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"It's not an easy thing to go through a grieving process... and it's particularly not easy when there's been so much attention," cattle farmer and councillor for the shire Nathan Hersey told the BBC.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

More recently, his works have also provided a fertile shire for nationalists who see themselves in his heroic archetypes.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

“As long as other countries are willing to buy it from us, we’re going to be mining coal,” said Godfrey Adamthwaite, a retired third-generation mineworker who serves on the Singleton shire council.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

“If we could get five new families to the shire, for us that would be a massive success,” Hancock said Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021

It was probably the shire reeve’s horse, for above the slow clatter over the cobbles Robin could hear the grating of runners on a kind of sled the horse was dragging.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli