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National Wool Museum
Book, Australian Sheep
... Sheep breeding - history Sheep - Australian Merino sheep... breeding - history Sheep - Australian Merino sheep - history ..."Australian Sheep: the Australian Agrodome at the Big Merino, Goulburn" written and illustrated by John Howcroft, 1987. Contains drawings and explanations of the various types of sheep breeds to be found in Australia.sheep breeding - history sheep - australian merino sheep - history, the big merino, sheep breeding - history, sheep - australian, merino sheep - history -
National Wool Museum
Slide Folder, British Breeds of Sheep
... Sheep - Australian Merino sheep... the slides. Sheep - Australian Merino sheep Sheep - Australian Merino ...Slide folder originally containing 9 slides of Merino and Australasian breeds of sheep. It has an information page inside printed with text about the slides.12 COLOUR SLIDES / BRITISH BREEDS OF SHEEPsheep - australian merino sheep, sheep - australian, merino sheep -
National Wool Museum
Poster
... Sheep - Australian Wool Marketing Merino sheep... sheep in Australia...Bicentenary of the arrival of/ merino sheep in Australia... of the arrival of merino sheep in Australia Sheep - Australian Wool ...Poster promoting the bicentenary of the arrival of merino sheep in AustraliaBicentenary of the arrival of/ merino sheep in Australia Discover more about Australia's Wool Heritage at the National Wool Museum, Geelong..sheep - australian wool marketing merino sheep, sheep - australian, wool marketing, merino sheep -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Special Stud Polwarth Ram
... Logo Merino: sheep in Australian art and design.... Polwarth Sheep Dowling Cumming and Company Logo Merino: sheep ...Photo depicts a special stud Polwarth ram, owned by Dowling, Cumming & Co. of Jellalabad, Victoria.Photograph - "Special Stud Polwarth Ram"SPECIAL STUD POLWARTH RAM / The Property of Dowling, Cumming & Co, Jellalabad, Darlington, Victoria Hait photo SYDNEYpolwarth sheep, dowling, cumming and company, logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001), jellalabad -
National Wool Museum
Certificate, Vendor's Certificate
Copy of an Australasian Corriedale Society vendor's certificate for sale of 24 ewes flock no. 36, by E M Middleton to Messrs Pettitt & Son, 13th Nov 1936.THE AUSTRALASIAN (LINCOLN-MERINO) CORRIEDALE SOCIETY Copy Pettitt & Son/ Geelong, Vic/ (flock numbered) 36/sgd E MMiddleton/per A E C Bennett/ Hamilton, Vic/13th Nov 1936corriedale sheep sheep breeding, australian corriedale association australasian (lincoln-merino) corriedale society, pettitt, mr r. w., corriedale sheep, sheep breeding -
National Wool Museum
Application form, Application for registration
Application form for registration of a corriedale flock with the Australasian (Lincoln Merino) Corriedale Society.corriedale sheep sheep breeding, australian corriedale association australasian (lincoln-merino) corriedale society, pettitt, mr r. w., corriedale sheep, sheep breeding -
National Wool Museum
Book, An analysis of the records of the registered Australian merino stud flocks
"An analysis of the records of the registered Australian merino stud flocks"-B F Short and H B Carter, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin no 276, 1955.From the library /of/ Edward Mosig/ Black Rock Victoriasheep breeding merino sheep, council for scientific and industrial research new south wales sheepbreeders' association, sheep breeding, merino sheep -
National Wool Museum
Book, Sheep Breeding in Australia
"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 -
National Wool Museum
Book, Australian Inventions and Innovations
"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 -
National Wool Museum
Program, Southern Districts 1989 Victorian Merino Field Days
... owners opened their properties for visits. Merino sheep Sheep ..."Southern Districts 1989 Victorian Merino Field Days". Program for a field day held in 1989 whereby various merino stud owners opened their properties for visits.merino sheep sheep stations, australian association of stud merino breeders limited, merino sheep, sheep stations -
National Wool Museum
Program, Southern Districts 1988 Victorian Merino Field Days
... owners opened their properties for visits. Merino sheep Sheep ..."Southern Districts 1988 Victorian Merino Field Days". Program for a field day held in 1988 whereby various merino stud owners opened their properties for visits.merino sheep sheep stations, australian association of stud merino breeders limited, merino sheep, sheep stations -
National Wool Museum
