The Top Sire 2013-14 - NSW Stud Merino Breeders Association Ltd

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FORMULATION
Cover Story
Named Grand Monarch 44th, and sired by Grand Monarch
43rd, the supreme exhibit is from a sire line that has been
at Merryville for nearly eighty years. His first showing was
at Sydney last year where he won the two-tooth fine/
medium class.
A Merryville ram was also winner of the objective
measurement 6-tooth class and the stud won the Sir
Walter Merriman Memorial prize for most successful
exhibitor in open superfine and fine wool classes for the
fifth consecutive year and 31st time overall. Merryville was
also most successful March-shorn Poll exhibitor.
Two supremes
to Merryville
Merino stud
The top photo on our cover gives you another look at
Grand Monarch 44th, which was also the supreme exhibit
at the Great Southern Supreme Merino show and sale in
Canberra in late January.
On that occasion, judge, Garry Seaman, Lochness stud,
Crookwell, echoed the sentiment of his fellow judges
when he said, “The sheer outlook and scale of this ram
and his wool-carrying ability made him extremely hard to
go past.
In keeping with this publication’s title, our cover features
the supreme exhibits at the three major NSW shows held
annually under the auspices of the NSW Stud Merino
Breeders Association.
“He’s a future sire of the Merino industry; we’re backing
him to come up with some top Merino sheep in a few
years,” he said.
From a showing of close to 300 Merinos at this year’s
Sydney Sheep Show at the Sydney Royal, a fine wool
ram from Wal and George Merriman’s Merryville stud,
Boorowa (middle right ram on cover), strode through the
ranks to take out the supreme ram and then supreme
Merino title with what judge Robert Plush described as
“one of the biggest fine wool rams I’ve ever seen”.
Pride of place, front and centre on the cover goes to the
21.9-micron, 4-tooth ram from the Kopp family’s Towalba
stud, Peak Hill in the NSW Central West, which won the
2012 Rabobank Australian Supreme Merino Ram title in
Dubbo last August.
Mr Plush, Kerrsville stud, Coleraine, Victoria, said “We’ve
been looking for one in the fine wool like this for a long
time, so thanks for breeding one.”
The supreme, from the champion medium wool sale ram
class had been champion sale ram, grand champion
ram, supreme NSW ram and then the show’s supreme
exhibit before successfully taking on the finalists from five
States to win the Australian title.
“He’s got really good wool and he’s going to cut a lot; his
structure is good and he stands very square.”
The 2013 Queensland ram of the year from Barcaldine
Downs, Barcaldine, Qld, also features on this year’s cover
in the middle left position.
Wal Merriman said a feature of the ram is his very narrow
measurements. The 2½-year-old measured 18.4-micron
fibre diameter, 2.6-micron standard deviation (SD), 13.8
per cent coefficient of variation (CV) and 99.9pc comfort
factor (CF). The 128 kilogram ram has since cut a 13kg
fleece.
The rising two-year-old ram weighed in at 122kg with
21.2-micron wool. He had 15.5CV, SD of 3.3 and 99.6pc
CF.
Merryville co-principal, George
Merriman, holds the stud’s
supreme Merino of the 2013
Sydney Sheep Show.
Photo courtesy The Land
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MAKES MORE POSSIBLE
saddened by this loss to
the industry. Uardry through
its history has influenced
a great number of flocks
and studs and a number of
industry leaders have cut
their teeth jackerooing on
this prestigious operation.
Time however marches on
and change is inevitable.
President’s
Message NSW
Earlier in the year I had
the pleasure of being
present to see Glen Keamy
receive his prestigious
award, the Chevalier de
I’Ordre du Mérite Agricole
- the French National
Order of Agricultural Merit.
Congratulations Glen; you
must be very proud.
The start of 2013 has been a tough one for most; the
bobtail spring of 2012 followed by a long dry run into
autumn had members questioning their prospects for
the coming year. Thankfully for most the rain has come,
although late, and the mild conditions in early winter have
allowed catch-up.
On a sombre note, the NSW SMBA has been saddened
by the death of a number of members and industry
figures in the past year. The association has in particular
been impacted by the sudden passing of vice president,
Bob Walters. Bob had unbounded enthusiasm for Merino
sheep and for his role on the SMBA Council and had
much to offer in the coming years and on ascendancy
to the presidency. Our sympathy is again extended to
Mikala, Georgia and Brody.
The wool market still struggles with the EMI falling
below the psychological barrier of 1000 cents, recently
recovering to 1066 cents. Coupled with a fall in the
Australian dollar to around 92.5 US cents these prices
may remain or even improve. Merino cardings though are
still on a positive note.
It is my view that the NSW Stud Merino Breeders
Association (NSW SMBA), similarly to most other
associations, must embrace youth to remain viable and
strong into the future. We must focus on education and
training to assist these talented people to embrace the
sheep and wool industry.
This year also saw the end of an era with the dispersal
of the iconic Uardry Merino stud. We are all in some way
To this end, the activities of the NSW SMBA through the
NSW SMBA Trust now include a sponsorship through
the RAS Foundation and most recently the creation of a
sponsorship of an Honours student at the University of
Sydney.
NSW Stud Merino Breeders’
Association Ltd
Executive Director: Edward Dugan
Assistant to Executive Director:
Mae Edenborough
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These stories and more follow in the pages of this annual
record of the activities and successes of the stud and
commercial breeders of NSW and of the NSW SBMA,
along with general interest Merino sheep and wool
industry reading.
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May the year ahead be kind to you all.
James Derrick
President
NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association
President: James Derrick
Phone:
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Snr Vice President: Lou Armstrong
Jnr Vice President: Angus Beveridge
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Phone:
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NSW SMBA’s
new president
Members of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association
(SMBA) have a new president. James Derrick, a thirdgeneration Merino breeder from Karoola Downs Poll
Merino stud, “Karoola Station”, Gundagai, has been
elected to head the body which represents the States
registered breeders of Merino rams.
Mr Derrick, who was elected unopposed at the
association’s AGM held during this year’s Sydney Sheep
Show at the Royal Easter Show, succeeds Lou Armstrong,
Pemcaw Merino and Poll studs, Dunedoo, whose threeyear term concluded at that meeting.
James Derrick is presented with the NSW SMBA president’s badge
by outgoing president, Lou Armstrong, at this year’s Sydney Sheep
Show.
A councillor of the SMBA since 2005, Mr Derrick served
his apprenticeship as senior vice president to Mr
Armstrong and prior to that was junior vice president
under Robert Lindsay. Mr Derrick is also one of the
SMBA’s two delegates to the Australian Association of
Stud Merino Breeders’ (AASMB) and these positions have
given him a solid knowledge of the business and policy of
the two associations.
“We have remained a Poll Merino flock with no horn
influence since that time.
“My father and I founded the Karoola Downs Poll stud in
1987 when we could not purchase the type of Poll ram we
required for our climate,” he said.
“From becoming a stud Merino breeder I commenced
showing and mixing with like-minded people and got to
not only compare my sheep but also to meet and make
some very good and longstanding friendships within the
industry.
Mr Derrick acknowledged the strong presidencies of his
predecessors, adding “I have enjoyed working with Lou
and Robert and dealing with the challenges that have
arisen in that time”.
Since 2006 Mr Derrick has been the SMBA’s
representative on the NSW Footrot Strategic Plan Steering
Committee and on the NSW Ectoparasite Liaison
Committee. He has also served on the SMBA’s public
relations committee for a number of years.
“With my wife Sheryl, and children Andrew and Lauren,
we have exhibited our sheep at all the major shows in
NSW and have also exhibited in Victoria and Western
Australia.”
In accepting the nomination to the SMBA presidency, Mr
Derrick said that he looked forward to making himself
available to all members by attending as many local and
major industry events as possible “to meet with members
of the much larger Merino community”.
“Along with Carol-Ann Malouf I was instrumental in
establishing The Top Sire annual journal in its current
format in 2010,” he said.
“I believe this journal has been a great advantage to
our association as it has improved not only our financial
position through advertising but also our profile to
the greater Merino industry including, importantly, to
thousands of our flock producers.”
“I will make myself available to all members to air any
concerns they may have or ideas to drive our industry into
the future,” he said.
“The only way the Merino industry remains viable in an
ever-changing global community is for all of us to work
together and make every effort to attract and keep the
next generation of Merino breeders keen to have a say in
an historic and progressive industry.”
Mr Derrick has lived in the Gundagai district all his life and
his family was one of the original settlers in the Mundarlo
area. Educated at local schools, Mr Derrick went on
to tertiary education in Wagga Wagga, gaining trade
qualifications in wool classing, welding and small business
office management.
The two vice presidents elected at the same meeting
were outgoing president, Lou Armstrong, who is joined
by Angus Beveridge, Wyuna, Armatree. Re-confirmed in
their positions were SMBA secretary, Edward Dugan, and
treasurers, Peter Vickery, Bellata and Tony Gall, Uralla.
After Mr Derrick’s grandfather purchased his first Poll
Merino ram some forty years ago the family “discovered
the benefits of managing and handling sheep without
horns”, said Mr Derrick.
OTTERBOURNE - F. No 1767
OTTERBOURNE - Poll F. No 1269
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Contact
Sam Bucknell
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Cobana, Poll F. No. 1468 - Bombala
Brad Yelds, trading as Cobana Pastoral Company Pty Ltd,
founded his stud in November 2011 and registered in
August 2012 by the purchase of 65 semen doses and 65
ewes from Pastora, Poll F. No. 1090.
Austral-Eden, Poll F. No. 1486 - West Wyalong
This stud was founded in January 2010 and registered in
May 2013, by John, Barry and Craig Johnston of AustralEden Merino stud, trading as J.A., B.G. & C.M. Johnston,
by the purchase of 100 semen doses from Wallaloo Park,
Poll F. No. 1332, 50 semen doses from Lachlan, Poll F.
No. 1415 and the transfer of 50 ewes from Austral-Eden,
F. No. 3389. In December 2011, 51 semen doses were
purchased from Poll Boonoke, Poll F. No. 1 and in January
2013 a further 200 ewes were transferred from AustralEden.
Welcome
In the past year, ten new studs have been registered with
the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association. Contact
details for these studs are contained in the NSW Merino
Stud Directory 2013-14 in the back pages of this journal.
Registration is pending for a further three Merino and six
Poll Merino studs.
Trigger Vale, Poll F. No. 1487 – Lockhart
Trigger Vale was founded in December 2012 and
registered in July 2013, by Andrew and Mandi Bouffler,
trading as A.J. & A.G. Bouffler, by the purchase of 30
semen doses from Karbullah, Poll F. No. 1365 and 82
ewes from Sims Uardry, Poll F. No. 1387.
Nimala, Poll F. No. 1467 - Culcairn
This stud was founded and registered in July 2012 by
Glenn and Susan Wright, trading as G. & S. Wright, by the
transfer of 1 ram from Nimala, F. No. 5035 (Terrick West,
Poll F. No. 121 bred) and 100 ewes from Nimala, F. No.
5035.
Snow Vale, Poll F. No. 1488 – Berridale
This stud was founded in November 2011 and registered
in July 2013 by Michael and Katrina Hedger, trading
as M.A.F. & K.L. Hedger, by the purchase of one ram
from Yarrawonga, Poll F. No. 1356, 100 semen doses
from East Strathglen, Poll F. No. 178, and 80 ewes from
Pastora, Poll F. No. 1090.
Wyuna, Poll F. No. 1483 - Gilgandra
Angus and Melinda Beveridge of Wyuna Merino stud,
trading as A.D. & M.G. Beveridge, founded their Poll stud
in December 2012 and registered in April 2013 by the
purchase of 50 semen doses from Haddon Rig, Poll F. No.
1409 (Mulloorie, Poll F. No. 793 bred) and 50 ewes from
Sims Uardry, Poll F. No. 1387.
St Hilary, F. No. 5084 - Bukkulla
St Hilary was founded in June 2011 and registered in
October 2012, by M.I. and K.E. Wall (Mick and Kirsty),
trading as Leeholme Pastoral Company, by the purchase
of 1 ram and 100 ewes from Egelabra, F. No. 32.
CORA
LYNN
Kialami, Poll F. No. 1474 - Armidale
This stud was founded in 1990 and registered in January
2013 by Charles Home Belfield, trading as Kialami
Pastoral Company, by the purchase of 1676 semen doses
and 51 ewes from Lorelmo, Poll. F. No. 430 and 125
semen doses from Petali Poll, Poll F. No. 1279.
R’gd Flock No 1289
R’gd Flock No P1420
Merino & Poll
Studs
Brecon, Poll F. No. 1478 - Cootamundra
John and Jacquie Brooker founded Brecon Poll stud in
December 2012 and registered in March 2013, trading as
John Brooker, by the purchase of 50 semen doses from
Bundilla, Poll F. No. 1435 and 50 ewes from Sims Uardry,
Poll F. No. 1387.
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Manawa, Poll F. No. 1479 - Berridale
Manawa Poll was founded in November 2011 and
registered in March 2013 by Leon and Shirley Clarke,
trading as L.N. Clarke, by the purchase of 2 rams and 50
ewes from West Plains, Poll F. No. 1236.
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Email: coralynn@activ8.net.au
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His simple and idealised image of
the Merino ram neatly connected
the most recent minting of coins
with those that were originally struck
around 640 BCE. The Australian
issue is directly descended from
those coins minted by the authority of
Croesus.
Once, a
splendid coin
Representative designs on coins, with their religious,
economic and political motifs have long had defining
moments; the precedence of striking idealised
impressions as a method of conveying meaning is well
established. Images which were most familiar went
some way in raising the level of the acceptance of the
original issues. Striking the idealised image of a Merino
ram upon the shilling coin follows in the aesthetic tradition
established by those who had designed the coins of the
Lydian tyrants.
— an Arcadian story behind the
1938 shilling
The origin of coins is wrapped in as much mystery as the
origin of the fine wool sheep. In this narrow view of the
evolution of coins and the Merino sheep, I have attempted
to connect the 1938 Australian issue with all the myth and
romance that has gone into this Arcadian illusion.
By STEPHEN BURNS
In 1932 at the Sydney Sheep Show a Merino ram from
Uardry, Hay, was judged the grand champion of the
premier event of its kind in the world. Uardry 0.1 was
considered by all who viewed him as the most beautiful
sheep seen up until that time.
It was right that the matriarchal Bengali-Spanish sheep
grazing the saltbush steppes were seen to be descended
from the Biblical flocks of the patriarchs. It was right that
their significance should be represented on the national
coinage.
Variously described as having “all the characteristics of
greatness in his splendidly-modelled body, his strong
head and horns, and his beautiful, soft, richly-crimped
fleece”, the pristine promise of scientific expectation was
recognised in his vernacular balance. The Australian
Merino, of which Uardry 0.1 is only one of many, is a
perfect example of the challenging forces of nature,
continually being adapted to better suit the contemporary
environment.
Fine Merino wool had proven itself Australia’s most
faithful commodity. For a century and a half, the nation
had ridden to economic and political independence on
the back of the Merino sheep. The wool from those great
flocks that grazed the western slopes and plains ensured
the financial stability necessary for the social growth of
equality in a new nation.
It was fitting, that almost at the end of the wonderful
‘golden age of wool’, it should be ultimately
commemorated with what was once, a splendid coin.
Specifically bred by Neilson Mills, studmaster at Uardry,
to be both beautiful and productive his archetypal image
was impressed upon the reverse of the shilling issued as
part of the new coinage to acknowledge the assumption
to the British throne by George VI in 1938. By coincidence,
the new coinage also celebrated the sesquicentenary of
European settlement in New South Wales.
This book is now in the process of being published and
will soon be available for general distribution.
Further information: Contact Stephen Burns by email at
stephenburns1953@gmail.com
In Uardry 0.1, Neilson Mills had concentrated millennia of
sheep evolution, creating a masterpiece as vital as any
Rodin sculpture or Picasso expression. In turn, George
Kruger Gray, an English artisan, mostly known for his
designs of stained-glass cathedral windows, designed an
exquisite image for the 1938 shilling.
Uardry 0.1 – it
is impossible
to ignore the
irrepressible
charm in his
soft nose,
his kind eyes
and majestic
spread of
horns.
Pictured with the
champion strong
wool ram of the
1991 Sydney
Sheep Show from
NSW Pastoral
Company’s Raby
stud, Warren, are
stud manager, Bob
Ellis, the company’s
managing director,
John Muir, and
author of Once, a
Splendid Coin and
the coming book on
Mr Culley, Stephen
Burns.
Wonga’s Mr Culley
With Once, a Splendid Coin, due for August release,
Stephen Burns has turned his talents to a new project.
A book on Mr Tom Culley of Wonga and his influence
on the Merino industry is now well under way.
If any readers have recollections of Mr Culley (or
photos) that they would like to share, Mr Burns would
welcome your input.
He can be contacted by email on
stephenburns1953@gmail.com
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Featuring
Merinos
at Dubbo
ewe in the Augustshorn and Marchshorn sections.
The reserve grand
champion Marchshorn ram and
ewe were from
George and Sally
Falkiner’s Haddon
Rig Merino stud,
Warren.
The Merino was the feature breed at the 2013 Landmark
NSW Sheep show held in early May in conjunction with
the annual Dubbo show. Fifteen breeds of sheep and 880
exhibits filled the McInnes Pavilion at the showground to
make the event the biggest sheep show in NSW.
Graham
and Susan
Coddington’s
Coddington Poll
stud, Dubbo,
dominated the
grass-fed section,
Grant Judd and Matthew Coddington, Roseville
taking out fine,
Park, Dubbo, with the Landmark NSW Sheep
fine/medium and
Show’s champion long wool interbreed ewe.
medium/strong
wool honours as well as grand and reserve champion
grass-fed ewe classes.
Wyuna, Haddon Rig, Weealla, Wirrilla, Tambua,
Coddington Poll and Roseville Park studs competed in
August-shorn, March-shorn and grass-fed classes over
the 2½ day show which was judged by Oliver Wythes,
Rockdale stud, Canowindra.
Supreme exhibit was the grand champion ram from
Matthew and Cherie Coddington’s Roseville Park, Dubbo,
a fine/medium 18.3-micron ram bred by embryo transfer,
by Nerstane’s N151 sire and from RP9-15, a full sister to
industry leading sire RP9-14.
Grand champion ram in the grass-fed section was shown
by Weealla stud with the Evans family, Tambua Poll stud,
Cobar, in reserve.
Oliver Wythes said that the Roseville Park ram was
“well finished with bright, soft wool and had an excellent
underline on a very good body”.
“The Weealla ram was long bodied with plenty of stretch,
depth and thickness and very good wool for his age,” Mr
Wythes said.
Reserve grand champion was a medium wool ram from
the McBurnie family, Weealla, Balladoran.
Roseville Park’s grand champion ewe went on to compete
in the interbreed competition for the best long wool ewe
against the Corriedale, Border Leicester and SAMMs
champions and was named the supreme interbreed long
wool ewe of the show.
Roseville Park ewes were also recognised, taking home
champion ribbons in the fine/medium, medium/strong and
Poll Merino classes as well as grand champion Merino
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French Ambassador
to Australia, Stéphane
Romatet (left),
presents Glen Keamy
with a special award
recognising his
contributions to French
agriculture.
Photo courtesy Farm Weekly
Monsieur Keamy
Merino knight
A former president of the Australian Association of Stud
Merino Breeders (AASMB) and World Federation of
Merino Breeders (WFMB) recently received an honour that
is perhaps little known in Australia but has had 400,000
recipients since inception in France in 1883.
throughout the world and to the maintenance of a good
and cooperative relationship between member countries,”
said Mr Romatet.
Mr Keamy joins the ranks of former French presidents
among others who, by their actions, have “benefited the
French agriculture and products”.
Glen Keamy, Claremont, WA, formerly of Cardo stud,
Watheroo, has been presented with the Chevalier du
l’Ordre du Mérite Agricole (Knight of the National Order of
Agricultural Merit).
Mr Keamy was guest of honour in early May at the French
Embassy in Yarralumla, Canberra, ACT, where, joined by
his wife Julie and industry colleagues, he was presented
with the special award by the French Ambassador to
Australia, Stéphane Romatet, representing the French
Minister for Agriculture, Stéphane le Foll.
In his time as president of the WFMB, Mr Keamy has
worked tirelessly to promote the Merino breed throughout
the world and was very actively involved in organisation
of the highly successful World Merino Conference in his
home-town of Perth in 2006. More recently he worked
with the organising committee at the Bergerie Nationale,
Rambouillet, France, in planning for the conference held
at that location in 2010.
“During your eight years as president of the World
Federation of Merino Breeders you have largely
contributed to promoting the breeding of Merino sheep
He is also credited with expanding the federation to
13 member countries through the enrolment of China,
Romania and Lesotho and the re-signing of France.
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Merritop
wins 2013
Peppin-Shaw
Dan Dowling, “Merritop”, Oxley, winner of the 2013 Peppin-Shaw
Riverina Merino Ewe Flock competition.
Photo Margie McClelland
By GEORGIA BROWN and CAROL HUGGINS
In a tight result with only a couple of points separating the
top few teams, in addition to winning the Riverina Wool
perpetual trophy and Pfizer Animal Health prize of $2000
worth of product, the Dowlings also took out the trophy for
first place in the northern area.
A bloodline transition underpinned the win of the flock
of Daniel and Natalie Dowling, “Merritop”, Oxley, in the
Peppin-Shaw Riverina Merino Ewe Flock competition in
Hay on February 12 and 13.
Merritop, which is now on Caroonboon blood after a shift
from Sims Uardry, clinched its fifth win in the competition’s
22 years with judges Cam Munro and Roger Polkinghorne
commending the ewes for their frame, size and
brightness of wool.
The Morphett family’s “Yamba” flock was awarded the
Riverina Wool Testers trophy for overall runner-up after
also taking the trophy for northern area runner-up.
Third place went to southern area winners and
Wanganella Merino Stud trophy recipients, the Houston
family, “Budgewah”, Hay. On Woodpark Poll-blood,
Budgewah also won the Jock Dunn Fertility award.
They said the flock, shown on the competition’s northern
day, was beautifully presented and a real asset to the
Dowling family.
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Geoff and Jill Chapman’s flock, “Nyangay”, Booroorban,
on Bluebush Poll blood took the Pooginook Merino stud
trophy for second in the southern area. They also took
home the Ian Lilburne Short Wool Award and Elanco
Animal Health Encouragement Award.
Bill and Diane Hookes of “Warwillah”, Booroorban, won
the Elders Best New Entry award, and the Riverina Wool
Draw went to Tupra.
Spirits were high in a crowd drawn from Victoria, western
and central NSW and local areas to view the eight
entrants’ flocks.
Judge Cam Munro joined the two-day event from
Egelabra Merino stud at Warren while Roger Polkinghorne
is principal of Charinga, Banavie and Gowandale studs,
Victoria. Associate judge Allan Vagg of “Furlong”, Hillston,
is currently stud overseer of the Wanganella and Poll
Boonoke studs.
Four flocks were exhibited in the country north of Hay on
the first day, including, “Merritop”, “Yamba” and David and
Barbara Butchers’ “Bronte”, Mossgiel, and the McLachlan
owned “Tupra”.
Glen Caldow, “Alma”, Booligal, has young David,
3, right in his shadow, and in step.
Photo Margie McClelland
On day two spectators visited “Steam Plains”, “Warwillah”,
“Nyangay” and “Budgewah”, as well as last years’
winning flock, Paraway Pastoral’s “Mungadal”, managed
by Jock Campbell.
About 80 people gathered at the presentation dinner to
observe as the judges scored and commented on the
contending flocks.
