| He was well known in the area as a shearer and wool classer. |
| He grew up on a wheat and sheep farm and became a wool classer when he left school. |
| Before establishing himself as a popular country and western singer, he worked country New South Wales as a wool classer. |
| He later travelled the shearing sheds of Australia as a wool classer. |
| He is a wool classer and self-confessed maestro sheep handler and has lanolin running through his veins. |
| The wool classer has been selected to attend a rural leadership course this month. |
