02 October 2009  Finances and social status  Chapter
Two: Finances and social status.  I think it was a big battle
financially for a long time, but it helped that they grew a lot
of their own food. It was clothing that was the problem -
keeping six kids clothed. But Dad was fairly versatile, and
there were ways he could get a bit of spending money. There
was... I forget what it was called... a Pest Destruction Board
or something like that. They used to pay for dingo scalps and
fox scalps. Dad used to get a lot of foxes, so that helped.
Otherwise he relied on the sale of wool and sheep.  He didn't
have any other paid work after he went to 'Plain View'. He
worked for neighbours but that was an 'I work for you, you work
for me' arrangement. When they had the joint shearing shed at
'Tuen Plains', he was the woolclasser. He was the only one...
not qualified as it became later on, but he did have a knowledge
of wool. He was the woolclasser for all of the neighbours who
used to shear there. For that he wasn't paid,