Discussions over both days of the event included
watering systems, rabbit control, working dogs, motor
bike safety, flock vaccinations, ever-changing marketing
environments, drought feeding and rotational grazing
programs. A highlight of the two days was viewing
Paraway Pastoral’s newly built shearing shed on “Steam
Plains”, Conargo. There was much discussion on its size,
open plan structure and equipment.
The competition is a great opportunity for visitors to tour
the renowned Hay pastoral country, seeing some of its
iconic properties with excellent, quality Merino ewes that
are bred in the district.
Further information: Susan Hanna, secretary,
ph 0408 259 314.
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“We are about gathering and disseminating information
and instigating research where we see a need,” he said.
“We want to build our businesses, client businesses and
the sheep industry’s profitability as a whole.
“We are not about replicating other organisations in the
industry; we just want to help sheep breeders make better
use of the work already being done, by building networks
and adding value to existing and future research and
development.
New research
promotion
group
“Growers and service providers don’t all have the same
contacts and networks or access to the same industry
organisations, so by linking our knowledge we hope we
can aid in facilitating discussion between growers, industry
and researchers.”
The group’s founding members include large corporate
operations, family enterprises and commercial and stud
breeders.
The founding board includes Rick Baldwin; Matthew
Coddington, Roseville Park, Dubbo; Marty Moses, Moses
& Son, Temora; Carol Huggins, Woodpark Poll, Hay;
Michael Field, T.A. Field Estates; Robert Mortimer, Centre
Plus Poll, Tullamore; Craig Wilson, genetic consultant and
classer, Wagga Wagga; James Armstrong, Australian
Mega Merinos, Cassilis; and Sally Martin, former NSW
Agriculture sheep & wool officer.
By CAROL TRAINOR
A new Merino grower group is helping link sheep
breeders more closely with the information they need to
improve the profitability of their business.
MerinoLink is a not-for-profit group that grew out of the
information that growers heard and shared at a series
of trial field days and seminars held at Temora’s former
Agricultural Research Station.
“This is a grower and service provider group that’s in
touch with what’s happening and looking long term,” Mr
Baldwin said.
The breeders, from family and corporate commercial
Merino breeding operations and Merino studs, want
to help deliver access to the best industry information
available and link group members with research and
industry organisations.
“We want our growers to be at the leading edge.”
Further information: www.merinolink.com.au
Founding chairman, Rick Baldwin, Bundilla stud, Young,
said the new group was formed as farmers appeared
increasingly likely to have to find out their own information
for business and stock improvement.
“We want to foster discussion and networking among
like-minded Merino producers and service providers,
working with existing organisations such as AWI, MLA and
the Sheep CRC, as well as private industry, to get hold of
good quality information and be part of helping put it into
practice on-farm,” Mr Baldwin said.
“We don’t want to be political, we just want to be profitable
and learn about and promote the Merino and we see this
will help us achieve that.
Poll Flock No. 1095
ON-PROPERTY RAM SALE
Friday 18 October 2013
“We also see big opportunities for mentoring and
networking to help spread information more widely and
encourage others in our industry,” he said.
“We want to be at the leading edge in sheep technologies
- both genetic and management – so members can
readily identify and access superior genetics and
management techniques.”
Mr Baldwin said this would be through conferences, workshops, seminars, field days and written communication.
Grand Champion Poll Merino Ram - Dubbo 2010
Contact: John Bensley
“Stillbrook”, Crookwell 2583—Phone/Fax 02 4832 1204
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said they
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throughout the
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would quite
regularly have
to shed sheep
off-shears when the weather turned bad. This was not
only time consuming and stressful, it interrupted grazing
and meant the sheep were grazing only on paddocks
near the sheds.
Jon and Catherine Braddock of “Jibolaro”, 50 kilometres
east of Cooma, NSW, no longer worry about their shorn
sheep being out in bad weather.
Every time they shear their 3000 ewes, they use
Thermoskin as they have now done for the past five years.
“Jibolaro” is in tough country where the weather can
change at the drop of a hat, and the biggest chance for
losses is in summer. Shearing takes place twice a year;
the ewes in May and lambs in January and February.
One year there was 5 inches of rain after shearing and
there were 700 sheep in an open paddock. Only one
died which was put down to natural causes.
Since using Thermoskin, the Braddocks now use their
four weather sheds to keep sheep dry before shearing
– the sheds are redundant for shedding the sheep after
shearing.
Another year there was sleeting snow immediately after
shearing; instead of the sheep being hunched up in
timber, they were feeding on the flat.
“We would not consider shearing now without using
Thermoskin. It is cheap insurance for us,” Jon Braddock
said.
In addition to the comfort of knowing shorn sheep are
being protected by Thermoskin when out in cold and wet
MIDDLE VIEW
Merino Stud
23rd Annual On Property Twilight Ram Sale
12th November 2013
Inspections from 2:00pm
Sale 5:30pm
BBQ & refreshments
Contact - Mikala Walters
Home 02 6456 6744 Mikala mobile 0427 566 744 Fax 02 6456 6701
Email bobandmikala@harboursat.com.au
Classer Craig Wilson 0428 250 982
www.middleview.com.au
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Wool for wings
following account details. Remind the broker that
an identifiable name should be included in the
transaction information.
The NSW Stud Merino Breeders Association (NSW
SMBA) is asking all members to support the Royal
Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) in NSW by donation
in-kind to the RFDS south-eastern section based at
Dubbo in the NSW Central West.
Account name: R.F.D.S. Working Account
Bank: Community Mutual
BSB: 932 000
Account Number: 725150 s3.1
You should also ask your broker or dealer to then
email your name and address to Margaret Smith
at agmcsmith@bigpond.com and a tax deductible
receipt will be forwarded to you.
Woolgrower and former Mayor of Gilgandra, Max
Zell, was behind the Wool for Wings campaign
which has been taken up by other woolgrowers in
the area with the support of their wool brokers.
Your donation will help the RFDS save and improve
the lives of people living, working and travelling in
remote, rural and regional Australia.
“I was just clearing up the shearing shed and
pressing the oddments when I thought of selling
the proceeds from the bale,” Mr Zell said.
The RFDS is a not-for-profit, charitable
organisation that relies on funding from private
donations, philanthropic grants, private trusts,
events and community fundraising to provide more
than $20 million a year necessary to ensure its lifesaving services are maintained.
His wool broker, Coggan Wool in Dubbo, was
happy to drop his brokerage fees and organise for
the proceeds of the sale to be passed on to the
RFDS.
The NSW SMBA is hoping members will also
take up this initiative and recommend it to their
clients. All that is required is to collect any skirtings
and oddments when cleaning out your shed
and on delivery to your wool broker ask that the
proceeds be deposited in the RFDS south-eastern
section account and provide the broker with the
1157 Bald Ridge Rd, Burraga NSW 2795
Your donation will be used in several ways to help
the thousands of people who live, work and travel
in remote, rural and regional Australia.
Further information: Stuart Beveridge,
ph (02) 6882 2935
Kirkton Merino Stud (est. 1985) produces
high quality Merino, Poll Merino and Dohne
rams for both stud and commercial use.
We incorporate genetics from Nerstane,
Lorelmo and Harewood studs.
Come and see our rams:
Sat. 17 August 2013: Bathurst Merino Association
Annual Ram Expo, Bathurst Showground
Thu. 5 September 2013: South West Slopes Merino
Breeders Annual Field Day, Iandra Castle, Monteagle
K024, Kirkton’s top Merino of 2012, out of N910.
15.9 mic, 2.5 sd, 15.9 cv, 100 cf, 128% gfw, $4,400
Thu. 3 October 2013: Kirkton’s 20th Annual Ram
Sale, Sinclair Pavilion, Bathurst Showground
STUDMASTER: Chris Stapleton
02 6337 0366, stapletons@kirktonstud.com
STUD CONSULTANT: STUD OWNER:
Hamish McLaren
Winsome Kelman
Nerstane Merino Stud NSW SMBA Flock 4205
More information and enquiries: www.kirktonstud.com
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Ray Norman, Illabo, has entered Australia’s biggest comparison of
Merino genetics to benchmark his Pooginook blood flock.
Photo Kim Woods
By KIM WOODS
male progeny as rams, enabling them to be part of the
Sheep CRC genomic pilot project.
Breeding the “bread and butter” of the mixed farming
zones – dual-purpose Merinos – comes down to a mix of
modern science and old-fashioned stock skills at Riverina
stud, Pooginook.
In preliminary data, Pooginook Lehmann progeny have
recorded the highest average clean fleece weight of 112
per cent, the highest number of retained progeny at 73pc
and lowest number of culls at 5pc. The progeny were
also positive for fat and above average for eye muscle
depth. Mr Sutherland said Lehmann had proven to be an
elite sire within the stud, with outstanding sons among the
current drop of ram weaners.
The Jerilderie-based stud has embraced a range of tools
to deliver superior seed stock, including benchmarking,
progeny testing, sire evaluation, parentage identification,
genomic testing, micron testing and ultrasound carcase
measurements. This use of advanced genomic
technology with proven visual classing methods is fast
tracking genetic gain.
At Pooginook, the weaners are managed along the
principles of the Lifetime Ewe program with 100 and 300day body weights recorded, and fleece weight and micron
taken at 11 months. This information is combined with
ultrasound measurements of eye muscle depth and fat at
200 days of age.
Pooginook is one of 12 producers taking part in a largescale DNA testing trial conducted by the Sheep CRC
as part of a genomics pilot project. A total of 102 rams
have been genotyped to gather data on parentage,
identify carriers of the pure poll gene and to increase
understanding of the flock’s genetic makeup.
Fleece weights are collected on one-year-old ewes, and
secondly, as rising two-year-olds just before lambing to
provide adult fleece data to fine-tune their place in the
stud. Classer, David Taylor, combines the performance
data and visual traits when finalising a classing decision.
Pooginook manager John Sutherland said genomics was
being used to predict a range of breeding values to help
with elite ram selection. He said the stud had worked with
the Sheep CRC to evaluate how genomic testing could
complement the proven technology and visual classing
already in use at the stud.
The stud’s drive to breed genuine self-replacing sheep for
the mixed farming zones is paying dividends for clients.
Mr Sutherland said selection for a polled, early maturing,
plain bodied animal with wool cut was winning producers
away from the dual purpose breeds.
“We will be ground truthing this result with phenotypic
data collected on rams for growth, micron, wool cut and
carcase traits,” he said.
“We are also gaining new commercial clients wanting
to select rams with ASBVs from large contemporary
groups,’’ he said.
Pooginook is using the genomic testing to identify rams
and ewes carrying the pure poll gene. “The double poll
gene and parentage will help us fine-tune the elite sires
within the stud and assist with AI sire traits,” Mr Sutherland
said.
Riverina woolgrowers Ray and Bev Norman, Illabo, are
benchmarking their Pooginook blood flock through the
2012-2014 Peter Westblade Memorial Merino Challenge.
This year, 1100 special stud ewes have been artificially
inseminated to leading industry poll sires.
The couple’s team of 30 wethers is among 60 teams from
four states being comprehensively measured for wool and
meat traits.
Pooginook introduced Pedigree Matchmaker for the first
time last year, using the program to capture maternal
pedigree information on 1400 single mated progeny.
At the first challenge shearing in April, the Norman’s team
placed in the top nine teams with an average greasy wool
weight of 6.7kg, average micron of 17.6 and wool value of
$50 (based on a five-year average wool price).
The stud has contributed rams to Australian Merino Sire
Evaluation extensively since 2007.
Pooginook stud sire, Lehmann 104160, has emerged as
a leader in the Bluechip Livestock Young Sire Program,
an innovative trial aiming to identify Australia’s leading
young Merino sires. The program is independently testing
10 NSW and Western Australian Merino rams by artificial
insemination across 400 Poll Merino ewes, with the
progeny assessed for fleece, carcase and structural traits.
A new initiative in sire evaluation, the program retains the
The couple runs 5500 Pooginook blood ewes in
conjunction with a cropping enterprise. Bev said the dual
purpose Pooginook sheep suited their mixed farming
enterprise with profitable wool and carcase traits.
Pooginook will offer 250 top of the drop rams on-property
on October 1 and also offers 1500 selected and flock
Merino and Poll Merino rams for selection this year.
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Midstate rams
and racing
The thirteen members of the Midstate Merino Field Day
Association selected a novel location on August 19 last
year when they staged their 30th annual fixture at the
Narromine Races.
The main Merino event was the annual judging of the
Elders Midstate premier hogget ram of the year, judged
by Allan Dawson, Winyar stud, Canowindra.
Roseville Park’s 2012 Elders Midstate hogget ram of the year with judge,
Allan Dawson, Winyar, Canowindra, Bevan Jolly, Elders, Dubbo, Matthew
Coddington and Grant Judd, Roseville Park, Dubbo.
He gave the nod to RP11-0010, the 18.4-micron ram from
which went on to win the champion medium wool Marchshorn ram title at Dubbo.
Weighing in at 110kg, RP11-0010 tested 18.4-micron with
a 99.9 per cent comfort factor. He was sired by RP090014 who was the winner of the Midstate title in 2010.
Runner-up at Narromine was a 19.4-micron ram exhibited
by the Kopp family’s Towalba stud, Peak Hill. The ram had
a standard deviation (SD) of 3.0-micron with 15.1CV and
weighed 111kg.
Mr Dawson further showed his appreciation of RP11-0010
when he purchased it for $15,000 in a private sale after
the Dubbo showing.
Gordon, Colleen and Garry Cox showed the third placed
ram, an AI son of Nerstane 4636. The 17.6-micron ram
had an SD of 2.6, 14.8CV and a comfort factor of 100pc.
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Michael Corkhill,
Grassy Creek
stud, Reids Flat,
with the supreme
exhibit, judge
Oliver Wythes,
sponsor National
Australia Bank’s
Peter Haynes,
NMRBA president
Sean Ballinger
and judge Allan
Phillips.
Support strong
at Armidale
By STEPHANIE VAN EYK
Jack and Graham Newnham, Cara, Delungra, and Paul
Walton, Wurrook, Rokewood, Victoria, bought the ram,
while the second top was purchased by Leo Blanch,
West Vale, Wollun, Allan Phillips, Glen Stuart, Deddington,
Tasmania, and Bill Doak, Box Moor, Bundarra.
Woolgrowers had the opportunity to source top genetics
to improve their flock’s wool and meat yields with rams
offered by some of the country’s top studs in Armidale
earlier this year.
The van Eyk family, Shalimar Park, Wollun, paid $11,000
for a 17.2-micron Poll Merino ram from Chris Clonan,
Alfoxton Poll stud, Armidale, while Michael Corkhill, Grassy
Creek, Boorowa, sold his supreme exhibit for $8000.
Rams from 30 studs were sold at the 68th Northern Merino
Ram Breeders Association Inc Armidale Housed Ram
Show and Sale on February 5 and 6. The event, held at
the Armidale Exhibition Centre, drew buyers from across
Australia, including Western Australia, Tasmania and
Victoria.
Sixty-one of the 92 rams offered sold for an average of
$3566, slightly down on the previous year where the top
was $22,000.
Although commercial buyer interest was lower than
in previous years, there was strong support from stud
Merino buyers.
Prior to the sale the rams were judged by Oliver Wythes,
Rockdale, Canowindra, in the medium and fine classes
and Allan Phillips, Glen Stuart, Deddington, Tasmania,
judged the ultra and superfine classes.
The Merriman family, Merryville, Boorowa, sold the two
top-priced rams for $15,000 and $14,000 respectively. A
syndicate of Sean Ballinger, Waverley Downs, Delungra,
The ribbons were shared among a number of studs, with
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Hillcreston Park, Alfoxton, Grassy Creek, Bocoble and
Grathlyn featuring.
Carl Carlon
(centre) with his
Northern Merino
Ram Breeders
Association life
membership and
sons Des (left) and
Brett (right).
The champion ultrafine ram was won by Hillcreston
Park, Bigga, while the reserve champion went to the
Cox family’s Bocoble stud, Mudgee, and the champion
superfine ram was taken out by Alfoxton, with Grathlyn,
Hargraves, picking up the reserve.
Grassy Creek and Alfoxton won champion and reserve in
the fine wool ram category and Bob Walters, Middle View,
Dalgety, had the champion fine medium ram with the
reserve going to Murray Power, Airlie Merinos, Nowendoc.
Grassy Creek exhibited the supreme exhibit, while the
reserve was won by an Alfoxton ram.
The industry was saddened to hear that just days after the
show and sale Mr Walters passed away.
At the show, Carl Carlon was presented with life
membership of the Northern Merino Ram Breeders
Association (NMRBA). Mr Carlon began his term as
president in 1987 and helped draw up a constitution that
saw Armidale continue as a major destination for stud
ram buyers.
The Rayner family, Grathlyn, Hargraves, exhibited the
champion August-shorn ram while Shalimar Park won the
reserve and Alfoxton had the champion pen of three rams.
During his time as president, the sales were held at the
Elliott Pavilion and later at the selling complex in Canambe
Street that was destroyed by hail.
Mr Carlon said he was very honoured to have been
president of the NMRBA and grateful for the support of the
committee and agents during his term.
Following the show Elders hosted the “meet and greet” and
exhibitors and visitors enjoyed refreshments and nibbles.
Next year’s Northern Merino Ram Breeders Association
ram show and sale will be held on February 4 and 5.
Catalogues will be available online from mid January at
www.armidalemerinoramshowandsale.webs.com
Bob Walters, Middle View, Dalgety, with the champion fine medium
ram; Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek, Reids Flat, with champion fine
wool ram; judge Oliver Wythes; National Australia Bank’s Pater Haynes;
Chris Clonan, Alfoxton, Armidale, with the champion superfine ram;
NMRBA president Sean Ballinger; judge Allan Phillips; and Danny Picker,
Hillcreston Park, Bigga, with the champion ultrafine ram.
Further information: NMRBA president, Sean Ballinger,
ph (02) 6724 8386 or email sean.ballinger@bigpond.com
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Stud
Rams Sold
Egelabra
1253
Pooginook/Pooginook Poll
1225
Poll Boonoke/Wanganella
1022
Haddon Rig/Haddon Rig Poll
859
Uardry/Sims Uardry/Sims Uardry Poll
749
Roseville Park/Roseville Park Poll
736
Pastora Poll
640
Merryville/Merryville Poll/Merryville Murgha 579
Woodpark Poll
490
Kerin Poll
472
Nerstane/Nerstane Poll
470
Centre Plus Poll
444
Yarrawonga/Yarrawonga Poll
400
Mullengudgery/Mullengudgery Poll
398
Bundilla/Bundilla Poll
387
Hazeldean
344
One Oak/One Oak No 2
340
Mumblebone
286
Willandra/Willandra Poll
285
Goolgumbla
281
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Nerstane
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Yalgoo
Bundilla Poll
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Poll Boonoke/Wanganella
Pastora Poll
Langdene
Grassy Creek/Grassy Creek Poll
Hazeldean
Lachlan Merinos/Lachlan Poll
West Plains Poll
Petali Poll
Richmond
Kerin Poll
Willandra Poll
Blyth
Glenwood
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The 14th annual Tablelands Flock Ewe Competition,
centred on Mudgee in central west NSW, continues to
create interest within the Merino industry in that area of the
State.
Ewes from the winning flock of the Inder family, “Wattle Grove”,
Dunedoo.
First place in the 2013 competition went to last year’s
winners, the Inder family, Wattle Grove Partnership,
“Wattle Grove” Dunedoo. The Langdene blood ewes
impressed judges, who described them as large framed
and extremely productive, carrying a good white wool
type.
This year 16 flocks were visited and assessed over a
two day period on February 20 and 21 by judges, Clive
Pearson, Glenbrook stud, Armidale and Murray Power,
Airlie, Walcha with associate, Mitch Darlington, Dunedoo.
Arguably one of the more diverse competitions conducted
within NSW in terms of sheep types and bloodlines, this
competition has continued to attract new competitors; in
fact two of the three placegetters were first time entrants.
Second place was taken out by first time entrants, the
Dorman family, “Dapper”, Gulgong, with a very well
presented mob of Haddon Rig blood ewes. The judges
commented on the magnificent size and structure of the
Dapper ewes as well as the large amount of wool they
carried.
Flocks were visited in the Mudgee, Hargraves, Pyramul,
Ilford, Goolma, Dunedoo, Cassilis and Cooyal areas with
judges and spectators travelling approximately 700km.
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Inspection of ewes at the Watts family’s “Bolinda Vale”, Dunedoo.
Third place also went to a new entrant in the competition.
Eric and Dawn Colley, “Wyoming”, Hargraves, presented
a very tidy mob of Gilgunyah/Dunbogan blood ewes for
the judges and spectators.
The judges made special comment of “the wonderful,
well-nourished wools of good style and colour” that the
Wyoming ewes were carrying.
Encouragement awards were presented to the Webb
family, Cooyal Pastoral Co, “Cooyal Station”, Mudgee, and
also to Donna White, “Pipeclay”, Mudgee, another firsttime entrant.
The Mudgee Show Society particularly thanks the very
valued sponsors of the competition; Coopers Animal
Health, Tomimbil Seeds, Elders, Australian Wool Network,
Landmark, Don Macdonald & Co, Stock and Rural
Gulgong, Rylstone Ag Supplies, Westoil Petroleum, Darryl
& Irene Croake, McDonald Lawson, Milling Stuart and
Southern Tablelands Fibre Testing.
The competition is also sponsored and supported by local
Merino studs, Bocoble, Laraben, Grathlyn, Pomanara,
Maroombah, Cassilis Park, Pemcaw, Langdene,
Allendale, Glanna and Ronjabar.
Further information: Brett Cooper, ph 0407 136 129.
Judges Murray Power, Clive Pearson and associate Mitch Darlington.
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Bendigo 2012
While Rohan Sprigg’s East Strathglen, Tambellup, WA,
had the supreme exhibit and grand champion Merino
ram and ewe, it was studs from NSW that conducted a
ribbon-raid on the 2012 Australian Sheep and Wool Show
in Bendigo, Victoria, last July. Against exhibitors from all
Merino breeding States, NSW studs took out 13 of the
remaining 21 grand champion ribbons, including the
Lionel Weatherly Trophy for best exhibit of five Merinos;
exhibited the Australian Fleece Competition’s grand
champion fleece; and topped the Merino Ram Sale.
Agents and buyers involved in the sale by Peter, Cade and Jayne Lette
(extreme right), Conrayn, Berridale, of their $20,000 top-priced ram of the
2012 Australian Sheep & Wool Show ram sale.
Wayne Jenkins photo
Good show for NSW
In the show ring Conrayn stud, Berridale, exhibited the
Lionel Weatherly group of five and grand champion
superfine Merino ram. One Oak, Jerilderie, showed both
junior champion Merinos as well as the grand champion
March-shorn ram.
East Tambellup’s successes also included the title of 2012
Stock & Land National Merino Pair of the Year ahead of
Victorian State finalist, Oakbank, St Arnaud.
Top six sales to NSW
The top six prices at the annual ram sale in Bendigo were
paid for rams from NSW, with Peter and Jayne Lette’s
Conrayn, Berridale, topping the order at $20,000.
Alfoxton, Armidale had success with Merinos and Poll
Merinos, repeating last year’s result with the best exhibit of
three Poll Merinos and backing up for the third successive
year with the grand champion Poll Merino ewe. The stud
also showed the grand champion superfine Merino ewe.
The 17.4-micron ram, the show’s grand champion
superfine ram, was sold to a syndicate of three studs,
Leenavale, Sorell, Tasmania, and Victorian studs,
Beverley and Wattlebank.
Also with back-to-back wins were Nerstane, Woolbrook,
taking another grand champion fine wool ram award and
Grathlyn, Hargraves with the grand champion ultrafine
ram. Grathlyn also showed the grand champion Marchshorn Merino ewe.