Program, Southern Districts 1990 Victorian Merino Field Days
... owners opened their properties for visits. Merino sheep Sheep ..."Southern Districts 1990 Victorian Merino Field Days". Program for a field day held in 1990 whereby various merino stud owners opened their properties for visits.merino sheep sheep stations, australian association of stud merino breeders limited, merino sheep, sheep stations -
National Wool Museum
Program, Southern Districts 1991 Victorian Merino Field Days
... owners opened their properties for visits. Merino sheep Sheep ..."Southern Districts 1991 Victorian Merino Field Days". Program for a field day held in 1991 whereby various merino stud owners opened their properties for visits.merino sheep sheep stations, australian association of stud merino breeders limited, merino sheep, sheep stations -
National Wool Museum
Program, Southern Districts 1992 Victorian Merino Field Days
... owners opened their properties for visits. Merino sheep Sheep ..."Southern Districts 1992 Victorian Merino Field Days". Program for a field day held in 1992 whereby various merino stud owners opened their properties for visits.merino sheep sheep stations, australian association of stud merino breeders limited, merino sheep, sheep stations -
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Program, South Australian Stud Merino Field Days 1994
... -and-the-bellarine-peninsula Program South Australian Stud Merino Field Days ..."South Australian Stud Merino Field Days", 1994. Program for a field day held in March 1994 whereby various merino stud owners opened their properties for visits.merino sheep sheep stations, south australian stud merino sheepbreeders association, merino sheep, sheep stations -
National Wool Museum
Program, South Australian Stud Merino Field Days 1995
... Sheep stations South Australian Stud Merino Sheepbreeders ..."South Australian Stud Merino Field Days", mid north, 1995. Program for a field day held in March 1995 whereby various merino stud owners opened their properties for visits.merino sheep sheep stations, south australian stud merino sheepbreeders association, merino sheep, sheep stations -
National Wool Museum
Book, National Merino Review 1989-90
... Merino Review 1989-90" - Farmgate Press, Western Australia, 1990 ..."National Merino Review 1989-90" - Farmgate Press, Western Australia, 1990.merino sheep - history wool growing, merino sheep - history, wool growing -
National Wool Museum
Book - Wool Classing Exercise Book, 1936-38
The story of 90 years of wool classing between father & son begins in 1936, when a young boy by the name of Stanley James Hucker walked through the doors of the Gordon Technical School in Geelong. Born in 1921, Stanley was 15 years of age when he began his 3-year course in Wool Classing. 30 years later, Stanley’s second son Denis completed the same 3-year wool classing course. Beginning in 1966, Denis attended the same Gordon Technical School and walked the same halls as his father before him. Stanley finished his course in 1938. He went back to the family farm in Lake Bolac for a brief period before enrolling in the Second World War. At the completion of the war, Stanley returned home and married before gaining a soldier settler allotment, north of Willaura. This enabled Stan to use his wool classing knowledge. He ran between 1,500 and 2,000 sheep for many years, while his wool classer stencil also allowed him to go out and class at various sheds around the area. He held his stencil from 1938 until he retired at the age of 60 in 1981. On retirement, his second son Denis was working in the district, managing a local property while also leasing land himself. Upon his father’s retirement, Denis had the opportunity to lease his father’s farm, an opportunity he could not refuse. Denis had finished his wool classing course at the Gordon Technical School in 1968, graduating dux of his class. He began working with a local contractor and started classing wool in his team. Denis gained a great deal of experience working as part of this team in big sheds of up to 8 stands servicing between 10 & 20,000 sheep. It was not all smooth sailing for Denis however, and he soon learnt an important lesson. Class wool the way you’re taught, don’t listen to the owner standing over your shoulder. At a clip of Corriedales near Casterton, Denis was pushing too many fleeces into the line of fine wool. This resulted in a notice from the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) “mixing counts too much, submit three clips for inspection”. Denis was able to submit 3 clips with no further complaints, however, this proved a valuable lesson he would never forget over his long career classing wool. In the early 1980s, when Denis was leasing two properties including his father’s, things were going well until drought struck. February 1983 was the date of the Ash Wednesday bushfires, and saw Melbourne have three days over 40 °C for only the second time on record. This period saw Denis give away farming, turning towards contracting work instead. After the difficult times of the early 1980s, the next two decades were a good time for the sheep industry. 