Veteran Boorowa wool classer shuns thoughts of retirement

Vernon Graham
July 4 2018 - 10:00am
John Stephens, now 79, classing wool in a shearing shed near Boorowa. He started in the shearing industry as a lad of 15 back in his home town of Warren. Picture by RACHAEL WEBB.
John Stephens, now 79, classing wool in a shearing shed near Boorowa. He started in the shearing industry as a lad of 15 back in his home town of Warren. Picture by RACHAEL WEBB.

John Stephens is 79 but has no plans to end a lifetime of working in shearing sheds.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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