Earlier in the sale the lead ram from the offering by Wal
and George Merriman, Merryville, Boorowa, had sold for
$10,000. The 18.5-micron ram by Francesco the 3rd was
bought by Sean and Judith Ballinger, Waverley Downs,
Delungra.
Merryville sold two further rams at the third top-price of
$8,500; the same price also being achieved for rams
from the Clonan family’s Alfoxton, Armidale, and the Cox
family’s Langdene, Dunedoo.
Overall 91 from 110 rams sold to $20,000 for an average
of $3452.
George Merriman (right) is pictured with Australian Wool Network
representatives, Brett Cox, Tasmania, and Ron Creek, Victoria, and the
stud’s top-priced ram at the 2012 sale at Bendigo. By Francesco 3rd, the
ram sold for $10,000 to Sean and Judith Ballinger, Waverley Downs stud,
Delungra.
Wayne Jenkins photo
Chris Clonan, Alfoxton, Armidale and his grand champion Poll ewe of the
2012 Australian Sheep & Wool Show.
Wayne Jenkins photo
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Langdene, Dunedoo showed the grand champion
fine wool ewe and was also runner-up for the third
consecutive year in the Lionel Weatherly group. The stud
also had the reserve champion fine wool ram, a 153kg
18.6-micron ram which sold a month later in Dubbo for
the sale’s second-top price of $25,000.
Other NSW studs to secure a grand championship were
Pemcaw, Dunedoo, with the grand champion Poll Merino
ram (later sold in Dubbo for a sale topping $44,000)
and Roseville Park, Dubbo, with the grand champion
unhoused Merino ram.
Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek Merino and Poll studs, Reids Flat,
and the fleece that secured him the grand championship in the 2012
Australian Fleece Competition held during the Australian Sheep and
Wool Show in Bendigo.
Cade and Jayne Lette, Conrayn, Berridale, with their grand champion
superfine wool ram.
Wayne Jenkins photo
Top fleeces from NSW
The Australian Fleece Competition is the largest fullymeasured fleece competition in the world, and in its 12th
year, and for the third consecutive year, it was a fleece
from NSW that won the coveted award.
An 18.5-micron superfine Merino fleece from Michael and
Jayne Corkhill’s Grassy Creek stud, Reids Flat, overcame
more than 470 entries to take the award.
Scoring 94.43 points out of a possible 100, the grand
champion fleece was shorn from a 1½-year-old ewe
which had been a member of the stud’s winning Roger
Birtles March-shorn group at the Great Southern Supreme
Merino show at Canberra last year.
Reserve grand champion was a 14.8-micron extra
ultrafine fleece exhibited by Clive and Natasha Pearson,
Glenbrook stud, Armidale.
Garry Cox, Langdene, Dunedoo, is pictured with his reserve champion
fine wool ram which was sold in Dubbo a month later for $25,000.
Wayne Jenkins photo
Rounding off an outstandingly successful trip to Bendigo
for Peter and Jayne Lette, their Conrayn stud was also the
most successful exhibitor in the fleece competition.
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“The Australian
wool market
continued to
fall last year
and into 2013,
after a steady
re-adjustment
back from well
above average
prices during the
previous wool
selling season,”
Mr White says.
Reasons for
optimism -
“Fine, superfine
and ultrafine wool
prices declined
sharply while
we’ve seen
medium, broad
and crossbred prices find better support and remain
elevated by historical standards.
Rabobank backs wool
While current wool prices have retreated from the highs
of recent seasons, there are reasons to remain optimistic
about the outlook for wool leading into 2013/14, according
to specialist agri lender Rabobank.
“Looking at the year ahead, maintaining supply is a key
challenge in the face of current seasonal conditions and
rising input costs; however the overall fundamentals are
positive for the sector.”
Rabobank regional manager for southern New South
Wales, Michael White, says this optimism is buoyed by
emerging wealth in Asia.
Mr White says the Merino industry holds an iconic place in
the history of Australian agriculture.
“We also cannot ignore the fact that, on average, income
growth in the main fine wool-consuming countries at the
retail level has not slowed to the lows of 2009, and this
is expected to continue to regain momentum moving
forward,” Mr White said.
“Wool remains a vibrant industry within New South Wales
in particular, with a sound long-term outlook as can be
expected for such a versatile fibre,” he says.
“As a leading financier to the agricultural industry, with a
long-term view of its sectors, Rabobank is committed to
maintaining its support to the sheep and wool industry.”
Mr White says there are good prospects for wool
consumption growth in China and Russia that are
expected to increase competition for Australian fine wool
exports in the longer term.
Rabobank Australia & New Zealand is a part of the international
Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist in food and
agribusiness banking. Rabobank has more than 110 years’
experience providing customised banking and finance solutions
to businesses involved in all aspects of food and agribusiness.
Rabobank is structured as a cooperative and operates in 48
countries, servicing the needs of approximately 10 million
clients worldwide through a network of
more than 1600 offices and branches.
Rabobank Australia & New Zealand is
one of Australasia’s leading rural lenders
and a significant provider of business
and corporate banking and financial
services to the region’s food and
agribusiness sector. The bank has 93
branches throughout Australia and New
Zealand.
It is well documented that China buys a significant
amount of Australian raw wool. Equally significant is that
China consumes approximately 40 to 50 per cent of all
raw wool that it imports, and while the majority of this
constitutes medium and broad wool, robust clothing retail
sales growth and China’s rapidly expanding luxury goods
market, suggest that there is also a good opportunity for
fine wool consumption growth in China as well.
Mr White says the rapid expansion in the luxury goods
sector in China is the most “lucrative” opportunity for
Australian wool, especially in the fine end of the market
with retail sales expected to grow reasonably well in the
longer term.
“We’ve already begun to see the numerous multinational
luxury fashion brands expand their presence in China
to capitalise on this opportunity – this is a good thing for
Australian wool growers,” he says.
With all good opportunities however, come hurdles
and Mr White says the wool industry is not without its
challenges.
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Sydney Sheep
Show 2013
To win the supreme exhibit award at this year’s Sydney
Sheep Show at the Sydney Royal, Merryville Grand
Monarch 44th (see cover story, page 3), first had to
overcome the serious challenge of OO Y311, the supreme
ewe from Graham and Mary Wells’ One Oak stud,
Jerilderie.
The six judges were deadlocked until the latter stage of
judging when the sheep were flipped over and their bellies
inspected.
The impressive One Oak ewe had won through the
March-shorn medium wool class judged by Ryan O’Dea,
Peepingee, Nomans Lake, Western Australia.
“She’s got great staple length and quality of wool on a
beautiful square, structurally sound frame,” Mr O’Dea
said.
Ross Wells, Willandra stud, Jerilderie, sashes his brother’s One Oak
grand champion medium wool Merino ewe, held by Graham Wells, One
Oak stud, Jerilderie. The ewe went on to be supreme Merino ewe of the
2013 Sydney Sheep Show.
The ewe measured 17.1-micron, 3.1-micron standard
deviation (SD), 18.1per cent coefficient of variation (CV)
and 99.9pc comfort factor (CF). She was by Roseville Park
14 and is an ET sister to OO Y304 which sold for $21,000
in Adelaide last year to White River stud, Minnipa, South
Australia.
The entire team was by TP4202, which also sired Tara
Park’s 2009 Stonehaven Cup winning team and the stud’s
supreme ewe of last year’s show.
OO Y311 also won the 2 to 4-tooth objective
measurement class held at the end of the show.
The 20.1-micron team leader was winner of the Tom
Culley award for best junior Merino exhibit and others in
the team included the 20.5-micron reserve champion
medium wool ram, the 17.3-micron grand champion fine/
medium ewe and the 18.3-micron reserve junior ewe.
The supreme ewe broad ribbon was among the
19 won by One Oak at this year’s show with other
awards including the March-shorn pair (for the second
consecutive year), reserve grand champion ewe to the
ultimate supreme ewe, grand champion strong wool ram
and, for the third year in a row, most successful exhibitor
in strong and medium wool classes.
The team from Merryville was second-placed in the
Stonehaven Cup with One Oak third.
Matthew and Cherie Coddington’s Roseville Park stud,
Dubbo, won the Bruce Merriman Memorial Perpetual
Trophy with all five in the group being ET bred and by
RP14. These included the champion August-shorn fine
wool ewe and champion August-shorn fine/medium ewe.
Guy Evans of Tara Park, Boorowa, was delighted with the
stud’s results at this year’s Sydney showing, but what he
was “most chuffed” about was securing the March-shorn
most successful exhibitor award with only nine sheep at
the show.
Roseville Park was also most successful exhibitor in
August-shorn classes.
Five of these combined to give the stud a back-to-back
win in the highly contested Stonehaven Cup, the stud’s
eighth.
The Otway Falkiner Perpetual Cup for the best exhibit of
five Poll Merino sheep went to Chris and Cindy Clonan’s
Alfoxton Poll stud, Armidale; the first time the stud has
competed for this trophy. Merryville Poll was second and
Ken and Kim Noakes, Karowara Plains Poll, Bedgerabong,
were third.
Guy Evans, Tara
Park, Boorowa,
with his grand
champion fine
medium wool
ram that also
won the Tom
Culley Award for
supreme junior
Merino exhibit of
the Show.
Wayne Jenkins photo
With 19 broad ribbons secured across Merino and Poll
classes, including grand champion superfine Merino ewe
and the grand championships in the fine and fine/medium
Poll ewe classes, Alfoxton Poll also collected the most
successful exhibitor award in August-shorn Poll classes.
Sixteen teams were on the mat for the right to represent
NSW in the Stock & Land National Pairs competition at the
Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo in July with
the Rayner family’s Grathlyn, Hargraves, the successful
pair.
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Michael and Jane Corkhill’s Grassy Creek Poll stud,
Reids Flat, took out grand champion Poll Merino ram and
ewe titles with offspring of the Western Australian ram
Coromandel 2 “Sir Thomas”.
The grand champion Poll Merino ewe which had
appeared in Sydney last year as the Tom Culley award
winner for best junior exhibit, measured 17.6-micron,
2.3 SD, 13.6pc CV and 99.9pc CF. She was also grand
champion ewe at this year’s GSSM.
The ram, which came through from the March-shorn fine
wool classes, measured 19.3-micron, 2.6 SD, 13.5pc CV
and 99.7pc CF.
The grand champion Merino fleece of this year’s Royal
was a 17.9-micron superfine fleece exhibited by Ray and
Margaret Wise, Kilburnie, The Rock. From a two-year-old
stud ewe, the nine kilogram (greasy) fleece had earlier
won the top-making type wool championship with a score
of 94 points from a possible 100.
In 2012 it had also been champion fine wool March-shorn
ram at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo.
At this year’s Great South Supreme Merino Show and
Sale (GSSM), Canberra, he was also the champion
March-shorn fine wool Poll ram and reserve grand
champion Poll ram.
For the second consecutive year, David and Tina
Watson’s Maister’s Swamp, Kentucky, won The Thomas
Farquhar Hodgson Memorial Perpetual Trophy for the
most successful fleece exhibitor.
Ten years ago at this fixture, Maryanne Alcock from
Greenland stud, then based at Nimmitabel, won the
RAS/ASC Merino Sheep State Judging Competition. Her
thirteen-year-old brother, Greg, watched on as Egelabra
manager, Cam Munro, presented the inaugural Hugh
Lydiard Memorial trophy to Maryanne.
This year, on his 23rd birthday, Greg won the right to have
his name engraved on this trophy as well as the NSW
Stud Merino Breeders’ Association (NSW SMBA) silver
salver. Greg’s prizes also include $700 cash and a silver
mug from the NSW SMBA. He now goes on to compete
in the Nationals to be held in New Zealand in December.
For information and closing date for Merino sheep and
fleece entries in the 2014 Sydney Sheep Show at the
Sydney Royal, contact Megan Giannini, RAS coordinator
sheep competitions, ph (02) 9704 1227 or email
mgiannini@rasnsw.com.au
100 years ago: At the 1913 Sydney Sheep Show,
the grand champion ram was exhibited by R. T.
Gibson, Esk Vale, Tasmania.
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merino stud
Flock No 4156
Poll Flock No 1437
Champion August Shorn Finewool Ram
Sydney Royal 2013
Champion August Shorn Poll Ram
GSSM 2013
Annual Ram Sale - Monday November 11, 2013
Ray & Margaret Barron
Ph: (02) 6454 3149
Fax: (02) 6454 3201
James & Julie Barron
Ph: (02) 6454 3015 Fax: (02) 6454 3334
Email: jimmyb1@bordernet.com.au
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Leo Blanch,
West Vale stud,
Wollun, stands
with his grand
champion
ultrafine wool
Merino ewe
for the second
consecutive year,
as it is sashed by
John McLaren,
Nerstane stud,
Woolbrook, and
held by stud
manager, Scott
Matthews.
Grathlyn stud,
Hargraves,
exhibited the grand
champion ultrafine
wool Merino ram.
Pictured with
exhibitors Max, Gai
and Andrew Rayner,
is judge, Philip
Carlon, Queenlee
stud, Uralla (second
from left).
50 years ago: After winning the Stonehaven Cup on the stud’s first attempt the previous year, Uardry stud, Hay,
backed up to win the prestigious trophy at the 1963 Sydney Sheep Show held in late May. The stud also showed
the grand champion strong wool ram and with a total clearance of 56 rams, had the top average of £1130
at the Sydney Ram Sales that followed the show, the stud’s top-priced ram selling for 4500 guineas ($9450).
Bundemar, Warren, fetched the top price that year with a 5400 guineas sale ($11,340).
Margaret and Ray
Wise, Kilburnie,
The Rock with their
grand champion
fleece of the 2013
Show.
With the feature breed of this year’s Sydney Sheep Show being
the fine wool Merino, Roseville Park stud, Dubbo, took out grand
and reserve grand champion titles. Pictured are Brett Cooper,
Australian Wool Network, Mudgee, and Tessa Coddington with
the grand champion, while sister, Savannah and father, Matthew,
are with the reserve grand champion.
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Email: walwastud@gmail.com
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The RAS Sydney
Royal Sheep
Show, stewardin-chief, Robert
Ryan, sashes the
grand champion
Poll Merino ram, a
March-shorn fine
wool, held by the
exhibitor, Michael
Corkhill, Grassy
Creek Poll stud,
Reids Flat.
Photo courtesy
The Land
Winner of the RAS/ASC Merino Sheep State Judging
Competition, Greg Alcock, Greenland Merino and Poll studs,
Bungarby, pictured with the stud’s reserve grand champion
Poll Merino ram.
The Otway Falkiner Perpetual
Cup winning team of five Poll
Merinos exhibited by Alfoxton
Poll stud, Armidale, is held by
John Newsome and Scott Thrift
of Elders; Dan Korff, Avington
stud, Sidonia, Victoria; Greg
Andrews, Schute Bell Badgery
Lumby; and exhibitor, Chris
Clonan.
Greg Andrews,
wool and livestock
coordinator,
Schute Bell
Badgery Lumby,
Yennora, sashes
the NSW Merino
Pair of the
Year, shown by
Grathlyn stud,
Hargraves.
Holding the ram
is Andrew Rayner
of Grathlyn
stud while John
Croake, AWN,
Tamworth, holds
the ewe.
Photo courtesy
The Land
75 years ago: The grand champion ram of the
1938 Sydney Sheep Show, at which 547 Merinos
competed, was the champion strong wool ram
exhibited by H. E. Kater & Son, Egelabra, NSW, who
also won the Stonehaven Cup for the best exhibit of
five Merinos.
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Sydney Sheep Show 2013
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Rachel Maclean,
Haddon Rig
stud, Warren,
sashes the
grand champion
medium wool
ram held by
exhibitor,
Russell Jones,
Darriwell stud,
Trundle.
Photo courtesy
The Land
Making a difference where it counts
Sydney Royal Easter Show 2013
• 13 Broad Ribbons
• Stonehaven Cup (8th time)
• Supreme Junior Exhibit
• Grand Champion Fine/Medium Ram & Ewe
• Most Successful Exhibitor (March-shorn)
Tara Park’s 8th Stonehaven Cup-winning team - Sydney 2013
Canberra Royal 2013
• Best Open Group
• Best Pair
• Supreme Medium Wool Exhibit
Yass 150th Annual Show
• 10 Broad Ribbons
• Supreme Exhibit
Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek Poll Merino stud, Reids
Flat, holds his grand champion Poll Merino ewe as it is
sashed by Megan Giannini, the RAS sheep coordinator.
This ewe was the superfine wool March-shorn champion.
Supreme Junior Exhibit / Grand Champion Fine-Medium Ram
SWS Stud Merino Breeders Field Day
• SWS Merino of Year
• NSW All Purpose Merino Lamb
Boorowa 25th Flock Ewe Comp
• 1st Place - Clients P C McGrath & Sons
ON-PROPERTY RAM AUCTION
MONDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2013, 1pm
25 years ago: At the Sydney Bicentennial Sheep
Show in 1988, John and Marion Williams of Thalaba
Pastoral Company’s Koonwarra stud, Crookwell,
won the Stonehaven Cup, one of ten occasions in
which they carried off the trophy between 1972 and
1995. The stud’s grand champion medium wool
ram was also that year’s supreme Merino exhibit,
an award also secured by Koonwarra in 1980, 1982
and 1986.
Guy & Anna Evans
Rod & Adrienne
Ph: (02) 6385 3615
Ph: (02) 6385 3288
Mob: 0427 439 102
Mob: 0428 853 288
Web: www.tarapark.com.au Email: taraparkstud@bigpond.com
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Second placing at $331.90 was a Grassy Creek stud ram
from Reids Flat, while a One Oak stud ram from Jerilderie,
was placed third at $331.40.
One Oak breeders Graham and Mary Wells, entered
their supreme Merino ewe in the 2-4 tooth class which
returned a total of $369.00, against three other ewes.
Objective
measurement at
Sydney Royal
The 17.1-micron medium wool grand champion ewe is
embryo transfer-bred by Roseville Park 9.14 and from
a One Oak stud ewe. A full flush brother sold to White
River stud, Minnipa, South Australia, last September for
$21,000.
The supreme ewe weighed 77kg after shearing and
produced a 10kg fleece yielding 82.4pc and valued at
$107.11.
Another One Oak ewe was placed second. Weighing
71.5kg it had a 17.6-micron fleece weighing 10.6kg with a
total value of $344.20.
The objective measurement class came of age at Sydney
Royal this year, attracting the elite of the judging ring
including the supreme Merino ewe and a grand champion
ram.
Merryville stud, Boorowa won the six tooth and over ram
class with a fine-medium ram from the Merryville Uniform
family. Exhibitor, Wally Merriman, Boorowa, said the ram
has been used in the stud flock last year, but this was its
first showing.
A total of thirteen rams and nine ewes were judged over
two classes each, divided into two to four tooth and six
tooth and over.
Heading the 2-4 tooth ram class was the Darriwell Merino
stud’s grand champion medium wool March shorn ram,
shown by the Jones family, Trundle. The sire of this ram
was Darriwell 8.2, the reserve grand champion of the
2010 Rabobank National in Dubbo.
It weighed 113.5kg after shearing a 12.4kg fleece of
18.1-micron wool yielding 75.2pc and valued at $116.66.
The ram’s total value was $409.00 and its eye muscle
measured 42mm with a fat depth of 4.2mm.
The 19-micron ram, weighing 117.5 kilograms after
shearing, had grown a 19.2kg fleece, the heaviest wool
cut of the show. Yielding 71.6 per cent, it was valued at
$165.68.
The sixth tooth and over ewe class was won by a
Greenland stud ewe from the Alcock family at Bungarby.
This ewe weighed 87.5kg shorn and produced a 7.7kg
fleece (worth $78.88) of 17.3-micron yielding 78pc and
her total value was $390.20.
Source: Courtesy The Land newspaper
Second to Merryville was a Demondrille ram from Harden.
The ram had an eye muscle of 36 millimetres and fat
depth of 4mm and total value of $397.00.
Grand Champion Poll Ram & Ewe - Sydney 2013
Supreme Exhibit - Armidale Housed Ram
Show 2013. Sold to Woollahra Merino
stud, Yass, for $8000
Grand
Champion Ewe
Great Southern
Supreme
Merinos 2013
Ram Sale
Monday 14th October 2013
Contact Michael and Jane Corkhill
“Dryburgh”, Reids Flat NSW 2586
Ph/Fax: 02 6345 2201 Mobile: 0428 272 889
Email: grassycreek@bigpond.com
Classer: Craig Wilson 0428 250 982
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OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT CLASSES – SYDNEY 2013
CLASS 400: Ram, not more than 4 and not less than 2 tth
STUD
MIC
FLC YLD %
LWT
EM
DARRIWELL
19.0
71.6
117.5
36
GRASSY CREEK
17.5
77.5
115
38
ONE OAK
16.1
72.6
105
29
ADINA
19.1
75.4
114.0
36
MERRYVILLE
16.1
81.4
92
41
ONE OAK
18.5
76.9
108
32
DEMONDRILLE
15.6
70.9
93.5
32
NERSTANE
17.7
64.1
94.5
32
MAISTER’S SWAMP
17.1
66.2
79
32
FD
4
6
3.5
6
3
4
5
3
2.5
FLC WT
19.2 kg
11.5 kg
11.7 kg
12.3 kg
9.2 kg
10.7 kg
9.4 kg
12.4 kg
8.5 kg
VALUE
$165.68
$107.60
$137.00
$119.34
$113.29
$100.43
$105.24
$94.38
$75.58
SUB SCORE
61
65
69
61
64
58
60
58
56
TOTAL
397.0
331.9
331.4
315.1
295.8
292.2
269.0
247.9
186.2
PLACE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
FLC WT
12.4 kg
11.5 kg
13.7 kg
11.4 kg
VALUE
$116.66
$112.12
$106.68
$115.16
SUB SCORE
60
70
64
63
TOTAL
409.0
391.2
352.9
350.4
PLACE
1
2
3
4
FLC WT
10.0 kg
10.6 kg
8.0 kg
10.3 kg
VALUE
$107.11
$102.42
$87.15
$95.52
SUB SCORE
70
62
70
52
TOTAL
369.0
344.2
343.7
317.4
PLACE
1
2
3
4
FLC WT
7.7 kg
9.2 kg
8.2 kg
7.7 kg
8.2 kg
VALUE
$78.88
$86.10
$71.87
$70.97
$71.85
SUB SCORE
69
70
67
64
54
TOTAL
390.2
383.0
375.9
328.9
295.9
PLACE
1
2
3
4
5
CLASS 401: Ram, 6 tooth and over
STUD
MIC
FLC YLD %
MERRYVILLE
18.1
75.2
DEMONDRILLE
19.8
82.5
NERSTANE
18.2
66.3
DEMONDRILLE
18.8
83.4
LWT
113.5
108.5
114.0
96.0
EM
42
38
35
32
FD
4.5
6
3
4
CLASS 402: Ewe, not more than 4 and not less than 2 tth
STUD
MIC
FLC YLD %
LWT
ONE OAK
17.1
82.4
77.0
ONE OAK
17.6
78.4
71.5
ALFOXTON
16.5
78.2
81.0
NERSTANE
18.0
75.8
64.5
EM
30
30
44
31
FD
5
6
6
3
CLASS 403: Ewe, 6 tooth and over
STUD
MIC
FLC YLD %
GREENLAND
17.3
78.0
NERSTANE
17.1
72.7
NERSTANE
17.4
70.2
GREENLAND
18.5
79.8
MAISTER’S SWAMP
17.9
72.1
LWT
87.5
76.5
89.0
75.0
60.0
EM
35
31
31
27
27
FD
7
5
4
4
3
Greenland Merino Stud
Annual On-Property Ram Sale at ‘Mountain View’ Bungarby
Monday 11th November 2013 at 3pm
Enquiries:
John & Jenny Alcock
Ph: 02) 6453 6244
Mob: 0437 898 982
Greg – Ph: 02) 6453 6206
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Email: alcock@skymesh.com.au
Highest point score of the 2013 Royal
Catalogue available at:
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SW Slopes
still growing
SWS Field Day pen of three Merino hogget rams, was won by
Brundanella Merinos, Grenfell. Pictured are Michael Elmes, Smartstock,
Narrandera, Brundanella principal, Ian Griffiths, and Grant Elwin, Grenfell
Photos courtesy The Land
The Merino was again king for a day at the annual South
West Slopes Merino Field Day staged in the picturesque
setting of Iandra Castle, Greenethorpe, last September.
