"Sheep Breeding in Australia, containing an historical sketch of the merino sheep; the pedigrees of the principal stud sheep in the Australian colonies and a treatise on breeding" - George A. Brown, 1880.merino sheep - history sheep breeding - history wool - history, merino sheep - history, sheep breeding - history, wool - history

This book is the catalogue from an exhibition titled "Wool in the Australian Imagination", an evaluation of the social history and popular culture associated with wool. This exhibition was instigated by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales in 1994. The cataIogue contains essays regarding wool in art, wool in music, science and wool, wool and fashion, mutton and pastoralism. The National Wool Museum lent several collection items to this exhibition (which are mentioned in the checklist of the catalogue) and Rachel Faggeter, the first Director of the Wool Museum, curated the exhibition.Wool / in the Australian Imaginationmerino sheep - history sheep breeding - history wool - history, historic houses trust of new south wales, merino sheep - history, sheep breeding - history, wool - history

"Wool and the nation 3rd ed, 1960" , gives an overview of all facets of the "Wool" industry.shearing sheep breeding - history merino sheep - history wool - history wool sales wool processing textile industry - history, goldsbrough, mort and company limited, shearing, sheep breeding - history, merino sheep - history, wool - history, wool sales, wool processing, textile industry - history

"Australian Inventions and Innovations" - Robert Ingpen, 1982merino sheep - history sheep breeding - history shearing, spinning, spinning machinery, wool staple - measurement, merino sheep - history, sheep breeding - history, shearing