Flashback Friday – November 1983 | ...

Despite off-shears sales being in full swing and harvest beginning, farmers still found time to test the latest...

Flashback Friday – November 1983 | PHOTOS

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