Close to 1000 people were in attendance to view the
leading Merino genetics and coming sale offerings from
33 Merino studs from a wide area of the State; from
Warren to the north, from Hay and Jerilderie in the State’s
south and throughout the South West Slopes and Central
West.
The SWS Merino pen of three Merino hogget rams was
won by Ian Griffiths, Brundanella Merino stud, Grenfell.
Judged by Ben Lane, Uardry, Hay and Drew Chapman,
Hinesville and West Plains studs, Delegate, the major
award of the day, the South West Slopes Merino Ram of
the Year title, was carried off by Tara Park stud, Boorowa.
The long-wool section was won by James and Leo
Wilder, “Hillview”, Grenfell for their ewes of Rockdale
and Egelabra blood. Runner-up was the entry of Beau
Stewart, “Eulo”, Harden, ahead of Jill Baldwin, “Geralda”,
Stockinbingal.
There were 20 entrants in the Maiden Ewe Competition,
each exhibiting 10 maiden ewes (Merinos and Dohnes),
with each ewe measured objectively and subjectively.
Ben Lane said you would go a long way to find a richer
wool on a ram that carried it all over.
In the short-wool section, the honours went to Graham
Wallace, “Melrose”, Cowra, for his Pastora-blood ewes
with runner-up, Matthew Hunter, “Westwood”, Bribbaree.
“He had an exceptional skin and tremendous muzzle,
which flows through to his great skin type,” he said.
Steve and Lydia Jarvis, “Heathfield”, Boorowa, also on
Pastora blood, took out the coveted eye muscle to body
weight ratio title.
In a big day for Guy Evans, Tara Park also took out the
Commonwealth Bank NSW All Purpose Ram Lamb
award.
New location for SWS in 2013
Judge Drew Chapman said the 121kg ram was
outstanding. “Bone and structure were the key
components of this ram, with a long staple length, great
wool and good balance the winning edge,” he said.
After three years at the iconic Iandra Castle, and with the
event continuing to grow, the SWS Slopes Field Day will
move this year to St Clements Retreat and Conference
Centre, Kalangan Road, Galong. The gates will open at
11.00 a.m. on Thursday, September 5.
The Champion All Purpose Hogget ram title went to
Matthew Coddington, Roseville Park, Dubbo, for his
18.1-micron ram, weighing in at 122kg. The ram had
2.4-micron standard deviation, 13.8 per cent coefficient
of variation and 43 millimetre eye muscle depth and 85
square millimetre eye muscle area.
St Clements offers a combination of excellent facilities and
local history. A working farm located east of Young it has
a rich history dating back to the settlement of the district in
1825. Overnight accommodation is offered at the retreat
which also houses a museum and guided tours will be
available.
Integral parts of the field day are again scheduled along
with the popular fashion parade.
There will be four competitions for stud rams with two of
these, the NSW All Purpose Ram Lamb and the All Purpose
Open Hogget Ram of the Year, open to all exhibitors.
SWS president, John Roxburgh, said “Attractive cash prizes
are offered for the ram competitions, plus significant prizes
for the ewe competition which all add to the incentive for
stud and commercial breeders to participate.”
Studs with clients who wish to enter a team of ewes in the
Commercial Maiden Ewe Competition should encourage
them to contact organisers as soon as possible. While entries
close on August 23, the number of teams will be limited.
The field days will again enjoy the sponsorship of the
Commonwealth Bank, Riverina Wool Testers, The Land,
Southern Weekly and Prime TV Wagga Wagga.
Judge Ben Lane, Uardry, Hay, major sponsor Paul Cocking, Riverina
Wool Testers, Wagga Wagga, and judge Drew Chapman, Hinesville and
West Plains studs, Delegate, present the SWS Merino Ram of the Year
sash to Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa, at the 2012 SWS Field Day.
Further information: SWS secretary, Philip Brown, ph (02)
6382 6250 or 0418 214 897; president, John Roxburgh,
ph 0448 731 759, or visit www.swsmerinofielddays.com
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Title to Trundle
maidens
First-time entrants who took out the Ted Little Memorial
Merino Ewe Competition in Trundle went on to also win
the 13th annual Central Western Association of Agricultural
Shows Maiden Merino Ewe Competition.
Dedicated Merino breeders, sponsors and judges visited
flocks that placed first and second in the maiden ewe
competitions held during the previous fortnight in the
Condobolin, Trundle and Parkes districts; the winning
flocks from 34 entries over the three competitions.
Georgie and Cranley Gowing, “Lowan”, Trundle, with their winning entry
in the 2013 Central Western Association of Agricultural Shows Maiden
Merino Ewe Competition.
After close to twelve hours and 525km travel by coach
through the centre of NSW in early March, the region’s
winners were decided.
The main award went to Gowing Partners, “Lowan”,
Trundle, winners at their first attempt in their local
competition. Their Darriwell-blood flock, classed by
Russell Jones, was also a popular selection in the
spectator competition.
Overseeing the competition were judges Ray Cannon,
Westray, Peak Hill, whose knowledge of the Central West
environment gave down to earth, practical breeding
advice and John Roberts, Dunbogan, Elong Elong, who
brought sound knowledge of wool structure, particularly
nourishment and lock structure. This created interest
among visitors on how to further avoid dust penetration
in trying conditions such as those experienced in the past
year.
The Gowings presented 300 July-shorn, 2011-drop ewes
with a lambing percentage of 93 per cent. Their weaner
shearing program has been changed to three shearings
in the first two years to increase fertility.
The competition ewes, with 7½ months wool, cut 5.75kg
of 20-micron wool with a 67pc yield, 1.0pc VM, staple
length of 73mm and strength of 54 Newtons a kilotex.
The competition has two tiers with each town’s winning
flock competing for the main award and the second
placed flocks competing in their own competition. This
concept has proven to provide good discussion points
when comparing the results of the previous individual
competitions.
In accepting the Harold and Tony Watson Classer’s
Trophy, Russell Jones paid tribute to the Gowing family for
presenting such a productive line of ewes considering the
tough spring and summer conditions.
Runner-up in the main competition was the entry of Geoff
and Phillip Cole, “Pindari”, Parkes, for their Langdene/
Nerstane blood, self-classed entry.
The July-shorn, September 2011-drop ewes were the
youngest in both competitions and the Pindari flock
averages 19-micron wool and 7kg wool cut with a 90pc
lambing percentage.
On winning the Parkes competition the previous week, the
Pindari flock had given Langdene Merino stud, Dunedoo,
their third ewe competition success in as many weeks
with clients also winning the Crookwell and Tablelands
(Mudgee) competitions.
Second-placed in the Parkes competition and winners
of this year’s competition for runners-up was the entry
of Craig and Liz Tanswell, “Milpose”, Goonumbla. The
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Mr Tanswell credited the improvement in his flock to
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artificially inseminated
by laparoscopy has
been shown to be
similar to that achieved
with fresh semen,
there are reports of
higher variability and
sometimes reduced
fertility of frozen
semen, especially
when it is used to AI
superovulated ewes
for multiple ovulation
embryo transfer
(MOET).
NSW SMBA
Trust
Since establishment of The NSW Stud Merino Breeders’
Association Limited Trust (SMBA Trust) in 1987, several
projects have been completed for an investment
approaching $400,000. Funding is provided from a
portion of the interest earned on the invested SMBA Trust
funds.
Problems with the
fertility of frozen
semen are even more
pronounced when nonSimon de Graaf
surgical approaches
such as cervical (sometimes called “over the rail”) or
vaginal (colloquially known as “shot-in-the-dark”) AI are
performed, with fertility often well below 20 per cent for
frozen sperm.
Current SMBA Trust funded projects are:
• Wool Handler Training, conducted by the Western
Institute of TAFE. Funding for this project is now in its
fourth round with an allocation of another 20 places for
the 2012-2013 year.
These striking differences in fertility clearly show that
the freezing process changes ram sperm in some way.
Decreases in motility and viability of frozen sperm do not
fully account for these differences in fertility as modern
freezing techniques result in high quality semen samples
which show good longevity.
• The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Foundation:
Claudia Raleigh, from Cootamundra, is the recipient of
the second SMBA Trust RASF Scholarship, to undergo
studies in Agricultural Science with a focus on sheep
production at Charles Sturt University.
As such, we believe that there are other changes which
are occurring to ram sperm during the freezing process.
Changes which affect the ability of sperm to interact with
the ewe’s genital tract and impede their ability to traverse
the cervix, uterus and oviducts and ultimately get to the
egg and fertilise it.
• Sydney University Honours Student Scholarship: The
SMBA Trust is now sponsoring an Honours student in
the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the university who
is undertaking research in relation to Merino sheep. Six
applicants were received and the scholarship was made
available to Emma O’Flaherty, a Bachelor of Animal
and Veterinary Bioscience. An outline of her project is
included on these pages.
Evidence from other species and our own observations
in sheep suggest that these changes could be related to
proteins that are altered, lost or gained during the freezing
process. We also have evidence that supplementation
of frozen sperm with seminal plasma (the non-cellular
component of semen) can restore their fertility, but these
results are highly variable and poorly understood.
• Improving fertility of frozen ram semen for AI: The
Trust is also providing part-funding over five years to a
major research project being undertaken by Dr Simon
de Graaf, Sydney University, on achieving low cost,
accessible artificial insemination of frozen semen for the
sheep industry.
With these thoughts in mind the current research project
was designed with the aim to use a proteomic approach
to improve the function and fertility of frozen ram sperm
used for AI. Achieving this goal would give producers
more reliable or higher fertility than they currently achieve
in their laparoscopic AI programmes and potentially
provide the option of using a non-surgical (cervical) AI
alternative to laparoscopy for insemination of frozen
semen.
Improving the fertility of frozen ram
semen for AI
By Dr Simon de Graaf
Frozen ram semen has been available for use in the
sheep industry since laparoscopic AI was introduced
in the early 1980s. While the fertility of frozen semen
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The ability to use cervical AI with frozen semen would
eliminate the requirement of veterinary administered AI
(i.e. surgical laparoscopy and some of its associated
costs) and perhaps make AI with frozen semen and its
genetic benefits more accessible to the wider sheep
industry.
At the University
of Sydney Student
Prize Ceremony
in early May,
Emma O’Flaherty
is presented
with a certificate
acknowledging
her NSW SMBA
Trust Honour’s
Scholarship by Ed
Dugan, executive
director of the
SMBA.
Towards this overarching goal of improving the function
of frozen sperm, the research project aims to take a
step-by-step approach to understand what makes frozen
sperm different to fresh sperm and what it is about
seminal plasma that can alter or restore their function.
We will use a variety of techniques to explore these
questions over the five years of this project, many of which
have never been applied to sheep reproduction before.
On the proteomics side we will use a process known as
tandem mass spectrometry to identify the proteins present
in ram sperm and seminal plasma for the first time.
Quantitative proteomic techniques such as isobaric tags
for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) will allow us
to study subtle proteomic changes between fresh and
frozen sperm.
proteomic differences between sperm types (fresh and
frozen) and differences in seminal plasma from rams with
high or low abilities to survive freezing.
Coupled with proteomic analyses we will study sperm
function in the laboratory using the latest computer
assisted sperm assessment and flow cytometric
techniques as well as their interaction with cervical cells in
vitro.
Initial functional studies will focus on identifying rams with
high or low preservation abilities (to utilise their seminal
plasma for proteomic analysis) and investigation of how
seminal plasma modifies interaction of epididymal sperm
with the female.
Sperm function will also be studied within the ewe by a
revolutionary device (known as fibred confocal microscopy
– Cellvizio™) that allows us to observe sperm swimming
inside of the uterus and oviducts following AI. Field fertility
trials will also be used to test the true function of sperm
within the ewe.
These studies will inform the approach to be used to
investigate the effect of sperm freezing and the role of
seminal plasma proteins in restoring function.
Research will be conducted at the University of Sydney
by a team led by Dr Simon de Graaf and in collaboration
with Dr Xavier Druart, a world expert in sperm proteomics,
of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
(INRA), France. Research funding is provided through
the generous support of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’
Association.
Broadly speaking, these procedures will be used to
achieve the following aims over the course of the five-year
research programme:
1. Identify what makes fresh sperm different to frozen
sperm at the protein level
2. Characterise the protein composition of ram seminal
plasma
3. Understand the proteomic and functional interactions
between seminal plasma and sperm
4. Explore how proteomic differences in seminal plasma
affect freezability of ram sperm
5. Identify proteins which can be used to improve freezing
success
6. Understand how proteomic differences affect passage
of sperm through the female reproductive tract
7. Identify protein markers of fertility in ram semen
8. Identify and use proteins to promote fertility of ram
sperm
Further information: To aid in this project, Dr de Graaf
is also available to visit the properties of NSW SMBA
members when undertaking AI of their sheep. Contact
Simon de Graaf, ph (02) 9351 3363 or email simon.
degraaf@sydney.edu.au
Evaluating effects of replacing grain
Emma O’Flaherty, who holds a Bachelor of Animal and
Veterinary Bioscience degree, is the inaugural recipient
of the NSW SMBA Trust Honours Scholarship, made
available to a Sydney University Honours student. Her
project will evaluate the effects of replacing grain in Merino
sheep rations with crude glycerin.
Under the selection criteria for the scholarship, the
successful applicant should propose Honours level
research that is clearly linked to the Merino wool and/or
wool textile industry, be aimed at greater wool production
and at preparing the applicant for participation in the
Merino wool industry. The proposed studies should also
enable the scholarship recipient to interact directly with
one or more Merino wool industry sectors.
The first step in this long term research project is to
tailor the proteomic techniques of mass spectrometry
to analysis of sperm and seminal plasma and generate
a picture of the protein composition of these highly
specialised cells and the substance that supports their
function.
Once this has been conducted we will know the identity
of the proteins within the ram sperm membrane and
the seminal plasma. We can then start investigating
The following information is an extract from Emma’s
research proposal.
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The objectives of this study are to assess effects of
glycerol inclusion in the diet on Merino lamb performance
and wool yield.
The production of ethanol from cereal grains requires
the fermentation of starch, producing glycerin. As such,
the effects on wool growth characteristics by replacing
dietary fibre sources in Merino diets with glycerin will be
examined.
A growth performance experiment with 45 lambs will be
conducted at “Mayfarm”, University of Sydney, Camden.
Additionally, this research will examine the effects of
glycerin on the rumen microbial population and it is
suggested that by reducing methane production, animal
performance is likely to improve as a result of improved
energy efficiency. This increase in energy supply should
translate into greater wool production.
There will be 3 treatments with 15 animals per treatment.
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to provide the primary sector with new information
regarding the potentially sustainable use of glycerin
from biodiesel production and the resulting impact of
feeding by-products on ruminal ecology and fermentation
characteristics.
A week before the trial starts, mid-side patches will be
shorn, centred 30cm from the vertebral column down
the last rib. A 10cm square patch will be delineated with
a marker pen and stencil on the right hand side of the
animals.
A week before the end of the trial, mid-side patches
will be shorn with small animal clippers and the patch
clippings stored in a seed envelope ready for washing.
Samples will be analysed at the International Association
of Wool Textile Laboratories, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
“Thus, the proposed research would enable me to interact
directly with both the energy and agricultural sectors
as the potential outcomes are beneficial to both,” said
Emma.
Emma said she has always wanted to work with livestock
and production in NSW and has found a passion within
her field in nutrition. “I would love to continue this line of
work once I have completed my studies in 2013,” she
said.
Data on feed intake, feed conversion (FC), and growth
performance (ADG) will be analysed. Initial and final live
weight, liver and rumen weights, fatty acid composition,
wool yield and quality and rumen characteristics data
will be analysed using a model similar to that described
above, but excluding week as a repeated measure.
A brief abstract of the proposed research project follows.
Although crude glycerin composition varies among
biodiesel plants, its major component (80 to 99 per cent),
glycerol, has important potential to be used in livestock
diets. Glycerol can be readily absorbed through the rumen
wall and converted to glucose in the liver or, in a major
proportion, fermented to propionate, increasing blood
glucose levels in cattle and sheep.
In a further spin-off to Emma’s research, she said “the
proposed research will help me develop my skills in
professional writing for the scientific community and
increase my knowledge of the wool industry.
“I will continue to learn about research on animals and the
ethics behind it instead of several in vitro experiments.”
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Cootamundra’s
Claudia
An aspiring agricultural science teacher from
Cootamundra is the recipient of the NSW Stud Merino
Breeders Association Trust (SMBA Trust) - RAS
Foundation (RASF) Rural Scholarship for 2013.
Claudia Raleigh (second left) meets with executive of the NSW SMBA at
this year’s Sydney Royal, outgoing president, Lou Armstrong, executive
assistant, Mae Edenborough, and executive director, Edward Dugan.
Having completed her schooling last year at Cootamundra
High School where she was school captain, 17-yearold Claudia Raleigh is now studying for her Bachelor of
Agricultural Science at Charles Sturt University, Wagga
Wagga, NSW.
diploma of education and become a high school teacher
or if not that, something in the wool industry - I love wool.
“Whatever I do I want to be teaching other people about
the importance of agriculture in Australia,” she said.
Claudia said the scholarship will help support her while
she lives away from home for the first time as well as
assist with fees and purchase of texts so she will not have
to rely as heavily on her family.
Executive director of the NSW SMBA Edward Dugan
said that with its longer term commitment to youth
development programs such as the RASF, the association
can continue to raise awareness of the sheep and wool
industry.
An RASF Rural Scholarship assists NSW tertiary students
who demonstrate a passion for rural issues, community
involvement and have the determination to make a
difference. The scholarships support a diverse range of
education and training pursuits and are designed to ease
the financial burden of higher education and encourage
students who want to make a contribution to rural NSW.
“The NSW SMBA has members across the State and
understands the financial demands that are placed
on rural students (and parents) who are prepared to
undertake tertiary education in both major and regional
cities,” Mr Dugan said.
“The NSW SMBA has been and continues to be a keen
supporter of the ongoing development of the industry and
believes that investment in youth is important to continue
to attract innovation to the sheep and wool industry.”
RASF executive officer, Jocellin Jansson said that more
than 1,000 applications were received for the current
funding round and a record 46 rural scholarships have
been awarded for 2013.
Growing up on the family farm at Cootamundra, Claudia
has always had a hands-on role; helping with the sheep,
working for lamb marking contractors and in the shearing
shed and also attending local sheep sales and wool store
– and no doubt paying close attention to the advice of her
wool classing instructor mother.
“The RAS Foundation, our scholarship donors and
sponsors are extremely proud to be able to assist such
a large number of worthy and deserving students from
across NSW. The financial support we provide offers a
helping hand that allows them to fulfil their ambitions,
complete their university, TAFE or apprenticeship studies
and contribute to building vibrant rural communities,” Ms
Jansson said.
Claudia said she is passionate about rural and remote
communities and would like to teach agriculture and
science in a small remote school. She said the rural
issues of development and adoption of new technologies
to increase productivity to feed, fuel and clothe a growing
world population starts with educating young people “to
see agriculture as important enough to take up these
challenges”.
“There are some truly remarkable stories amongst
this group of scholars – they come from a variety of
backgrounds and range from 17 to 52 years of age. It
just goes to show that it is never too late to set a goal or
realise a dream.”
Further information on the RAS Foundation:
www.rasf.org.au
It has long been Claudia’s ambition to contribute to
farming education. “After my degree I would like to do a
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The Armstrong family’s Pemcaw Poll Merino stud, Dunedoo, topped
the 2012 Rabobank Dubbo National Merino ram sale at $44,000 with
its grand champion Poll Merino ram, sold to Merryville and RockBank studs. Pictured are Henry Armstrong; Wal Merriman, Merryville,
Boorowa; Lou Armstrong; and John Crawford, Rock-Bank, Victoria
Valley, Vic.
Merino studs from the NSW Central West featured
strongly in the 2012 Rabobank National Merino Sheep
Show and Ram Sale with Peak Hill’s Towalba stud
securing the nation’s highest Merino accolade, the
Rabobank Australian Supreme Merino Ram title, and
Dunedoo’s Pemcaw stud, topping the sale.
The ram was grand champion Poll Merino ram of the
previous day’s Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show
and earlier in the year was supreme exhibit at the
Queensland State Sheep Show and grand champion Poll
ram at the Australian Sheep Show in Bendigo.
Pemcaw’s $44,000 grand champion
At the Rabobank National Merino Ram Sale on the final
day of the three-day fixture, a Poll Merino ram from Lou
and Henry Armstrong’s Pemcaw stud at Dunedoo topped
the offering. The 18.7-micron ram sold for $44,000 to a
syndicate of well-known Australian Merino studs, Wal and
George Merriman’s Merryville stud, Boorowa, and John
Crawford’s Rock-Bank stud, Victoria Valley, Victoria.
It cut 13.7 kilograms of wool when shorn the following
day by Mr Merriman. “I’ve been watching this ram since
Sydney Royal, watching him grow on – and he has,” Mr
Merriman said.
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Mr Crawford said the Pemcaw ram was the best Poll he
has seen in 10 years. “He has a beautifully formed yoke in
the wool, is structurally very sound and the perfect sheep
to set up a Poll Merino stud,” Mr Crawford said.
Interstate buyers were out in force with 11 of the first 18
lots going to various buyers from Tasmania, Victoria,
Queensland and Western Australia.
Colleen, Gordon and Garry Cox, Langdene, Dunedoo,
recorded the sale’s second-top price of $25,000 in the
sale of an 18.6-micron, 153kg ram to Paul Weeding,
Okehampton stud, Triabunna, Tasmania.
Mr Weeding said he could find no fault with the ram.
“He is pure muscle and has everything going for him in
respect of structure and good, free growing wool.
“I see this ram as an outcross; he’ll go with the best ewes
in the stud,” he said.
Langdene sold a further two rams at the sale’s third-top
price of $12,000. Both 18.7-micron rams, one was sold to
W J and E Z Diss & Sons, “Bellpark”, Prairie, Victoria, and
the other to Stonehouse Grazing, Lemont, Tasmania.
Langdene’s overall sale average was $12,000 for the sale
of five rams, all of which have found interstate homes.
Garry Kopp, Towalba, Peak Hill, holds the stud’s 2012 Rabobank
Australian Supreme Merino Ram with judges, Robert Lindsay, Cora Lynn,
Peak Hill; Bob Walters, Middle View, Dalgety; Danny Picker, Hillcreston
Park, Bigga; Tim Dalla, Collinsville, Booborowie, SA; and Ian Michael,
Nyowee, Balaklava, SA.
Stonehouse Grazing also picked up the sale’s fourth-top
priced lot at $11,000, this time a 19.0-micron ram from
Matthew and Cherie Coddington’s Roseville Park stud,
Dubbo.
