Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus./N.Z.) beer.

1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1892		G. Parker Round the Compass in Aus. 22: The officers of the Eliza Jane had been indulging in shearer’s joy.
1933		‘William Juniper’ True Drunkard’s Delight 228: Australian slang recognises beer in she-oak, shearer’s joy and in artesian.
1955		N. Pulliam I Travelled a Lonely Land (1957) 238/2: she-oak (shearers’ delight) – Australian beer.

2. treacle.

1924

G.H. Lawson Dict. of Aus. Words And Terms 🌐 SHEARER’S DELIGHT — Treacle.