15 micron wool was selling for prices between 4 to 5,000 cents per kilo, double what you’d expect for the same wool in 2022. In 1995 a single bale of wool sold for a million dollars. This was a good time for Denis too. His contracting work saw him employing local shearers and shed staff. His team was involved with the shearing and classing of more than 130,000 sheep. After 20 years of contracting, it was time for Denis to transition into the next phase of his life. He gave up independent contracting, preferring instead to return to being a member of someone else’s team. In 2018, having completed 50 years of wool classing, it was time to call it a day and retire completely. At the annual Gordon Wool School Old Students Association dinner held in 2018, Denis was presented with his 50 years as a registered wool classer stencil awarded by the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX). This is a rare honour achieved by few. As of February 2020, a total of 430 wool classers had achieved this 50-year milestone. For Denis however, his proudest achievement is achieving 90 years of wool classing with his father. The National Wool Museum is proud to share the collection of objects gained from 90 years in the wool classing industry by Stanley and Denis. This ranges from Stanley’s first stencil and Wool Sample book, started when he first attended the Gordon in 1936. The collection concludes 90 years later with Denis’ 50 years of wool classing Stencil. The collection contains many more objects, all telling the story of these 90 years, and the hard work invested by this dedicated father and son duo. This is the second in a series of 5 wool classing exercise books. They were written by Stanley Hucker in his time at the Gordon Technical College from 1936-1938. This book begins in a cover of black vinyl with a strip of red tape on the spine. A sticker label is also found on the front cover. It has been damaged with part of the sticker removed. Internally, the book is handwritten on yellowed pages with blue lines for the assistance in clarity of handwriting. The pages are also surrounded by a margin of red pen. The exercise book’s content is about the wool industry. It is handwritten and accompanied by an occasional hand drawn table. A selection of pages have been photographed to give an impression of the information taught in classes, 90 years ago. This includes information about: - Matching wool terminologies in different countries i.e. England, USA, France, and Germany - Charges deducted in the selling of wool i.e. insurance & commission - The duties of a Wool Classer - The history of Merino Sheep - Wool Selling figures from 1925-1932 - Statistics on the breed of sheep in Australia (as of 31st December 1929) - Australia’s portion of the global wool clip in 1934 gordon institute geelong, wool classing, 1930s sheep farming, 90 years wool classing between father & son -
National Wool Museum
Book, The Australian Merino
... Merino sheep - history Sheep - Australian Sheep stations...' Association, c.1955. Merino sheep - history Sheep - Australian Sheep ..."The Australian Merino" ed. Oswald Ziegler for The New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, c.1955.merino sheep - history sheep - australian sheep stations, new south wales sheepbreeders' association, logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001), merino sheep - history, sheep - australian, sheep stations -
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Book, Sheep Husbandry and Diseases
... Logo Merino: sheep in Australian art and design..., 1961. Sheep - diseases Sheep breeding Logo Merino: sheep ..."Sheep Husbandry and Diseases" 4th ed. by Allan Fraser & John T. Stamp, 1961.sheep - diseases sheep breeding, logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001), sheep - diseases, sheep breeding -
National Wool Museum
Book, His Majesty's Spanish Flock
... Logo Merino: sheep in Australian art and design... Merino: sheep in Australian art and design - Exhibition (29/07 ..."His Majesty's Spanish Flock" by H.B Carter, 1964.merino sheep - history, logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001) -