Towalba ram’s brilliant show career
With three sales at $10,000, Roseville Park sold 9 rams to
$11,000 for an average of $7167. Rams went throughout
NSW and to Western Australia as well as Tasmania.
In a brief but brilliant career of just over one week in the
Show ring, Towalba Calendar was never beaten. Grand
champion ram at last year’s Peak Hill Show and supreme
exhibit at Condobolin Show three days later, he was then
sashed Rabobank Supreme Australian Merino Ram in
Dubbo after another four days.
The McLaren family, Nerstane, Woolbrook, also sold a
ram at $10,000 to Denholm Green stud, Hexham, Vic.
Overall the sale of 46 rams grossed $271,000 for an
average of $5891.
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“Towalba” Peak Hill NSW
The 21.9-micron 4-tooth ram had won through from the
champion medium wool sale ram class to be champion
sale ram, grand champion ram and then the show’s
supreme exhibit and supreme NSW ram on his way to the
Australian supreme title.
The show’s grand champion ewe was the champion
superfine wool exhibit of Merryville stud, Boorowa. The 6tooth ewe measured 15.6-micron, and in what is believed
to be a “first”, the ewe had been best Merino ewe of the
Sydney Royal eighteen months earlier.
Calendar’s sire, T7.23, was reserve grand champion at
the Dubbo fixture in 2009.
In 2011 however, she measured 17.6-micron. Stud coprincipal, Wal Merriman said the ewe, from the Brilliant
Super family was a great example of Merryville’s breeding
philosophies – with her wool growing finer as she grew
older.
Spokesman for the judging panel, Robert Lindsay,
Cora Lynn, Peak Hill, said the supreme ram was a
tremendously long bodied sheep with a big rear end, a
magnificent head and a lot of wool; an overall standout
type of sheep. “He just looked the part,” he said.
The grand champion Poll Merino ewe of the show came
from the Darriwell Poll stud, Trundle, of Ray and Russell
Jones and the Elders City of Dubbo Group of 5 Merinos
was won by Graham and Mary Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie.
Other State finalists vying for the Australian title were
Warren McRae, Oakbank, Gre Gre North, Victoria; the
Bolt family’s Claypans stud, Corrigin, Western Australia;
the Brumpton family, Mount Ascot, Mitchell, Queensland,
and the Myer family’s Mulloorie stud, Brinkworth, South
Australia.
Roseville Park was most successful exhibitor of the
two-day show with Grassy Creek Poll, Reids Flat, most
successful Poll Merino exhibitor. Most successful exhibitor
for combined results in the sheep show and fleece show
was Bocoble stud, Mudgee.
The Towalba ram was passed-in at auction but later sold
for $30,000 to Richard Chalker, “Lachoona”, Darbys Falls
near Cowra.
The Performance Class was won by a ram from One Oak,
Jerilderie, which weighed in at 162kg. The 18.3-micron
ram had an SD of 2.3, 12.6CV and 99.9CF.
Towalba Calendar’s final challenge on his way to the
supreme titles was the grand champion Poll Merino ram
from Lou and Henry Armstrong’s Pemcaw stud, Dunedoo,
which later sold for the sale’s top price of $44,000.
Off-shears the ram weighed 148kg and produced a
14.4kg fleece valued at $112.96. It had a fat depth of 7.6
millimetres and eye muscle depth (EMD) of 45.2mm. The
combined fleece and meat score for OO BL10 was 488
from a possible 500.
Sired by a Moorundie Park ram and from a Pemcaw
maiden poll ewe, the 131kg ram measured 2.9-micron
standard deviation (SD), 15.5 per cent coefficient of
variation (CV), 99.9pc comfort factor (CF) and 17.4-micron
spinning fineness (SF).
In second place was a ram from the McLaren family,
Nerstane, Woolbrook. A full brother to last year’s Supreme
NSW Ram, the 18.9-micron ram’s fleece weighed
15.17kg and was valued at $121.33. It had fat depth of
4.8mm and EMD of 33.5mm.
With the Towalba and Pemcaw rams on the mat in final
competition, many thoughts turned to the late John Coy
who classed both studs; the two grand champions were
from the last joining that he oversaw.
In the Australian Wool Network fleece show run in
conjunction with the sheep show, the Rayner family’s
Grathlyn stud, Hargraves, triumphed with a 15.4-micron
superfine wool ewe fleece taking out the supreme fleece
award. The ewe was by Grathlyn’s 2005 GSSM (Goulburn)
grand champion ram and supreme exhibit.
The 2013 Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show and
Ram Sale, Dubbo, will be held from August 27 to 29.
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Further information: Steve Lindsay, DNRSA secretary,
0429 340 988. Entry forms and catalogue can also be
found on-line on the Shows & Sales page at
Sold Top ($) Average
PEMCAW, Dunedoo
LANGDENE, Dunedoo
ROSEVILLE PARK, Dubbo
ONE OAK, Jerilderie
NERSTANE, Woolbrook
HADDON RIG, Warren
WEEALLA, Balladoran
DARRIWELL, Trundle
WEST PLAINS, Delegate
TOWALBA, Peak Hill
GRASSY CREEK, Reids Flat
BUNGULLA, Manilla
KAROWARA PLAINS, Bedgerebong
DUNBOGAN, Elong Elong
ROCKDALE, Canowindra
TARA PARK, Boorowa
BILLA BURRA BURRA, Yass
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9
2
4
5
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1
2
2
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1
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44,000
25,000
11,000
6000
10,000
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4000
4000
5000
4000
3000
2500
2000 (2)
2000
1500 (3)
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44,000
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5150
4875
4300
4250
4000
4000
3250
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2500
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1000
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$44,000
$5891
79% clearance
The reserve grand champion ram of the 2012 Rabobank National
was the grand champion fine/medium ram from Matthew and Cherie
Coddington’s Roseville Park, Dubbo.
Wayne Jenkins photo
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Hugh McGrath, Egelabra
Stud, Warren, overall
winner and first placed in
the 20-25 years section
of the Merino judging
competition at Dubbo.
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The Merino judging competition winner at the 2012
Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show was Egelabra
jackaroo, Hugh McGrath, 21. Hailing from Womboin
Station, Girilambone, Hugh completed his schooling at St
Ignatius College, Riverview, before spending two years as
a jackaroo on Barcaldine Downs, Barcaldine, Queensland.
He credits Barcaldine Downs manager, Duncan Ferguson,
with firing his enthusiasm and for teaching him so much
about judging. During this time he won the Queensland
State judging competition final and was also associate
judge at the Queensland State Sheep Show in Charleville
in 2011.
In early 2012, Hugh moved to the Kater family’s
Eenaweena property at Warren as jackaroo and stud
groom and expressed gratitude to Egelabra manager,
Cam Munro, for furthering his knowledge and giving him
the opportunity to do some judging.
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The Land newspaper’s trophy for the winning March-shorn pair of Merinos
of the 2012 Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Show and Sale was won
by One Oak stud, Jerilderie. Exhibitor, Graham Wells, holds the ram while
his brother, Ross Wells of Willandra stud, Jerilderie, lends a hand as Mark
Griggs, central west journalist, The Land, presents the trophy.
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2012 Rabobank National Merino Sheep
Show & Ram Sale
2012 Rabobank Australian Supreme Ram
NSW Finalist: Towalba, Peak Hill
Supreme Exhibit & Supreme NSW Ram
Towalba, Peak Hill
Most Successful Exhibitor - Overall, Show
and Fleece
Bocoble, Mudgee
Elders City of Dubbo Group
One Oak, Jerilderie
The Max Smith Champion Pair
Oakbank, St Arnaud, Vic
Elders Champion Pen of 5 Sale Rams
Roseville Park, Dubbo **
Grand Champion Ram
Towalba, Peak Hill
Reserve Grand Champion Ram
Roseville Park, Dubbo
Grand Champion Ewe
Merryville, Boorowa
Reserve Grand Champion Ewe
One Oak, Jerilderie
Champion Aug Shorn Sale Ram
Towalba, Peak Hill
Grand Champion Poll Merino Ram
Pemcaw Poll, Dunedoo
Reserve Grand Champion
Mulloorie, Brinkworth, SA
Grand Champion Poll Merino Ewe
Darriwell Poll, Trundle
Merryville Poll, Boorowa
Most Successful Exhibitor - Open
Most Successful Poll Exhibitor
Grassy Creek Poll, Reids Flat *
National March-shorn Ram
One Oak, Jerilderie
NSW Jnr Champion March-shorn Ram
One Oak, Jerilderie
NSW Jnr Champion March-shorn Ewe
One Oak, Jerilderie **
The Land March Shorn Pair
One Oak, Jerilderie **
Performance Class
One Oak, Jerilderie
Best Presented Team Sale Rams
Langdene, Dunedoo
Best Static Display
Egelabra, Warren
AUGUST SHORN CHAMPIONS
Champion Superfine Ram
Conrayn, Berridale
Champion Superfine Ewe
Merryville, Boorowa
Champion Fine Ram
Champion Fine Wool Ewe
Royalla, Wallendbeen
Champion Fine/Medium Ram
Roseville Park, Dubbo *
Champion Fine/Medium Ewe
Langdene, Dunedoo **
Champion Medium Ram
Champion Medium Ewe
One Oak, Jerilderie *
Champion Strong Ram
Darriwell, Trundle **
Champion Strong Ewe
MARCH SHORN CHAMPIONS
Bocoble, Mudgee *
Grathlyn, Hargraves
Champion Fine Ram
Grassy Creek, Reids Flat
Grassy Creek, Reids Flat **
One Oak, Jerilderie
Champion Medium Ram
Champion Medium Ewe
Champion Strong Ram
Willandra, Jerilderie
Champion Strong Ewe
One Oak, Jerilderie
AUGUST SHORN POLL CHAMPIONS
Champion Fine Ram
Karowara Plains, Bedgerebong
Pemcaw Poll, Dunedoo *
Roseville Park Poll, Dubbo
Champion Medium Ram
Mulloorie, Brinkworth, SA
Champion Medium Ewe
Champion Strong Ram
Barcaldine Downs, Barcaldine, Qld
Champion Strong Ewe
MARCH SHORN POLL CHAMPIONS
Grassy Creek Poll, Reids Flat
Champion Fine Ram
Grassy Creek Poll, Reids Flat **
Terrick West, Prairie, Vic
Bundaleer Poll, Walla Walla
Champion Medium Ram
Champion Medium Ewe
Bundaleer Poll, Walla Walla
Champion Strong Ram
Winyar Poll, Canowindra
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Australian Wool Network
2012 NATIONAL FLEECE SHOW
Supreme Champion Fleece
Grathlyn, Hargraves
Grand Champion Ram Fleece
Bocoble, Mudgee
Grand Champion Ewe or Wether Fleece
Grathlyn, Hargraves *
Champion Medium Wool Fleece
Merryville, Boorowa
Most Successful Exhibitor
Paul and Margy Seaman
HOUSED SECTIONS
Superfine Ewe or Wether Fleece
Grathlyn, Hargraves *
Superfine Ram Fleece
Bocoble, Mudgee
Fine Ewe or Wether Fleece
Airlie Poll, Walcha
Fine Ram Fleece
Bocoble, Mudgee
Medium Ewe or Wether Fleece
Airlie Poll, Walcha
Medium Ram Fleece
Merryville, Boorowa
Strong Ewe or Wether Fleece
Strong Ram Fleece
Wyuna, Armatree
UNHOUSED SECTIONS
Superfine Ewe or Wether Fleece
P & M Seaman
P & M Seaman *
P & M Seaman
Towalba, Peak Hill *
COMMERCIAL UNHOUSED
SECTIONS
P & M Seaman **
R E Kent, Delungra *
Warrie Grazing, Gulargambone
RABOBANK AUSTRALIA MERINO
SHEEP JUDGING COMPETITION
Overall Winner Hugh McGrath
Senior (15 - 25)
1 Hugh McGrath, “Eenaweena”, Warren
2 Todd Mullen, Uardry, Hay
3 Caleb Thomson, Uardry, Hay
Junior
1 Josephine Coddington, Weilmoringle
2 James McLean
3 Sam Barnes
Best Handler Hugh McGrath
* = winner of same award in previous year
2012 Rabobank National Merino Sheep
Show & Sale full results on
Schools Wether Challenge
to Dunedoo Central
The inaugural Schools Wether Challenge staged at the
2012 Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show was a
resounding success, fulfilling the aims of sponsor, the
NSW Stud Merino Breeders Association (NSW SMBA).
Fifteen pens of three wethers were entered by nine
schools. The wethers had been donated to the various
schools by Merino breeders from throughout the State
and agriculture class students at each school were
responsible for feeding and preparation in the months
prior to the show.
Overall winner was Dunedoo Central School’s pen with
an aggregate value of $843. Forbes High School took
second position with a value of $740, and third place
went to St Paul’s, Walla Walla, with an aggregate of
$735.
Winners of the inaugural Schools Wether Challenge, the team
from Dunedoo Central School, Blake Taufa, teacher Jade Smith,
Lachlan Stuart, Harry Obst, Luke O’Connor, Rhiannon Barnes, Justin
Robinson.
Wethers were first judged on Merino characteristics
and winner of that section was Trundle Central School
followed by St Paul’s and then Dunedoo Central.
President of the NSW SMBA, Lou Armstrong, who
had overseen the development of the challenge said
it was a major success for Merinos and the State’s
educational system which promoted agricultural
classes.
The competition for sheep value went to Trundle, then
Forbes High and in third place, St Paul’s.
The wethers were then shorn and wool values
assessed. Dunedoo Central’s team came out on top,
followed by Yanco Agricultural High School and then
Forbes High.
“Merino breeders will gain a lot of feedback from
this trial, but more importantly, we have involved an
enormous number of school students currently studying
agriculture and encouraged them to look a little more
closely at the Australian Merino and what its wool and
meat attributes can offer primary producers,” he said.
The final assessment was on carcase value and
Dunedoo again claimed that title. In second place was
another team from Yanco with a pen from Gulgong
High School coming in at third.
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5. Bevan Jolly, Elders Dubbo, presents the sash to Roseville Park,
Dubbo, winners of the Elders pen of three sale rams. Also pictured
are Matthew Coddington, Grand Judd and Ross Howard.
1. Sue McDonald, Royalla, Wallendbeen, sashes the August-shorn
champion superfine ewe from Merryville, Boorowa, held by Wal
Merriman, that went on to be grand champion ewe of the 2012
Rabobank National.
6. Oakbank stud of Gre Gre North, near St Arnaud, Victoria, took out
the Max Smith Memorial champion Merino pair of the 2012 Rabobank
National. Luke Smith, Rabobank’s Dubbo branch manager, presents
the ribbon to the exhibitor, Warren McRae, holding the ram and Greg
Simpson, Winjallok, Vic, holding the ewe.
2. David Hart, wool manager, Landmark, Dubbo, sashes the grand
champion Poll Merino ewe of the 2012 Rabobank Dubbo National
Merino Show and Sale, held and exhibited by Ray Jones, Darriwell Poll
stud, Trundle. The ewe was earlier judged champion August-shorn Poll
Merino ewe.
7. Graham Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie, holds his NSW junior champion
March-shorn ewe while Peter Lieschke, Bundaleer Poll, Walla Walla,
holds his reserve champion. The ewe was also champion Marchshorn Poll Merino ewe.
3. One Oak stud, Jerilderie, had a big day in the March shorn showring
during the first day of the 2012 Rabobank Dubbo National Merino
Show and Sale, exhibiting among other champions, the NSW and
National junior champion March-shorn ram. Pictured is exhibitor,
Graham Wells holding the ram being sashed with the Elders NSW
junior broad ribbon by Bevan Jolly, Dubbo, while Pat Byrne, Wagga
Wagga, presents the National broad ribbon on behalf of Western
Wool Marketing.
8. Max Rayner, Grathlyn stud, Hargraves with the supreme fleece of the
2012 Australian Wool Network open fleece show, held in conjunction
with the Rabobank National. Also pictured are Greg Sawyer, AWN,
livestock officer, Orange; Lee Toohey, Bayer Australia’s Dubbo based
representative; and Dubbo National Ram Sale Association secretary,
Steve Lindsay, Cora Lynn stud, Peak Hill.
4. Charlotte Faulks, Novartis Animal Health, Coolah, sashes the medium
and grand champion sale ram on its way to the supreme title, held by
Garry Kopp while medium wool judge, Rob Lindsay, Cora Lynn stud,
Peak Hill, sashes the reserve champion and champion fine/medium
sale ram held by Russell Jones and exhibited by the Jones family’s
Darriwell stud, Trundle.
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With more than 40% of lambs
mulesed without pain relief,
it’s now time to make a Better Choice.
Currently, a little under half of all Australian sheep are mulesed without any pain relief. In the absence
of short term alternatives, some farmers that had abandoned mulesing may have now returned to the
procedure. (Sheep farmers Flocking back to Mulesing – The Australian January 21, 2013).
It’s encouraging to see many farmers recognise the benefits of pain relief, but there are still some who
don’t. Farmers who don’t use pain relief often indicate cost as a reason, but in fact, pain relief pays for
itself. They only need to wean another 1 in every 100 (or 1%) lambs for pain relief to pay for itself.
Number of ewes mated
100
Lambing percentage
80%
Number of lambs (A)
80
Cost of pain relief per lamb (B)
68¢
Total cost to treat lambs (AxB)
$54
Estimated value of lamb
under 10 months*
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* Based on estimated market value of lamb May 2013
With recent studies showing at least 24 hour effective pain relief, it’s best welfare practice to use pain
relief when mulesing. Effective pain relief means lambs ‘mother up’ faster, experience less blood loss
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this work showed this continued for a much longer period - for at least 24 hours after application.
Two separate trials were carried out on 6-8 week old Merino lambs. In the first trial, lambs were
mulesed and tail docked at the same time. In the second trial, only mulesing was carried out as tail
docking had been carried out previously. In each trial the lambs were divided into 3 groups - (A)
Untreated controls, (B) Treated with pain relief following mulesing (and tail docking in Trial 1),
and (C) the wounds remained untreated.
In the trials, post-operative wound sensitivity was measured using Von-Frey filaments at a series of 9
sites on the wound surface and 5 sites on the surrounding skin. The Von-Frey filaments are thin nylon
fibres that apply either light touch (10N) or pain stimulation (75N) to an area.
Pain and light touch responses were made prior to treatment, 1 minute following, and then 24 hours
after mulesing. Typical light touch and pain induced involuntary reflexes and motor responses were
measured using a customized numerical rating scale (NRS).
Pain responses over the mulesed area were graded as: (0) No response. (1) Minor involuntary motor
response such as local skin twitch. (2) Partial rump withdrawal reflex with multiple sub-cutaneous
muscle contractions and/or lifting of the tail. (3) Full rump withdrawal reflex with lifting of the rump off
the cradle. Facial responses were also graded and recorded.
Pain-related behaviour was assessed at 1h and 24h post-mulesing using a Numerical Rating Scale as
follows: (1) Mild abnormalities of posture, gait or behaviour. (2) Moderate abnormalities such as ‘statue
standing’ and moderate stiffening. (3) Severe abnormalities of posture, gait or behaviour such as
marked agitation with twisting or writhing, distressed vocalization etc.
RESULTS: Pain Relief: The two trials confirmed the rapid relief of pain with the Bayer
pain relief product. The trials showed an increasing level of wound sensitivity to
pain and light touch over the 24 hour period that was alleviated by applying the
Bayer pain relief product.
Pain Related Behaviour. Mulesed lambs that were treated with the Bayer pain
relief product had lower pain behaviour scores at both the 1 hour and 24 hour
assessments than those with untreated wounds, and had pain related behaviour
scores similar to the un-mulesed control group.
CONCLUSION: “Significant pain alleviation and improved recovery can be achieved in
lambs for at least 24 hours after mulesing through the use of the Bayer pain relief product”.1
Reference: (1). Lomax S, Sheil M and Windsor PA (2013) Duration of action of a topical
anaesthetic formulation for pain management of mulesing in sheep. Aust Vet J 91: 160-167.
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“Our 2012-drop sale rams have exceeded expectations
in growth and doing ability through an extremely dry
summer. We’re very impressed with the way they’re
performing.”
When fleece weights matter
Few Merino studs have a client base as loyal as that of
Haddon Rig and consistent client success at commercial
ewe and wether competitions underpins this loyalty.
Poll stud
repositions HR
Richard and Anna Green, with their sons, George and
David, manage a Merino breeding operation together with
Angus cattle and cereal cropping on 2240 hectares at
“Olieview”, Parkes.
The Green family has notched up several wins and places
in their local ewe competition over the past decade and
surplus ewes are in high demand by repeat buyers.
By AMY LAWSON
Wool market resurgence focuses
attention on Haddon Rig wool cutters
“When you buy rams at Haddon Rig, what you see is what
you get because of the depth of breeding at the stud,” Mr
Green says.
After more than 130 years as one of the most prominent
Merino studs in the country, Haddon Rig is launching into
new territory.
“They’re a very even-fleeced, heavy cutting sheep, and
we get very few cast lines in a well-classed clip.
“We find that we get really good main lines in a wellmanaged flock - it’s just a pleasure to put the wool
through the press.
The Falkiner family and Haddon Rig’s management team,
led by Andy Maclean, canvassed successful Poll Merino
studs from across the country six years ago and selected
the best stud ewes and sire genetics available to form the
base of Haddon Rig Poll Merino stud.
“We get good crimp definition, good length, the sheep
yield well, they comb well - we find the shearers comment
on that.
The first drop of Poll Merino rams from their vision will be
sold in 2013, with an open day on September 13 at the
stud’s Warren base in Central West NSW.
“I follow the wool through the system and it always sells
well.
Merino and Poll Merino stud manager, Andy Maclean,
said the pure Poll background for the new stud was
established with the purchase of 300 yearling and sixyear-old, large-framed Moorundie Park stud ewes in late
2011.
“We get top prices on any market and I’ve found that in
the past 20 years, that’s a very important component of
your business. Wool that doesn’t stack up at the point of
sale costs you dearly.”
Stud ewes scan 157 per cent
These plain-bodied yet heavy-cutting ewes were joined
to Moorundie Park sires and to distinguished sire, Poll
Boonoke 0001, bought by Moorundie Park for a record
$50,000 in 2011.
While Haddon Rig sheep are known as heavy wool
cutters, this has not been at the expense of fertility – as
proven in the stud’s April pregnancy scanning.
“When the ewes arrived in 2011, they showed true Poll
traits of early maturity, with some weighing up to 90kg,”
Mr Maclean said.
Despite a dry, hot joining, mature age stud ewes scanned
157 per cent in lamb, with 60pc carrying twins and just
4pc dry. This result continued through to the 2011-drop
special maiden ewes which scanned a pleasing 147pc in
lamb, with 44pc twins and just 6pc dry.
“At the end of 2012, we completed an extensive ET and AI
program, purchasing more semen from top-performing
Moorundie Park sires.
Further information: Visit www.haddonrig.com.au or
contact stud manager, Andy Maclean, 0429 662 226.
Haddon Rig can also be found on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/haddonrig
“We’re focusing on early maturity and fertility, while
maintaining the wool quality and quantity that Haddon Rig
is renowned for,” he said.
Richard, David and George Green, “Olieview”, Parkes
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Georgia loved breeding
the Merino rams at
Middle View and would
spend countless hours
following Bob’s footsteps,
while Brody had found a
passion of his own in clay
target shooting – a pasttime that Bob had not
participated in for some
time. In 2010 however he
was convinced to return
to the lanes in Cooma,
progressing rapidly from C
grade to AA grade in large
shoots in the Riverina and Monaro and across NSW.
Vale
Bob Walters
1961-2013
“He worked hard to set up the stud and finally got the
property to a standard that would allow him to take time
off; mostly to travel with Brody to shoots,” said Mikala.
