Haurongo: Bowen, Walter Godfrey

Ki mua

Godfrey Bowen shearing a sheep, 1953

Whai muri

Godfrey Bowen set a world record by shearing 456 ewes in nine hours on the occasion this photograph was taken.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Reference: EP/1953/0034

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ron Palenski. 'Bowen, Walter Godfrey', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3487/godfrey-bowen-shearing-a-sheep-1953 (accessed 4 June 2026).