National Wool Museum
Book, Flocks and Fleeces
... Logo Merino: sheep in Australian art and design... Shearing Sheep Dipping Mutton Logo Merino: sheep in Australian art ..."Flocks and Fleeces: being a concise history of the sheep and its wool in all countries, with a special chapter on the frozen mutton industry" by E. Herbert Fison; 1894sheep - diseases sheep breeding shearing sheep dipping, mutton, logo merino: sheep in australian art and design - exhibition (29/07/2000 - 04/02/2001), sheep - diseases, sheep breeding, shearing, sheep dipping -
National Wool Museum
Book, Wool in the Australian Imagination
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 -
National Wool Museum
Book, The Australian Merino
... is a history of the merino sheep in Australia. It looks at its..., 1990. This book is a history of the merino sheep in Australia ..."The Australian Merino" - Charles Massy, 1990. This book is a history of the merino sheep in Australia. It looks at its evolution, history and future. The author has signed the title page.THE / AUSTRALIAN / MERINO / CHARLES MASSYmerino sheep - history sheep breeding - history, merino sheep - history, sheep breeding - history -
National Wool Museum
Card
... Mills as give aways. It looks at merino sheep and wool...: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks at merino sheep ...This card is the first in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks at merino sheep and wool production in Australia.Card no. 1 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 1 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 1 The beginning of the story of Crusader Cloth.wool growing merino sheep - history, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, wool growing, merino sheep - history -
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Booklet, With the Compliments of the Directorate of the Geelong Returned Soldiers' Woollen Mills
Commemorative, souvenir booklet of the visit to the RSS Mills by HRH Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester on Saturday, 3rd November 1934. HRH stayed at 'Ercildoune' at Burrumbeet, Victoria, home of H. Alan Currie, MLC, and a merino stud containing descendents of the historic King George III flock. HRH sheared a sheep during his stay, and the fleece was taken to the RSS Mill where HRH later visited to see it being made into a Royal and Hunting Stewart tartan travelling rug.WITH THE COMPLIMENTS / OF THE DIRECTORATE OF / THE GEELONG RETURNED / SOLDIERS' WOOLLEN MILLS / GEELONG / VICTORIA, AUS., / NOVEMBER, 1934royal visits, textile mills history, merino sheep history, textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, 1918: australians in france - exhibition (19/02/2000 - 30/04/2000), fairnie, mr edward john - returned soldiers and sailors mill schofield, mr albert m.b.e. - returned soldiers and sailors mill currie, hon. h. alan m.l.c., ercildoune stud, burrumbeet, textile mills - history, merino sheep - history -
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Letter
Letter from E H B Lefroy to W R Lang 1st December 1941, discussing wool samples for testing.wool - research wool - testing sheep breeding - history peppin-merino sheep world war ii, gordon institute of technology, lang, dr w. roy lefroy, mr e. h.b. kelley, mr r. b., cranmore park, western australia, wool - research, wool - testing, sheep breeding - history, peppin-merino sheep, world war ii -
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Booklet, A Guide to High Quality Shearing for Merino Sheep
... A Guide to High Quality Shearing for Merino Sheep, pruduced... for Merino Sheep "A Guide to High Quality Shearing for Merino Sheep ...A Guide to High Quality Shearing for Merino Sheep, pruduced by the Australian Wool Corporation."A Guide to High Quality Shearing for Merino Sheep"shearing, australian wool corporation shearer training service -
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Letter
Letter from H Munz to W R Lang regarding his book."The Australian Wool Industry" (Angus & Robertson, Sydney,1950)wool - research wool processing merino sheep - history, h munz wool trading co gordon institute of technology, lang, dr w. roy munz, mr h., wool - research, wool processing, merino sheep - history -
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Letter
Letter from E H B Lefroy to W R Lang c1942, discussing the wool industrywool - research wool - testing sheep breeding - history peppin-merino sheep world war ii, gordon institute of technology, lang, dr w. roy lefroy, mr a l b, cranmore park, western australia, wool - research, wool - testing, sheep breeding - history, peppin-merino sheep, world war ii