The stud Merino industry lost one of its most passionate
breeders on February 10 when Bob Walters, Middle View
Merino stud, Dalgety, died from a sudden heart attack,
aged 51.
“His shooting weekends never lined up with our (Mikala and
Georgia) horsey weekends. This he liked as it always meant
there was someone home to feed the rams in the shed.”
Bob was also an active member of the Monaro
community and the NSW Merino fraternity. A councillor of
the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association (SMBA) since
1997, he was a member of the shearing inspection, Poll
Merino and public relations committees and at the time of
his death was the SMBA’s junior vice president.
Six days later over 800 people from all mainland States
attended the Boloco Anglican Church, Dalgety, to pay their
respects to a great Merino man, friend and colleague.
Born in Cooma on July 20, 1961, Bob was the second
oldest of three boys and a girl.
He was a past president of both the Monaro Merino
Association and the Great Southern Supreme Merino
show and sale committee (2010-2012); a member of the
Numbla Vale bush fire brigade and the Dalgety P and
C. He also served as Dalgety Show president and vice
president and publicity officer of the Cooma Gun Club.
He grew up on the Dalgety farm, helping his father and
two brothers run Merino sheep and cattle, with a real
interest in driving the Merino stud with his father, and
taking on the decision making in the early 1990s. Many
a day was spent with his father perfecting the art of
analysing a sheep for its good and bad points, while also
judging the wool.
Bob was renowned in the district for his cooking skills
and won at various local shows with his tomato relish and
pickles. Mikala said he loved to cook “and to entertain
with fancy dinner parties or a barbecue, sharing a drink
and a yarn with friends”.
The Middle View Merino stud was formed in 1977 by
Sid and Judy Walters, growing from a successful ram
breeding program as well as an interest in buying rams
for others in the area. The stud grew to a point where,
during the mid 1980s under John Coy’s classing direction,
its inaugural ram sale sold 60 rams in 50 minutes to
average $640.
He encouraged his children to do their best, to be happy
with the results and to enjoy whatever they are doing.
“His friendly banter, endless jokes and ability to say what
he thought to anyone are strengths we miss. He could
travel anywhere in Australia and bump into someone he
knew. He would remember their names and strike up a
friendly conversation,” said Mikala.
In 2003, Craig Wilson, Wagga Wagga, was employed
to work alongside John Coy and in 2005 the family
restructured the farming business and Bob and his wife
Mikala took over the reins.
Bob drove the Middle View brand of sheep to a new level
from the time he took over the stud, producing big, thick,
productive Merinos, both horned and polled, with a focus
on putting dollars in his clients’ pockets. He was conscious
of wool quality, plenty of it and a good framed sheep to
go with it. Under his stewardship the Middle View stud
topped many multi-vendor sales, achieved one of the
highest averages for an on-property ram sale in NSW and
helped clients to achieve great success in various wether
trials and ewe competitions across NSW, Victoria and
Tasmania.
The number of friends who turned out to farewell Bob
were evidence of the high esteem in which he was held,
with Mikala saying “half the world knew and loved Bob;
the other half just had not met him yet.
“He was my best friend, a wonderful dad and we miss
him dearly.”
Bob Walters is survived by his wife Mikala, children
Georgia and Brody, mother Judy, brothers Ross and Neil,
and sister, Maureen.
Mikala Waters and Brett Tindal
He was known to many as the bloke with the roaring
infectious laugh who could keep a crowd entertained for
hours with his jokes and stories.
Bob had such a passion for Merinos but claimed his real
success in life was his children, Georgia, 15, and Brody,
14, with whom he had a strong bond.
Middle View Merino stud will continue to be developed under
the guidance of Craig Wilson, following Bob’s philosophy. We will
strive to produce big framed, heavy cutting fine wools. Thank you
to all our clients who have sent messages of support during our
tragic time. We look forward to your continued support and will
do our best to meet your needs within the Merino industry.
Mikala, Georgia and Brody
Another would be his marriage to Mikala. They met at
Cooma Rodeo in January 1991 and married at a favourite
restaurant in Sydney in October 1993. Of their relationship,
Mikala said “we supported each other’s dreams; his of
sheep work – mine of teaching”.
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Vale
Ken Evans
A dedicated Merino breeder and stalwart of the Cobar
community, particularly of the Cobar P & H (Cobar Show
Society), Ken Evans of Tambua Poll Merino stud, “Tambua
Station”, Cobar, passed away on November 10, 2012.
Since 1953 Mr Evans had been both a very active
member of the show society and a keen sheep and wool
exhibitor, winning many awards and trophies over the
years. Ken had been a wool steward since the first show
held after World War II, and at the time of his death still
held this position along with that of vice president.
Ken Evans, chief steward Cobar Show’s wool section, is pictured with his
2012 grand champion fleece of the show at the 60th Cobar Show at which
he had fulfilled this role among others.
During his 59 years on the society, Ken had also served as
president and was awarded life membership in 2009 for
his hard work and dedication to the Cobar P & H.
Members of the SMBA who have exhibited or judged with
him over the years have recalled his warm hospitality and
spoken of “a true gentleman who will certainly be greatly
missed by those who were fortunate enough to know him”.
The Evans family has four generations of service to the
society with Ken’s father Tom having been a foundation
member and Ken’s son Paul currently holding the position
of president with his son, Michael, a sheep steward.
Ken Evans is survived by his wife Ann, Paul and Jane and
their sons, Michael and Scott.
The ultimate in
New England
Genomic blood cards, collected prior to the event will be
available during inspection. Many important traits such as
fleece weight, staple strength and worm resistance are
included in the genomic information.
Winners of the different classes and the New England
Ultimate Merino will be announced at a dinner at Uralla,
NSW, on Saturday January 11 2014.
Further information: NEMFD secretary, Janet Carter, ph
(02) 6778 7288 or 0427 677874 or visit
www.newenglandmerino.com.au
The biennial New England Merino Field Days (NEMFD) are
back again in January 2014 and with them a new feature
competition, the New England Ultimate Merino.
The competition is based on existing “all-purpose” Merino
classes and will also include the latest genomics blood
testing.
The New England Ultimate Merino competition will promote
elite yearling Merino sires that may be top sale rams or
stud sires and is open to Merino studs participating in the
field days.
NEMFD president, Joe van Eyk, is excited with this new field
days’ feature. “New England is the premier genetic source
for fine, superfine and ultrafine Merinos and we export all
around Australia and the world,” he said.
“This new competition will identify the very best young sires
with outstanding wool, carcase and conformation.
“We see the Ultimate Merino being an educational
experience for breeders, as well as a marketing opportunity
for studs.”
The Ultimate Merinos will be fleece tested, body weighed
and carcase scanned at the Uralla Showgrounds. A wool
judge and a meat judge will assess the sheep, including
conformation.
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Passion for
the product
By CAROL TRAINOR
High fertility, whiteness of wool and excellent frames
have repaid an emphasis on quality breeding for three
passionate Merino breeding enterprises in southern NSW.
With results varying from lambing rates up to 165 per
cent, 80pc of wether lambs turned off by 12 months of
age and wool that has withstood 1525mm of rain in a
year, the three businesses have respectively been repaid
in spades for an investment in genetics on their Merino
enterprises.
Bill and Rhonda Daly, YLAD & Co, “Milgadara”, Young, are regular
buyers of the top-priced rams at Grogansworth Merino stud, Bowning.
Pictured at the stud’s 2012 on-property sale are Grogansworth coprincipal, George Henderson; Daly’s sheep classer, Michael Elmes,
Smart Stock, Narrandera; buyer Bill Daly; Grogansworth classer, Ian
Marwedel, Dubbo; and Grogansworth principal, Kim Henderson, with the
stud’s $4200 top-priced ram.
Size, wool whiteness and outstanding fertility and growth
rates are common characteristics in the story of the three
producers.
Bill and Rhonda Daly of YLAD & Co, “Milgadara”, Young,
marked 165pc of lambs from their 2- and 3- year-old
ewes last spring after a September lambing, with the
entire flock averaging 130pc.
Ahead of lambing last year the Dalys had two major fox
baiting programs. On their first run they put out 150 baits
and all were taken, indicating the scale of the fox problem.
They then put out another 150. “We heavily baited twice
and we really saw as we drove around during lambing
that all the lambs were surviving. We weren’t losing the
twins.”
The Dalys don’t scan but emphasise animal health,
particularly ewe nutrition, in helping maintain a solid 105106pc lambing average for several years. “A good quality
sheep is very important. If the whole package is good you
then get very good results in every area, including fertility,”
Bill Daly said.
High fertility and excellent growth are also characteristics
enjoyed by the Grogansworth-blood flock of Jugiong’s
Keatinge family. The Keatinges have increased
their emphasis on breeding Merinos by taking on
Grogansworth rams in the past three years and last
year their Merinos outperformed their crossbred ewes in
lambing performance.
The Dalys join 3000 ewes a year on their mixed farming
operation and Mr Daly said they were looking for finemedium wool sheep, “something that can really stand up
to the conditions in our area”.
“We buy at the top end of the Grogansworth rams. Even
though we’ve bought the top priced rams a few times we
have usually only been about $200 above the average;
but when you pay that bit extra the quality is about 40 per
cent above the average.
It’s a result that was replicated slightly north at the Old
Bundemar-owned “Fairview”, managed by Nick Hewlett.
Both operations have had lambing and growth success.
With Nick and Sally Keatinge and their son Andrew’s
property “Stonehenge”, between Jugiong and Adjungbilly,
varying from “undulating to steep” and with wethers run
on the hillier, less forgiving country, wool quality is also
paramount.
“It probably has a lot to do with our selection of rams. We
are getting good bodied rams so their progeny are open
and good, fertile ewes.”
The Dalys join at 1.5pc and, although they have scanned
in the past, no longer do so. “If the ewes are in good
condition and they are in a rising plane of nutrition you
won’t have many ewes not in lamb,” Mr Daly said. “(And)
you have to have the nutrition in front of them.”
The Keatinge’s ewes achieved 125pc lambs at marking
and 123pc at weaning. The ewes were joined at 1.5pc
for six weeks and the Keatinges did scan, allowing ewe
nutrition management. The crossbreds, meanwhile,
marked about 98pc at weaning.
The Daly’s YLAD Living Soils fertiliser program is a key
to the outcomes of their mixed farming operation, with
that emphasis apparent in their own soil management.
“We focus very heavily on soil testing and balancing the
minerals in our soil. It’s subtle but it really does show
benefits in stock health,” Mr Daly said.
Andrew Keatinge said the result reflected the quality of the
Merinos’ breeding. “They were fantastic lambs,” he said.
“We have been focusing on our Merino breeding for about
three years and we are seeing the results.”
The pasture mixes vary, including a mix of cocksfoot
clover with a lucerne base with others - chicory, lucerne
and clover for fattening.
The Keatinges started breeding their own Merinos about
three years ago, aiming to avoid the pitfalls of buying in
stock, and now buy in only about 500 ewes a year
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compared with 1200 three years ago. They now join 1150
Merinos a year, a move which means they have greater
control over animal quality and health and are reducing
the average age of the flock. “It is always an unknown
when you are buying sheep in,” Mr Keatinge said.
lambing, after lambing was moved back from August 1
for better management efficiency.
The family has pregnancy scanned the ewes for the past
three years, weeding out any dries and targeting nutrition
“which has been really good for our production”.
The topography of their property means they also have
3500 acres of country they feel is most suited to Merino
wethers, with the oldest wethers about 3.5 years old.
They have increased their focus on fertility management,
both in ewes and rams, including targeting ram selection
and body type and shearing rams twice a year.
“We have had two drops of lambs from the Grogansworth
rams and are seeing some great results. The 1.5yo
wethers cut 5.8kg wool average and the 2.5yos cut 7.9kg.
“I am very excited to see the 2012 drops coming through
the system,” Mr Keatinge said. “And with the 2013 drops
I think we will see even more of the things we have really
been focusing on – the fertility, size and wool whiteness”.
“We are looking for a medium to large frame Merino ewe
with a good body and the Grogansworth rams have really
helped that. Their sheep really suit our climate. They’ve
got the frame and everything we need as well as adding
real whiteness of wool,” he said.
“The Grogansworth rams are really putting the brightness
into the wool. We are getting a good wool cut and a good
sized lamb.
“We are really trying to weed out the sheep that aren’t
doing what we want. We have been building up numbers
and now we are going to work on that quality and bring
that in.”
“Our main operation is a Merino over a Dorset or Suffolk
which is about 85pc of our program.”
The ewes are joined in mid-January for a July/August
Fairview’s focus
on Merino
management
“At the moment (for example) I have my ewe weaners
on a triticale crop that might otherwise have crossbreds
or Angus but without them it means the (paddock)
resources go to growing more ewe weaners.
“My aim is to put as much nutrition into those lambs as
possible. A half-grown ewe lamb is no good to me or
the company. We are putting a lot of work into reaching
those targets. I work on getting those ewes to 50 plus
kilograms by joining,” he said.
“Last year as the season turned pear-shaped over
summer those ewes held on and they joined terrifically
well.
At “Fairview”, Binalong, manager Nick Hewlett said a
focus on Merino management was helping them sell
80pc of their wether lambs at 12 months old, every
year.
“This year we had 40 dry out of 600 maiden ewes,
which we were very pleased with. We scanned
because of the different feed requirements and the
tighter year, but we only scan when we see the need.
Mr Hewlett operates “Fairview”, one of two properties
in the district run by Old Bundemar Pty Ltd under
general manager, Geoff Henderson.
“The ewes are a pretty fertile article. The year before
last we weaned 104pc, last year 105pc weaned of total
ewes joined without scanning and we are getting to the
stage where we are budgeting for 100pc in the Merino
ewes.”
“Last year 80 pc of the lambs were sold at $125/head
(at 12 months of age). This year already, 20pc of
the lambs have been sold at 10 months for $93 and
we will have 80pc cleared by 12 months again,” Mr
Hewlett said.
Mr Hewlett joins the ewes on February 21 and lambs
on July 21, when ewes are about 20 months old. “We
join as early as we can and still have the ewes in peak
fertility, given the season.”
He said moving sheep off the country quickly was
key to the remaining flock’s results. “I’ve got to get
the wether lambs off as soon as possible to allow the
country time to rest,” he said.
The 775 hectare “Fairview” is in 600-635mm rainfall
undulating, fairly sandy granite based soil with about
220ha of native pasture. From 50-70ha is cropped
each year for rejuvenating poor pastures with a goal of
creating a mix of productive grass based pastures.
The property is stocked at about 7.5 DSE and since
Mr Hewlett started managing the property about three
years ago the company has changed the mix from a
crossbred and Merino production regime to a purely
Merino enterprise, this year joining just under 2300
ewes.
Paddocks are in the process of being identified and
developed for more productive lucerne pastures. “We
are trying to produce a pasture that will give good
quality pasture in five to 10 years,” Mr Hewlett said.
“The Grogansworth rams have certainly built on
our fertility and they’ve maintained the size. We are
selecting rams for their growth, looking to impart the
genetics onto the future lambs.
“Fairview” runs Merinos and some Angus cattle,
supplying Old Bundemar’s “Glenroy” property with
around 500 maiden ewes a year for the first-cross
enterprise.
“We have now got large-framed, very fertile ewes that
are really resilient. I have been amazed at how they pick
up in body condition after having their lambs,” he said.
“This year the ewes are coming off a dry summer
without a great deal of feed and we have scanned 47pc
of twins in the adult sheep. We are really happy with the
direction Grogansworth is taking us.”
“As a specialist Merino breeding enterprise, I don’t
have to sacrifice my growth targets for my ewe
weaners,” Mr Hewlett said.
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2014 SALE CALENDAR
AND STUD CONTACTS
NEW ENGLAND MERINO FIELD DAYS: WEEKEND OF 11 JANUARY 2014
AIRLIE
On Property: Friday 17 January 2014
Murray & Michelle Power (02) 6777 3936
Email: mmp@activ8.net.au
KURRAJONG PARK
Rodney Kent (02) 6729 1340
Email: rodney.kent@hotmail.com
ALFOXTON
On Property: Monday 10 February 2014
Chris & Cindy Clonan (02) 6775 3245
Email: alfoxton@bigpond.com
LORELMO
On Property: Monday 20 January 2014
John & Jules Cordingley (02) 6769 2235
Email: lorelmo@bigpond.com
BELLAINE
On Property: Tuesday 28 January 2014
Cameron Peardon & Deb Maxwell
(02) 6779 4262
Email: deb@bellaine.com
MAISTERS SWAMP
On Property: Thursday 13 February 2014
David & Tina Watson (02) 6778 7244
E: msm5@bigpond.com
BLAXLAND
On Property: Thursday 23 January 2014
Mark Blaxland (02) 6760 4208
Email: markblaxland@skymesh.com.au
CRESSBROOK
On Property: Friday 14 February 2014
Lachlan Fulloon (02) 6775 1217
Email: cressbrk@bigpond.com
DEEARGEE
Armidale Unhoused Sale: 3 February 2014
Hugh Sutherland (02) 6778 4659
Email: hughsutherland@bigpond.com
MERRYSHEILS
Lee & Ruth Fletcher (02) 67778148
Email: merryshiels@bigpond.com
MIRAMOONA
Kim & Rhonda Barnet (02) 6777 2885
Email: barnet@miramoona.com
MIRANI
Hugh & Felicity Nivison (02) 6777 1360
Email: mirani@mirani.com.au
ESSEX HILL
On Property: Thursday 30 January 2014
Bob & Gloria Ward (02) 6778 7276
Email: wards71@bigpond.com
NERSTANE
Hamish McLaren (02) 6777 7404
Jock McLaren (02) 6777 5891
Email: info@nerstane.com.au
KARORI
On Property: Saturday 1 February 2014
Rob & Katrina Blomfield, Mob: 0467 779 189
Email: katrina@karori.com.au
PETALI
On Property: Thursday 6 February 2014
Martin & Cheryl Oppenheimer (02) 6777 2124
Web: www.petali.com.au
KELVIN VALE
On Property: Tuesday 28 January 2014
Peter Munsie (02) 6778 4651
Greg Munsie (02) 6778 4523
Email: maryannmunsie@bigpond.com
QUEENLEE
On Property: Tuesday 11 February 2014
Philip Carlon (02) 6778 7437
Tony Carlon (02) 6778 7294
Email: pjqueenlee@activ8.net.au
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SHALIMAR PARK
On Property: Wednesday 29 January 2014
Maurice & Alison van Eyk (02) 6778 7339
Joe van Eyk (02) 6778 7460
Email: mavaneyk@activ8.net.au
STANLEY VALE
On Property: Friday 7 February 2014
Tim Bower (02) 6778 4598
Email: stanley_vale@hotmail.com
WAVERLEY DOWNS
Sean & Judith Ballinger (02) 6724 8386
Email: sean.ballinger@bigpond.com
WESTVALE
On Property: Wednesday 12 February 2014
Leo & Judy Blanch (02) 6778 7321
Email: westvale@bigpond.com
WHYWORRY PARK
Private Sale
Darryl Carter (02) 6778 4147
Email: whyworrypark@bigpond.com
YALGOO
Grant & Jo Nivison (02) 6777 2525
Email: yalgoopartnership@bigpond.com
YOOROOGA
Private Sale: from December 2013
John & Lois Holley (02) 6736 1323
Email: yooroogastud@bigpond.com
ARMIDALE UNHOUSED
RAM SHOW
Monday 3 February 2014
ARMIDALE HOUSED RAM SALE
Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5
February 2012
www.newenglandmerino.com.au
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Vale
Kevin (‘Dusty’)
Coves
1933-2012
Stud stock shows and sales in southern NSW – especially
those involving Merino sheep – will in future be
conspicuous by the absence of an unassuming man long
taken for granted. They will no longer be graced by the
presence of Kevin “Dusty” Coves, Landmark’s veteran
Goulburn-based stud stock specialist, who died on
October 15 at the age of 79.
Raised on a family farm at Ungarie, Kevin entered
the wool industry at the age of 16, working as a wool
sorter at a Goulburn bulk-classing store. After gaining
his woolclassing qualifications at Goulburn Technical
College, he joined the local office of former woolbroking
firm, Farmers and Graziers, where he worked in the wool
department under the legendary Cliff Friend.
Diagnosed some months earlier with cancer, he was
told he could expect to live for a few more years, but the
disease spread and his final decline was relatively rapid.
It was with Friend that Coves had his introduction to
the stud sheep scene, accompanying him on rambuying visits to studs and often staying overnight, where
opportunities arose to pick the brains of such industry
giants as Sir Walter Merriman, and Tom Culley of Wonga.
His passing brings to an end a remarkable career
spanning some 60 years of service to the industry and
to one company (albeit through several corporate name
changes).
As the series of woolbroker takeovers saw Farmers and
Graziers in due course absorbed by Dalgetys, and later
Wesfarmers (now Landmark), Coves went with the flow,
becoming the company’s Goulburn-based stud stock
specialist.
Stud stock breeders across southern NSW are still
coming to terms with the sudden loss of a man who, for
almost as long as they can remember, has been a part of
the industry landscape. For generations of clients, fellow
agents, new-chum reporters and others, Kevin Coves has
been a trusted source of advice, a fount of wisdom born
of experience and a good friend.
In that capacity, he broadened his role to that of an allround stud sheep and cattle advisor, though primarily
focusing on the Merino sheep and wool that were his
lifelong passion.
The high regard in which he was held is evident from the
“minute’s silence” observed in his honour at a number
of ram sales across southern NSW in the week after his
death, further observed at the Great Southern Supreme
Merinos show and sale in Canberra in January this year
and at Sydney Sheep Show at the “Royal” in March.
As well as helping organise on-property and multi-vendor
sales around the region, he selected rams and bulls for
clients, classed commercial flocks and took bids at the
weekly Goulburn sales. At weekends he was likely to
bob up at shows and other livestock events around the
region that might offer opportunities for conversation and
fellowship with kindred spirits.
Tributes to Kevin Coves have come from across the
industry, common themes being his passion for sheep
and wool, his unstinting work ethic, his approachability
and his caring nature. In an industry sector that has its
share of knockabout types and self-promoters, he came
across as a gentleman – well groomed, well mannered
and at all times professional.
Kevin told The Land in a 2006 interview (‘Why they
send for Dusty’) that while modern methods of livestock
selection had advanced the industry, “eye-balling” and
competitive showing would always have a place.
Kevin Coves commanded a respect in the stud Merino
industry second to none. It was a respect built on his
widely accepted ability as a keen judge of sheep and
wool, his overall industry knowledge and his reputation for
honesty and integrity.
Wally Merriman, co-principal of Merryville stud at Boorowa
and chairman of Australian Wool Innovation, described
Kevin as “one of the last true stock men” with a natural
gift for quickly assessing sheep or cattle. He said it was a
mark of the high esteem in which Kevin was held that in
1998 he was voted to be Sydney Sheep Show referee by
the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association.
Kevin Coves is survived by two daughters, Sharon
(Grocott) and Toby (Palmer) and three grand-children. His
wife, Jann, predeceased him.
Peter Austin
“Nobody dissented, as they all knew they would get an
honest and impartial assessment from Kevin Coves.”
His colleague Stuart Hodgson, Landmark’s Junee-based
sheep classer, regarded Kevin as “a great judge of sheep”
and – during his own early career - a valuable mentor.
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Great Southern
thrives
Any visitor to the 2013 Great Southern Supreme Merinos
(GSSM) Show and Sale in Canberra this year will tell you
that the Merino industry in NSW is thriving with a bright
future. They would quite rightly be speaking of the quality
of the 300 sheep on display from 47 studs.
