Breaking the Sheep's Back

by Charles Massy

Breaking the Sheep's Back is the untold story of the events that led to Australia's biggest industry disaster. Once a great nation-building icon, the wool business today is but a third of its size when Australia 'rode on the sheep's back'. Compared to the more recent Australian Wheat Board scandal, 40 times more funds were lost in the downfall, and vastly more collateral social and economic damage was done in this country and across the globe. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702238856
• ISBN13: 9780702238857
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"