song "Jimmy Sharman's Boxers" whose lyrics assert that Sharman exploited the Aboriginal boxers he employed in his show. The Australian rock band Cold Chisel's song "Yesterdays" has lyrics which refer to Jimmy Sharman's boxers . The 2007 Peter Carstairs film September features its main characters - 15-year-old boys Ed and Paddy - setting up a boxing ring on Ed's family's wheatbelt property in anticipation of a visit by Sharman's boxing troupe. Paddy later joins the troupe. Jimmy Sharman Jr's son Jim Sharman became a theatre and film director known especially for the musicals Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Show, and the movie version, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. One Paul Kelly track, "Rally Around the Drum", written with Archie Roach, was about an Indigenous tent boxing man. Colleen McCullough's novel, The Thorn Birds, features a character joining Jimmy Sharman's troupe. References External links Pictures: ADB biography 1887 births 1965 deaths Australian boxing promoters Australian male boxers Australian rugby league players Boxers from Sydney Business duos People educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill Rugby league players from Sydney Western Suburbs Magpies players