From the buying syndicate for Merryville’s top-priced ram at this year’s
GSSM sale are Bob and Brody Walters, Middle View, Dalgety, along with
Peter, Jayne, Jamie and Cade Lette, Conrayn, Berridale. They are joined
by Rabobank Goulburn branch manager, Richard Knight and George
Merriman who holds the $11,500 ram.
Equally however they would be referring to the dozens of
school-age children and young adults who bolstered the
ranks over the three days from January 19 to 21. Every
one of them displayed keen interest and considerable
ability whether it was feeding, preparing, leading or
holding sheep, participating in the junior judging, or even
on the end of a broom.
Judges were as lavish in their praise as those who judged
the ram when it won the supreme exhibit award in Sydney
ten weeks later.
The March-shorn, fine wool, four-tooth sire was judged
by John Barty, Beverley stud, Redesdale, Victoria; Gary
Seaman, Lochness stud, Crookwell; and Russell Jones,
Darriwell stud, Trundle.
Grand Monarch 44th, the ram from Wal and George
Merriman’s Merryville stud, Boorowa, who has already
featured in our cover story and report on this year’s
Sydney Sheep Show, carried the day at the GSSM
winning grand champion Merino ram and supreme exhibit
titles.
“The sheer outlook and scale of this ram and his wool
carrying ability made him extremely hard to go past,” Mr
Seaman said.
YARRAWONGA
MERINO & POLL MERINO
Consistent wether trial performers in their natural environment
Ram Sale
Monday 16th September, 2013
‘Cunningham Plains’, Harden
Contact: Steve Phillips - Mob: 0427 863 128, Ph: 02 6386 3128
yarrawongamerino@bigpond.com
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“He’s a future sire of the industry. We’re backing him to
come up with some top Merino sheep in a few years.”
In Grand Monarch 44th’s final challenge on the mat, he
came up against the grand champion Poll ewe from
Michael and Jane Corkhill’s Grassy Creek Poll stud, Reids
Flat, and the supreme Poll exhibit, the superfine wool ram
from the Walton family’s Wurrook stud, Rokewood, Vic.
The Grassy Creek March-shorn superfine Poll ewe had
won the Tom Culley Award for supreme junior exhibit at
Sydney last year and in Canberra narrowly missed the
supreme Poll award behind Wurrook’s grand champion
Poll ram.
Reserve to both the grand champion ram and ewe were
exhibits from Graham and Mary Well’s One Oak stud,
Jerilderie. One of the most favoured awards of the show
was theirs however when One Oak won the Roger Birtles
March-shorn group of five ahead of Grassy Creek and
Tara Park.
Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek Poll stud, Reids Flat, with his grand
champion ewe of the show.
The Cox family of Langdene, Dunedoo, showed the
August-shorn group of five with One Oak the runner-up.
Kopp in second place, followed by Lily Clonan, Alfoxton,
Armidale.
For the second consecutive year, the junior champion
exhibit title went to the Evans family, Tara Park, Boorowa,
for their March-shorn, fine wool ram.
The competition also resulted in not just capably handled
exhibits but also very well swept mats throughout the
show.
Tara Park also won the Sid Walters Memorial award for
champion sale ram with a fine wool exhibit. Reserve went
to Merryville’s fine wool ram which went on to top the final
day’s sale at $11,500.
Wal and George Merriman topped this year’s GSSM sale
with their reserve champion sale ram selling for $11,500
to a syndicate of Monaro buyers, Peter and Jayne Lette,
Conrayn, Berridale; Bob and Mikala Waters, Middle View,
Dalgety; and Michael Green, Boudjah, Cooma.
In the Merino Judging Competition, top honours went to
Georgia Walters, 16, Middle View stud, Dalgety. Runnerup in his first experience at judging competitions was
Jason Hoadley, 19, “New Plains”, Blayney, and Sean
Kopp, Towalba stud, Peak Hill was third.
Peter Lette said he couldn’t go past the scale and wool
of the 18.7-micron ram, coupled with a great muzzle and
head.
There was strong competition also in a new award for
handlers, sponsored by Greg Boutcher, which was won by
Sophie Watson, Maister’s Swamp, Kentucky, with Sean
Great Southern Supreme Merinos 2013
Canberra
Supreme Exhibit
Supreme Poll Exhibit
Grand Champion Ram
Grand Champion Ewe
Junior Champion Exhibit
Champion Sale Ram
Reserve
Grand Champion Poll Ram
Grand Champion Poll Ewe
Champion Superfine Sale Ram
Champion Fine Wool Sale Ram
Champion Med/Strong Sale Ram
Champion Poll Sale Ram
Most Successful Open Exhibitor
Great Southern Supreme Merinos
ANNUAL MERINO RAM SALE - 2013
Vendor Summary
Stud
Sold
Top ($)
Tara Park, Boorowa
One Oak, Jerilderie
Alfoxton, Armidale
Merryville, Boorowa
Wurrook, Rokewood, Vic
Merrignee, Boorowa
Grassy Creek, Reids Flat
Conrayn, Berridale
Middle View, Dalgety
Grathlyn, Hargraves
Rogara Poll, Goulburn
Billa Burra Burra, Yass
Greenland, Bungarby
Walwa, Gunning
Winrock, Gunning
Winyar, Canowindra
Demondrille, Harden
Kamarooka Park,
Kamarooka, Vic
Blyth, Adelong
Royalla, Wallendbeen
1
2
2
10
3
4
2
1
2
4
4
1
2
3
4
3
1
3
6500
7000
4750
11,500
4000
3250
3000
2500
4000
2500 (2)
4000
2000
2500
2000
2400
2000
1200
1300
Average
6500
5500
4625
3750
3417
2813
2500
2500
2400
2375
2325
2000
2000
1750
1600
1333
1200
1100
1
4
2
1000
1000 (3)
800 (2)
1000
950
800
Clearance 68%
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$11,500
$2532
Merryville, Boorowa
Merryville, Boorowa
One Oak, Jerilderie
Tara Park, Boorowa *
Tara Park, Boorowa
Merryville, Boorowa
Conrayn, Berridale *
Tara Park, Boorowa
Alfoxton Poll, Armidale
Merryville, Boorowa
Roger Birtles March Shorn Group
One Oak, Jerilderie
August Shorn Group
Langdene, Dunedoo **
March Shorn Pair
One Oak, Jerilderie
Champion March Shorn Ram
Merryville, Boorowa
Reserve
Champion March Shorn Ewe
One Oak, Jerilderie
Reserve
Champion August Shorn Ram
Langdene, Dunedoo
Reserve
One Oak, Jerilderie
Champion August Shorn Ewe
Reserve
Towalba, Peak Hill
Champion March Shorn Poll Ram
Reserve
Champion March Shorn Poll Ewe
Reserve
Champion August Shorn Poll Ram Adina Poll, Cooma
Reserve
Karowara Plains, Bedgerabong
Champion August Shorn Poll Ewe Merryville Poll, Boorowa
Reserve
Towalba Poll, Peak Hill
E&OE
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Winner of the Roger Birtles March-shorn group of three rams and two ewes was One
Oak Jerilderie. Landmark Boorowa branch manager, Rick Power, holds the trophy,
pictured with Mary and Graham Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie; Michael Green, Boudjah,
Cooma; John Bensley, Stillbrook, Crookwell; and One Oak classer Ian Marwedel,
Dubbo.
Ron Blyth, Blyth
Merinos, Adelong,
was not only a
first-time sale
vendor but also
was attending his
first sheep show.
He and his wife
Cheryl, sold four
March-shorn,
September 2011drop rams to
$1000.
Sophie
Watson,
Maister’s
Swamp,
Kentucky,
winner
of the
inaugural
handler’s
award.
Brody and Georgia Walters, Middle View
stud, Dalgety, present the Sid Walters
Memorial Award for champion sale ram
to Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa, for his
fine wool exhibit.
Wal Merriman, Merryville, Boorowa, holds
the stud’s supreme exhibit.
Garry Cox, Langdene, Dunedoo, had the champion
August-shorn ram with his two-tooth champion
medium wool.
Ken and Kim Noakes and Samantha, 3,
from Karowara Plains, Bedgerabong, with
their champion August-shorn fine wool Poll
ram and reserve champion August-shorn
Poll ram.
Georgia Walters, Middle View, Dalgety, winner
of the Merino judging competition with proud
parents, Bob and Mikala.
with the One Oak ram displaying overall balance and
ability to cut wool, while the Tara Park ram carried a
genuine heavy cutting wool.
“We have had great success on Merryville genetics and
we were looking for a good ram to continue this,” he said.
The 119 kilogram fine wool ram had further
measurements of 2.9-micron standard deviation and 15.5
per cent coefficient of variation.
Overall, 59 rams sold from the 87 on offer and the sale
grossed $149,400 giving a $2532 average.
GSSM’s 2014 Field Day will be held on Friday 17
January with the 67th Annual Merino Show on Saturday
18 and Sunday 19 and the Annual Ram Sale on
Monday 20 January.
Mr Green also paid the next two top prices of the day,
securing the champion strong wool sale ram for $7000
from Graham and Mary Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie
and the reserve champion from Guy Evans, Tara Park,
Boorowa, for $6500.
Further information: GSSM secretary, Tamara Stadtmiller,
ph (02) 6227 4553 a.h.
Mr Green said these two rams were similar in genetics
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Visiting Sydney Showground
late in 1979, Doug ran
into an old friend, John
Robertson, financial
controller of the Royal
Agricultural Society of
NSW (RAS). Mr Robertson
suggested that Doug come
to work for the RAS and in
January 1980, Doug found
himself with a new job and
a very short retirement.
Vale
Douglass
Ingham
Aspinall AO
Initially assistant secretary,
breed societies, he
succeeded Ralph Storey as
registrar of the RAS Sheep
and Wool department,
handling secretarial work for
agricultural societies and breed societies which included
the NSW SMBA and the AASMB.
Doug remained with the RAS until 1989 when, by
amicable agreement, the Australian Merino Centre
was established to look after the three associations,
the AASMB, the NSW SMBA and the WFMB. Doug
was appointed the inaugural executive director and
was obviously critical to the smooth transfer to the new
premises tucked under the Bill O’Reilly Stand at Sydney
Showground.
1926 – 2012
Douglass (Doug) Ingham Aspinall AO, RFD, ED, former
executive director of the Australian Merino Centre, passed
away suddenly on August 1, 2012.
A kind and gentle man, he was popular and well-known
to stud Merino breeders throughout Australia and further
afield in the 17 years from 1980 to 1997 that he served as
secretary to the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association
(NSW SMBA) and the Australian Association of Stud
Merino Breeders (AASMB). In 1986 he also became
inaugural secretary of the newly formed World Federation
of Merino Breeders (WFMB).
For his service to agriculture, the community and defence,
Douglass was awarded the Order of Australia Medal
(OAM) on Australia Day 1988 and was made an Officer of
the Order of Australia (AO) on Australia Day 1998.
Mary was diagnosed with dementia towards the end of
1996 and Doug elected to retire in early 1997. He involved
himself actively in Alzheimer’s Australia raising awareness
and encouraging support.
Doug joined the 2nd AIF in May 1945 and trained in Cowra,
NSW, and Seymour, Victoria. The War was over by the
time he completed his training so Doug volunteered to
go to Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation
Force, a posting that ran from February 1946 until
November 1947.
In their retirement, in May 1997, Doug and Mary moved
into an independent living unit at the Linton RSL Veterans’
Retirement Village in Yass. They were both very involved in
the social life at Linton and in Yass generally. Doug made
his mark quietly at Linton, having a flag pole installed at
his back door, arranging a covered sitting area at the rear
of their unit, and installing the first rain water tank in the
village.
In 1949 Doug commenced Medicine at Sydney University,
leaving after three years due, in his own words to “lack of
application.” His attraction to the services however did not
suffer the same fate and while at university he enlisted in
the CMF in the Sydney University Regiment (SUR) and on
December 8, 1950, was one of the first three SUR soldiers
to be commissioned after World War II.
His spirit of the volunteer never waned with many
organisations benefiting from his support including his
local RSL sub-branch where he was honorary secretary,
the Probus club and Yass/Boorowa Legacy. At one stage
he also had a part-time job as registrar of the Galloway
Beef Marketing Association.
In 1952 Doug transferred to 17/18 Infantry Battalion (the
North Shore Regiment) while working in his civil capacity
for Denyer Brothers in Sydney until 1956. At the end of
that year he was selected to become an Australian Military
Observer with the United Nations Military Observer Group
in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). In Doug’s words again
“on the strength of the appointment, I married Mary
Morgan”.
On Doug’s retirement from the Australian Merino Centre in
late March 1997, former president of the NSW SBMA and
AASMB and, at that time president of the WFMB, Stuart
Beveridge said that Doug had been instrumental in many
positive moves and achievements of the associations and
very forceful on a number of issues, particularly that of
brucellosis.
After his return from Kashmir in November 1960, Doug
worked for Australian Paper Manufacturers until he took
early retirement in 1979.
He said they had been happy years for the associations
with Doug there; he had a great ability to get people
together.
Meanwhile he also continued his service in the Army
Reserve visiting South Vietnam in 1968 where he was
attached to 1 RAR. He commanded 17th Battalion Royal
New South Wales Regiment (RNSWR) from 1968 to 1971,
retiring as Lieutenant Colonel in 1976. Doug also busied
himself with other voluntary activities including acting as
Regimental Secretary of the RNSWR from 1968 to 1996,
and trustee and secretary of the RNSWR Trust until 2007.
Doug is survived by his son Archie and family. He was
predeceased by Mary who died in late 2003 and a
daughter, Lucy (Martel).
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About a decade ago,
Graham began looking
for bloodlines to give
him “big, bold, crimping
wool’’ in his ewe flock.
He invested in the first
horned, grade rams
from Glen and Margot
Rubie, Lachlan Merinos,
Forbes.
Trial feedback
lifts productivity
Graham likes the
bloodline’s plainer body
type, dual purpose
traits, well nourished
wool and moderate
framed, efficient ewe.
By KIM WOODS
Benchmarked wether trial data is helping NSW
woolgrower, Graham Mulligan, fine tune wool and carcase
traits in his Merino enterprise.
Mr Mulligan, of Alectown, in the NSW Central West, has
begun micron and fleece testing his hogget ewes after
receiving feedback in two major wether trials.
Ewe numbers have
Glen Rubie, Lachlan Merinos, Forbes,
been rebuilt postand Graham Mulligan, Alectown,
drought to the point
inspect Graham’s maiden ewes.
where classer Ian
Lovell, of Parkes, was
able to class out 30pc of maiden ewes last year.
Graham and his wife Liz took out the 2012 Parkes Show
Society Merino wether comparison with their Lachlanblood team.
The Mulligan team’s 2010 average fleece value of $52.90
was added to the 2011 value of $59.18, $86.77 in 2012
and the 2011 carcase value of $74.84, to give a total
three-year production value of $273.69.
Graham prefers to pre-class the ewes visually on
conformation and wool before Ian arrives.
“Last year I sold surplus Merino ewes for the first time
– 100 14-month-olds sold to a local restocker for $132.’’
The team had the highest fleece value and took out the
fleece-carcase combination class.
Ewes are joined in October for a March-April lambing –
changed from a winter/spring lambing after the wet years
of 2010-2011.
The win had backed up a strong sixth placing from 50
teams in the Craig Wilson Livestock Merino wether trial
held at Alectown in 2007-2009.
“I was generally surprised at how well the adult ewes
stood up to flystrike and fleece rot during those wet years
– the wool has a lot more nourishment now and keeps the
moisture out,’’ Graham said.
The couple dovetails a 1200 ewe flock with a cropping
enterprise across three holdings totalling 1100ha. Set in
a 525mm rainfall zone, the country ranges from sandy to
heavy red loam with some areas of gravel.
The sheep are used to clean up cereal stubbles or are
grazed on either lucerne/clover or lucerne and Premier
digit grass pastures. Ewes and lambs also have access to
81ha of oats for autumn-winter feed.
Their Lachlan-blood ewes average 20-micron and cut
average fleece weights of 7.5kg.
Graham is pursuing sustainable production within his
own environment by maintaining micron yet lifting fleece
weights by an extra 1kg. To that end, he has started
micron testing before shearing and fleece weighing on the
board to identify the most productive hogget ewes.
The last consignment of wethers was October-shorn and
sold in March at 12 months of age to average $61 and
top at $71.
A team of their siblings has been entered in the Australian
National Field Days/Schute Bell wether trial.
“Surprisingly I found the finest sheep was 13-micron and
there were ewes averaging 16-17-micron and cutting
7kg. All the ewes have been ear tagged so we can work
on the better performing lines,’’ Graham said.
Graham aims to concentrate on lifting conception and
lamb survival rates.
“Sheep have generally kept things ticking over in this
region – if it wasn’t for Merino sheep, I don’t think we
would still be here,’’ he said.
Last November, four main lines of adult and hogget ewes’
wool tested at 18-18.4-micron, with yields of 73-75 per
cent, staple strength of 28-48 Newtons/kilotex and 0.9-1.2
pc vegetable matter.
“We used to run 2500 sheep and hopefully we can get
back to that.’’
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Bloodline change
behind Condo
victory
When a Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition
judge recommended Ian and Jane Menzies’ shearers
wear sunglasses if their sheep got any whiter, the Menzies
knew their breeding was working.
Ian and Jane Menzies, “Moonbah”, Condobolin, with their winning flock
in the 2013 Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition.
The comment was testament to the success the Menzies
family, “Moonbah”, Condobolin, has had in managing the
red-dust penetration, one of the challenges of running a
mixed farming operation north of Condobolin.
Michael Elmes has been classing the family’s flock since
taking over from the late Ian Munro who had classed the
flock from 1994 until his untimely death in 2001, and Mr
Menzies paid tribute to both classers for their parts in the
flock’s success.
According to Ian Menzies, this problem was partly behind
the bloodline switch to Woodpark in 2009; seeking greater
wool nourishment and less dust penetration. Their classer,
Michael Elmes, Narrandera, said the Menzies’ location
and their mixed enterprise nature made quality wool part
of the equation for breeding success.
Mr Elmes said the Menzies focus was about getting the
process right – making sure breeding and management
were spot on and everything else would follow. He also
warned that as breeders improved management they
would find it harder to stay at the front of the crowd.
The Menzies eye for detail and management meant the
“Moonbah” sheep were already well-regarded but they
had potential to improve so Mr Menzies said, “we sought
that and we achieved it”.
The “Moonbah” ewes’ win turned the results around on
last year’s winners, longstanding Woodpark clients, the
McDonald family’s “North Condobolin” flock, classed by
Stuart Hodgson, with that respected flock placed third this
year.
The drop which this year won the Don Brown competition
was the first full drop of Woodpark-blood ewes.
The 10 random ewes weighed for the competition
averaged 82.2 kilograms bodyweight and a 3.5 condition
score.
The sheep program includes seven to eight month
shearing intervals and emphasising improved lambing
percentages. The ewes have been wet and dried for
several years, with the “dries” treated as wethers and
given another chance to join the following year.
The Menzies’ flock has been a frequent entrant in the
competition for two decades and gained the ultimate prize
this year after building toward it with the achievement
award in 2011 and third place last year.
This year’s flock had about 75 “dries” out of 990 and
about 360 twinners from joining to lamb marking. Rams
are put in on February 5 for six weeks.
Mr Elmes and the Menzies classed the sheep in August
last year, classing out 22 per cent of the drop.
Adopting a spring lambing not only makes the most of the
sheep’s natural cycles but also fits better with the Menzies
mixed farming management program.
The Menzies in the past have joined about 900 ewes
on about 700-800 hectares of land at “Moonbah”, but a
recent acreage increase will see further cropping and an
extra run of bought-in ewes joined this year.
“We are not only fitting in with other operations but also
getting that March joining productivity with the decrease in
daylight hours.” Mr Menzies said.
Mr Menzies said the cropping regime includes two to
three years of crops with the final year a lucerne stage
and occasionally oats for a year or two.
Mr Menzies put it best when he told The Land newspaper
he needed to improve the wool tip. “The evenness of
crimp (is) making our fleeces like peas in a pod,” he said.
“There is nothing that will fatten anything better than
lucerne,” he said. “They’ve got high protein and give (the
ewes) a wonderful buckle”.
“The new blood has helped to really seal the dust off. This
region is known for dust so it was important to get the
nourished tip.”
He said the winning 387 maiden ewes had a dream
run with great seasonal conditions and excellent feed
meaning they were never checked. “Their size was right
and we were lucky with those ewes. They went on oats to
get the size right as weaners and went through two wet
summers and had lucerne in front of them the whole way.
“I’m using the lucerne because they need more
nourishment in the bottom half.”
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The pink
woollen dress
In 1828 William Pitt Faithfull took up land on the Goulburn
Plains of New South Wales, where in 1838 he established
the Springfield Merino stud with ten rams selected from
the Camden flock, then owned by Sir William Macarthur.
Descendants of William Pitt owned most of the original
Springfield land and continued to breed fine wool Merinos
until the property was sold in 2007.
In the early 1950s, William Pitt’s granddaughter Florence,
better known as “Bobbie”, and her husband Irwin MapleBrown, undertook major renovations of the original
Springfield homestead. During this time, Bobbie carefully
sorted through the considerable contents of the ninebedroom homestead and made the decision to set aside
rooms for the Faithfull Museum; a vast collection of family
memorabilia, clothing, furniture and early documents
from over 100 years of Faithfull family ownership of the
property.
Lilian Faithfull’s 1885 woollen dress
and lace frills. The fine Merino wool evenly absorbed the
dye and brought a close fit to the bodice and fine drape to
the skirt. The bodice features tight pleats and a high collar,
characteristic of the period.
With the collection being larger than could be housed in
the allocated rooms, books and documents were donated
to the National Library in Canberra, preserved as the
‘Faithfull Papers’. What remained at Springfield filled the
two-room Faithfull Museum.
While the Faithfull girls, Lilian and her sisters, Florence and
Constance, may have lived on a property that was a twohour carriage ride from the closest town and a lengthy
train journey from Sydney, they were active members of
the Goulburn and Sydney society. Stepping out in her pink
woollen dress, Miss Faithfull could have been attending
an afternoon tea, calling on a friend, or perhaps shopping
in Sydney. She would have accessorised appropriately
with pointed walking shoes or boots and a pair of short kid
leather gloves. A straw hat and perhaps a parasol would
have shaded her.
In 2004, with the impending sale of a portion of the
Springfield property, including the main homestead, the
great-grandchildren of William Pitt, Jim Maple-Brown
and his sister, Diana (Boyd), along with Jim’s wife, Pam,
offered the museum contents to the National Museum of
Australia (NMA).
About 1500 objects, now known as the Springfield
Collection, were subsequently donated to the NMA as
part of the Cultural Gifts Program. One of the largest
single collections given to the NMA, it not only reflects the
development of Australia’s wool growing industry but also
illuminates daily life during the early settlement of rural
Australia.
Miss Faithfull’s dress was manufactured from wool
characteristic of the fine Australian Merino wool that, by
the 1870s, had become the country’s most important
product and export. By the 1880s, when the dress was
made, most of Australia’s finest wool was shipped to
London and sold to manufacturers throughout Britain and
Europe.
The collection includes about 500 colonial era costumes
and accessories complemented by photographs. One of
the many highlights is a 19th century costume; the pink
woollen dress dating from around 1885. It is believed that
this dress belonged to Lilian (1859-1947), the youngest of
nine children (and one of three daughters) of William Pitt
and Mary Faithfull (nee Deane).
In England’s county of Yorkshire, mills were thriving,
producing great quantities of fine woollen textile. In
Bradford, Leeds and Halifax, bales of Australian Merino
wool were scoured, carded and combed, spun and dyed,
woven into cloth and, as in the case of this pink woollen
dress, sold back to an Australian market in want of fine
textiles and clothing.
Known to have been purchased from David Jones, as the
company’s label is attached to the inside of the bodice,
after almost 130 years the dress shows no sign of wearand-tear; in spite of generations of Faithfull descendants
having had great “dress-up” fun with this gown and others
from the collection.
Further information on the National Museum of Australia
- www.nma.gov.au
Acknowledgements:
Pip Merriman; National Museum of Australia (NMA); Carol Cooper (NMA senior
curator); Cheryl Crilly (NMA curator); Diana Boyd; Jim and Pamela Maple-Brown
The rich rose pink dress has a beautifully tailored bodice
of petite proportions and a voluminous bustled skirt that
would have emphasised Miss Faithfull’s narrow waist as
well as supporting and displaying the layers of fine fabric
Peter Taylor, Springfield: The story of a sheep station, Allen & Unwin Australia Pty
Ltd, Sydney 1987
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Love affair
with wool
When graphic designer Karina Merriman married Matt
Westhoff in March this year, she was determined that her
passion for wool would be a focal point.
Karina, the daughter of Charlie and Pip Merriman,
Merrignee Merino stud, Boorowa, who shares the
appreciation of wool of her forebears, including Lilian
Faithfull, is a sixth generation descendant of William Pitt
and Mary Faithfull (see previous page).
While Karina had no girlish fascination with weddings as
she was growing up, she has always had an inherent love
of Merino wool.
“Merino wool, our industry and our families and friends
who have spent tireless hours growing these marvellous
animals that create this incredible fabric fascinate me,
and I am extremely proud of my parents and brother and
their achievements, dedication and passion, as well as
our family history back through the generations and the
different studs and stories,” said Karina.
For years Karina has talked about wool and its abilities
to anyone who would listen. “I am constantly amazed at
what designers can create with wool and astonished that
so many think it is just for school jumpers.
All natural – the bride, Karina Westhoff (Merriman), and her Gary Bigeni/
Woolerina exquisitely draped gown.
“When we got engaged, I rang my cousin Catherine
Maple-Brown, a designer and wool lover, to talk to her
about my idea of having a woollen wedding dress ... and
this idea started to become reality,” Karina said.
Next Catherine introduced Karina to friend and fellow
designer, Gary Bigeni, “and the ball started to roll on a
project where we could show the people in our life what
wool was capable of, rather than just talking about it with
them”.
“I was very excited to be able to use fabric from
Woolerina; to involve a regional NSW business that is
doing wonderful things with wool was such a bonus and
truly felt like the perfect combination for this dress. We all
pulled off a huge success.”
The raw material used in the fabric came from the
Boorowa district and was all fleece wool measuring 18.3micron. The fabric weight was 230 grams per square
metre and 158 cm wide and Karina retained the natural
colour for her dress. Fully machine washable, it is the
same fabric used in many of Woolerina’s styles.
“What I love about Gary’s design and ideas and talent
with clothing is his ability to drape fabrics. I hadn’t seen
anything like it and when Catherine showed me his
pieces, it really was an ‘Oh Wow!’ moment.”
“The dress was incredible to wear. It fitted like a glove,
was incredibly comfortable, cool during the warmth of the
late afternoon, and warm as the autumn evening set in
and there were some amazing comments,” Karina said.
Gary Bigeni (www.garybigeni.com) has a reputation for
masterful drape and intelligent silhouettes and Karina
loved “the elegance of the movement of the material, the
‘how did he do that’ question that the pieces raise; he is
one very talented designer and a true pleasure to work
with”.
“Even people who have produced Merino sheep and
others involved in the industry were rather amazed by the
fabric, the design and the combination of the two. I was
one very happy wool wearer.”
With the next stage in the creation of the wedding dress
being the sourcing of fabric, Karina’s mother, Pip, found
the solution during a conversation with Warwick Rolfe of
Woolerina, Forbes (www.woolerina.com.au). Warwick
provided samples and “with his continuing help and
patience we were able to find an amazing fabric that
could handle the incredible width of Gary’s pattern”, said
Karina.
As a postscript, Pip Merriman has since machine washed
Karina’s wedding dress (on the wool cycle using a wool
wash from Woolerina) and she says, “It looks great and
ready to wear again”.
And in keeping with the family tradition, to perhaps last
another 130 years.
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Robert said because
many AMS members
wanted to retain their
own performance
recording systems,
a break-away group
was formed under the
banner, Merinotech,
of which Centre Plus
was a member.
Centre Plus split
from Merinotech
in 1993 after there
was a difference in
breeding objectives.
The former wanted
an all-purpose sheep
while Merinotech had
an emphasis on lifting
wool cut.
The Centre
Plus way
A NSW stud Merino breeding couple has recently won the
sheep farmer of the year award in a national competition,
The Weekly Times and Coles 2012 Farmer of the Year
awards.
Robert and Pam Mortimer, and their son Mark run
Centre Plus Poll stud at Tullamore. The following article is
reprinted courtesy of The Weekly Times.
Today, Centre Plus
Robert Mortimer inspects a display
flocks continue to
during a recent flock ewe competition in
pursue their original
the State’s central west.
objectives through
genetic gain. The nucleus flock at Tullamore comprises
1300 ewes producing 500 rams for its group members,
with surplus rams sold privately. The stud is also the
leading semen supplier in NSW and one of the top two in
Australia.
Merino breeder Robert Mortimer says traditional selection
methods are not always the best, writes Brian Clancy.
Robert is the powerhouse behind one of Australia’s most
successful group Merino breeding operations, Centre
Plus, at Tullamore. His introduction or conversion to
objective measurements and performance recording
began in the mid-1970s. At the time, the Mortimers, who
were commercial breeders, were seeking a new ram
source.
Establishing Centre Plus as one of Australia’s topperforming studs, with many of its ram trait leaders in
Sheep Genetics, has been no fluke. Robert and son Mark
have been sticklers for measurement and detail. Centre
Plus was one of the first Merino studs to adopt micron
testing of its ewes. It was also a leader in adopting full
pedigrees where all lambs are matched to their mothers
to provide records going back four generations.
On the advice of departmental sheep officer Frank
Donnelly they opted for a local stud which had a Wonga
breeding base and was using objective measurements.
Frank had helped develop two Merino families at the stud
- one selected on performance and the other by traditional
selection.
The Mortimers have never been shy to adopt the latest
technologies. Electronic tagging, scanning for muscle and
fat, testing for worms and scoring for range of a traits breech cover, wrinkle and fleece qualities. They were also
among the first to put their hand up for DNA flock testing.
Robert tried rams from each family, and while the
traditionally selected rams looked magnificent and
were like peas in a pod, they were outperformed by
those selected on fleece and growth rates. Robert was
convinced.
To this end, Centre Plus is participating in the Sheep
CRC’s latest genomic tests where it will be providing DNA
samples from 200 rams as part of a commercial pilot
program involving nine Merino and terminal studs and
1500 rams.
His newfound enthusiasm for performance recording and
progeny testing led him to the Australian Merino Society
(AMS), a group of West Australian farmers running a
group breeding scheme under the guidance of scientist
Dr Jim Shepherd. Members of the AMS were measuring
their commercial ewes and contributing their top ewes
to regional ram breeding groups, who in turn contributed
their top ewes to a nucleus flock from where rams were
made available to the member groups.
While Robert oversees much of the flock husbandry,
Mark has become a self-taught computer whiz. His
achievements include a computer program to sort Centre
Plus ewes and rams according to their traits or breeding
values. He is credited with the initial development of the
Sheep CRC’s Pedigree Matchmaker program which helps
identify lambs and their mothers.
Robert said because these rams were only available
to member groups, he along with 14 other breeders,
established the Centre Plus group in 1981 to breed an allpurpose Merino. The Centre Plus name was derived from
the group being situated in the ‘centre’ of NSW while the
‘plus’ was about producing more lambs and wool.
With the push for an easy-care all-purpose Merino, Centre
Plus is juggling a range of major traits - wool cut, lamb
numbers, meat and micron. Although initially Centre Plus
flocks included horned rams, today they are all polled.
The ewes are plain without being overly big and around
the 65kg mark.
The next year, top ewes from 15 flocks representing 10
bloodlines were contributed to the Centre Plus nucleus
flock, which in turn were artificially inseminated with AMS
sires. Robert said the members were amazed at the
progeny.
At Tullamore in what many southerners would describe as
difficult country, Centre Plus sheep run mostly on native
pasture in a 500mm rainfall at stocking rate of 2.5 dry
sheep equivalent per hectare. They cut a greasy fleece of
7.5kg at 18.5 micron.
Centre Plus stuck with AMS until 1988, when geneticists
such as Dr Rob Banks, began promoting the benefits
of establishing a genetic databank of progeny
measurements. These could be used for developing
estimated breeding values for genetic selection.
Because the Mortimers have put huge pressure on fertility,
the flock has been averaging a lamb marking rate of
more than 120 per cent.
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Modern Merino’s
genetic potential
for weight gain
By KIM WOODS
A selection focus on wool type and muscle has paid off for
a western NSW woolgrower with Merino wethers tipping
the scales at 100kg plus.
Western NSW graziers Phillip and Di Ridge have selected for
carcase traits and wool quality in their Mumblebone-blood flock.
Photo courtesy Western Herald
Bourke station owner, Phillip Ridge, was “astounded’’
by the weights of his Mumblebone-blood four-year-old
wethers grazed on Darling River flood plain country after
the autumn floods.
Phillip Ridge and his wife Di run 11,000 Merino ewes
across three properties at Bourke and Enngonia, including
Jandra Station, totalling 100,000ha. The family has used
Mumblebone genetics for five decades in the 350mm
rainfall country.
Mr Ridge said an explosion in clover after the March
floods last year meant the sheep’s liveweight went
“ballistic’’.
Jandra Station’s adult ewes average 20.2 micron with
fleece weights of 6.5kg, and for the past five years have
averaged a 100pc lamb marking.
The draft of 1205 wethers was shorn at Wapweelah
Station, Enngonia, in June last year, coming off the
board in store condition and trucked to the Darling River
floodplain at Jandra Station. They were processed three
months later at Fletcher International, Dubbo.
“Our Darling River floodplain country was totally
submerged in March and, after another fall of rain,
produced an amazing stand of clover which would fatten
an iron post,’’ Mr Ridge said.
Landmark agents Greg Seiler and Angus Laurie, Bourke,
weighed a sample of 72 head, with liveweights averaging
74.4kg.
“The wethers had no special preparation but the weight
gain was extra impressive – the truck drivers reckoned
they should have bought their cattle crates.
Mr Ridge said the heaviest sheep tipped the scales at
105kg – a weight usually reserved for rams.
“The year before, our similar sheep weighed a tick under
30kg (carcase weight) but these came back at 34kg plus
and astounded us all.’’
The first consignment of 712 wethers averaged 34.6kg
carcase weight while the balance of 493 averaged
35.1kg. The entire draft had an average carcase weight
of 34.8kg, with 36 per cent weighing above 36kg. Just 2.9
pc of the sheep were below 28kg carcase weight.
Mr Ridge said modern Merinos were now genetically
capable of big weight gains.
Jandra Station classer, Andy McLeod, has focused on
carcase shape and wool quality in the ewes.
Greg Seiler said the mob was the heaviest he had
marketed in the 13 years he had spent at Bourke while
fellow agent, Angus Laurie, added the wethers were
“special’’.
The sale wethers, with nine months wool, averaged a 20.5
micron fleece with a staple length of 78mm and staple
strength of 55 Newtons a kilotex. The fleeces weighed an
average of 6kg and returned 745c/kg or $45 a head.
“They were described by everyone who handled them as
huge, incredible, even phenomenal,’’ Mr Laurie said.
After deducting shearing costs of $6.50/head the result
was a nett wool return of $38.50 per sheep.
Principal of Mumblebone stud, Wellington, Chad Taylor,
said selection within the stud for skin and wool type, eye
muscle depth and positive fat was now paying off for
clients with high surplus sheep values. Mr Taylor said
an emphasis on using sires with high Australian Sheep
Breeding Values for yearling weight, muscle and fat was
resulting in big, efficient wethers.
Mr Ridge said it was unfortunate the wethers were
slaughtered in a depressed mutton market of 220c/kg,
resulting in a total return of $116.20.
“We have recently bought additional country and have
carefully selected restocking ewes of different bloodlines,’’
he said.
“What we don’t want is the big thirsty V8 yank tank ….
we need an efficient animal that has the energy reserves
of muscle and fat to draw on when under pressure,’’ he
said.
“They have been joined to Mumblebone rams and we
hope to be producing a true-to-type sheep in a couple of
generations, showing the characteristics we are seeing
now.
“These wethers are a great example of the combination of
skin type and growth – further selection for muscle and fat
will continue to improve these impressive results.’’
“We will always be aiming to further improve volumes of
wool and meat/muscle.’’
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150th anniversary
Mulwala Merino
stud
Among the oldest surviving Merino stud names in
Australia are Kilnyana and Mulwala on “Savernake
Station”, Savernake, NSW, established in 1863 by
Alexander Sloane.
On founding the Mulwala Merino stud, Alexander
Sloane wrote in his diary of June 5 that year “I went from
homestead to back of “Tubbo”, 35 miles, to see sheep.
Purchased 1200 ewes in lamb.”
Tubbo Station ewes were bred on “Groongal”, Booligal
(Learmonth brothers), Tubbo being at Darlington Point.
Over the next few weeks, the sheep were walked on the
stock route to Savernake Station, where the Mulwala
stud continues to this day, still within the ownership of the
Sloane family.
James Sloane and H. C. Pennefather, at Sydney Ram Sales,
1922.
The earliest sires were selected from Mudgee and
Tasmanian blood drawn principally from Havilah
Ercildoun, Rawdon and Scone studs.
When the original flock finally arrived at Savernake Station
in 1863, the property was an unfenced, unimproved
run, staffed by shepherds who guarded the sheep each
evening to protect them from attack by dingoes, or from
being lost in the scrub.
In 1878, Alexander and his three eldest sons James,
Thomas and William, took active management of the stud
and it entered an era of more active improvement. Unlike
many Riverina studs, the Sloanes did not introduce the
heavy-cutting wrinkled American Vermont fly-prone sheep
but concentrated on Tasmanian and fine-woolled sheep
from core studs in NSW. There were infusions of the
Austin Wanganella bloodlines (Peppin).
In 1863 a drought was taking shape, so stock water was
a serious problem. In May 1864, Alexander had the offer
of the adjoining Mulwala Station, which included Murray
River frontage. With his wife Annabella, and four young
children, he moved to Mulwala, where his stud took its
name – Mulwala Merino stud.
Mulwala stud soon became one of the top Merino studs
in the Riverina, taking out wool prizes at international level,
as well as metropolitan and local agricultural shows. Over
1000 rams were sold annually to every State in Australia.
In August 1878, James attended the inaugural dinner of
the Australian Sheep Breeders Association in Melbourne.
After the death of Alexander Sloane in 1907, his five sons
each embarked on their own independent properties in
1910. James took the top ewes and rams, and continued
with the Mulwala stud, both at Mulwala Station and his
newly acquired property “Woodpark”, Jerilderie.
“Woodpark” had been owned by H. J. Corbett, founder
of the first Corriedale stud. So the Corriedales walked out
and the Merinos walked in.
This era marked the commencement of the association of
W. F. Comans with the stud, which lasted over 60 years.
Mr Frank Comans was overseer, then manager, of the
Mulwala stud, and in the 1920-30s, the stud reached its
peak under his management, selling up to 50 rams at the
Melbourne and Sydney ram sales, as well as at Goulburn
and Albury. Comans made over 1000 rams available
for selection, selling them to Tasmania and all mainland
States. Good sheep and sound management were his
aims.
Mulwala Station woolshed shearing team in the
1890s.
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Upon his death, his son John continued the stud, with his
sons Richard and Bill. When Kilnyana was sold in 2008,
the stud returned to Savernake Station, having completed
a full circle.
Upon the death of Alexander James Sloane, the Mulwala
stud and “Woodpark” were sold to the Huggins family
who altered the name from Mulwala to Woodpark so that
the stud was synonymous with the property name, trading
as Woodpark Pastoral Company.
The Mulwala stud had been a closed flock for decades,
and only one Uardry sire was introduced. The Huggins
family included Goolgumbla and Pooginook sires, and
kept the stud pure Peppin-blood with great success,
becoming one of the Riverina’s most influential medium
wool studs.
Meanwhile at Savernake Station, William Sloane and his
son Ian continued to buy Mulwala rams. In October 1967,
50 stud ewes and 1 ram were purchased by Ian and
his sons Keith and Alexander to form a daughter stud,
Sav-Mul, on Savernake Station. In 1976, the generosity
of the Huggins family enabled the name “Mulwala” to be
returned to Savernake. So the Savernake and Sav-Mul
studs reverted back to the original name, Mulwala. The
name had thus returned to the site of origin.
Mulwala stud 2-year-old Melbourne Sale rams, 1932.
James Sloane not only proved to be a good sheep
breeder, but was a renowned judge at the local shows
and was the first individual judge at both the Sydney and
Melbourne shows. After his death in 1932, his eldest son
Alec Sloane inherited the stud, which was soon moved
to “Woodpark” permanently, being managed by Frank
Comans Jr.
The Mulwala Merino stud is now owned and managed
by Helen Huggins, daughter of Ian Sloane, on Savernake
Station and the property is now listed by the NSW
Heritage Council. Helen’s brother, Alexander and Ann
Sloane are also owners and managers of their own
enterprise on the property.
In the meantime, James’ brother William had taken
Savernake Station as his own property in 1910. Another
brother Hugh G. G. Sloane took “Kilnyana” as his portion,
this property having been purchased in 1897 by his father
Alexander. Hugh established a daughter stud, Kilnyana,
Flock No 53, which met with considerable success. He
bred rams for use in his large commercial flock and also
sold rams within the district. He concentrated on fine bulky
wool and introduced Mulwala rams from time to time,
buying at Sydney and Melbourne ram sales.
An Open Day is being planned for October 2013, to
mark the 150th anniversary of the Mulwala Merino stud,
which will include numerous archival documents and
photographs depicting the progress of the stud, from
1863 to the present day.
Wired for wool
Woolgrowers have probably taken them for granted as
a basic item in the woolshed, but before the metal wool
bale fastener, packs had to be hand-sewn.
Maspro Wire Products Pty Ltd has manufactured
hundreds of thousands since the first metal fastener some
90 years ago and today the galvanised metal fasteners
are used in every woolshed in Australia and New Zealand.
Wool bale fasteners like these being held by Maspro Wire Products
Pty Ltd marketing manager, Zena Jones, at the company’s factory in
Condobolin, have been manufactured in Australia by the company for
some 90 years.
Marketing manager, Zena Jones said the company,
based at Condobolin for the last 21 years, had become
a leader in the manufacture of many wire products,
specialising in bale fasteners, ring fasteners and plain and
barbed staples.
“We manufacture these from 3.15 millimetre galvanised
wire and supply in quantities from 100 up to plastic
containers holding 20 kilograms.”
“The original company began manufacturing south of
Melbourne and moved to Marrickville in Sydney during the
Great Depression,” Mrs Jones said.
They are available in either sharp or blunt styles; the
sharp fasteners being made for wool bales while the blunt
variety are commonly used in the rag trade.
While a wool bale fastener is just a small simple piece of
metal, its manufacture from quality steel backed up by
ongoing research and development plus quality control
and testing procedures has enabled Maspro to become
the market leader in wire products.
“When it comes to the wool industry, Maspro bale
fasteners are an icon,” Mrs Jones said.
Source: Courtesy The Land newspaper
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A Ewenique
Merino product
At this year’s Sydney Sheep Show at the Royal, the
Ewenique site with its beautiful colour range of affordable
woollen baby wear and blankets was a magnet to the
mothers and grandmothers in the pavilion.
Ewenique’s Australian Merino wool baby blankets (pictured) and baby
wear come in five colour-ways, clockwise from top left, amethyst, earth,
outer space, bubblegum and raspberry sorbet.
With all the plays on words within the sheep and wool
industry, it took country-born but city-bred, Monique
Harper, to trademark the Ewenique name for her colourful
range of Merino wool baby wear, established in 2008.
While the choice of Merino wool for her baby garments
was the easy decision in setting up Ewenique, Monique’s
resolve to support local industry and be able to declare
her products as 100pc Australian Made proved more of a
challenge, right down to finding locally-made zippers and
snap-fasteners.
In a profession she loved, that of a primary/special
education teacher, Monique had also nursed a desire to
run her own business and it was while awaiting the birth of
her third child that she had her ‘light-bulb’ moment.
“When I started this business one of my guiding principles
was that that I source as many of my suppliers as
possible from within Australia and that my baby sleepwear
be made in Australia,” she said.
Monique had always worn and appreciated Merino wool
and its natural benefits, “especially since superfine, low
micron Merino wool appeared on the market for adults”,
and thought it would be the perfect fibre for babies.
Monique said she is not on a crusade and does not
disapprove of imported purchases, “but I think it is
important for a customer who is interested in the
conditions under which their garment is made to have the
option to buy an Australian Made product”.
Following research on the subject, Monique and her
husband, Alex, noted the shortage of Australian Merino
baby wear, “let alone those that were Australian Made”.
“So that is where it began,” says Monique.
Ewenique’s products are manufactured in Marrickville,
Sydney. “Of course we could get a cheaper rate if we
manufactured off-shore but we will not go down that
path,” said Monique.
“The simple mission of Ewenique is to provide parents
and care-givers with beautiful garments that are natural,
safe and healthy.”
“By manufacturing locally we can ensure the best quality
assurance and can pop in at any time to see how things
are going.”
The Australian Merino wool used in Ewenique’s blankets
and sleepwear range is graded superfine (18.5-micron)
which the Harpers believe offers the best year-round
performance.
“We only use 100 per cent Australian Merino wool in our
garments and we do not blend it with cotton or synthetic
fibres,” Monique said.
“One of the perceptions of Merino is that it is very expensive
but by only selling on-line we can better control the costs of
our business and remove the margins that are traditionally
added by the various parties in the retail chain.
“We believe that if Merino is blended with other fibres it
takes away from the natural benefits.”
“For you this means that we can keep our prices realistic
and affordable,” she said.
The Harpers are Woolmark licensees “which means our
garments and our Merino are put through rigorous tests
for strength, feel and safety”.
The Ewenique website is easy to navigate with the
moderately priced products sorted by type: romper,
blanket, beanie, sleeping bag and singlet. You’ve got to
love the singlet – no riding up with this little gem as it has
snap-fasteners just like a romper suit. Baby gift vouchers
are also available and Ewenique offers free shipping.
Why Merino in particular? Monique’s answer is that it is
breathable, keeps its shape, is easy-care, warm in winter
and cool in summer, protects and is comfortable and silky
to the touch.
“Merino fibres have a magical capacity to breathe and to
control moisture vapour next to the skin,” she said.
All products offer a choice of five colours. “We wanted to
set a point of difference with our colour range, so stayed
away from the traditional pastel colours and opted for
bold, funky colours,” said Monique.
“With its natural elasticity, Merino wool returns to its natural
shape after any number of washes.”
Further information: Email enquiries@ewenique.com.au
or visit on-line at www.ewenique.com.au
This mother of three young children says that Merino’s
natural protective layer and dirt resistance contribute to
the easy-care aspect. “All of our products are machine
washable and dry quickly,” she said.
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Strong Australian interest
in South African conference
Visits to some of the top sheep farms in South Africa
will be included as the tour continues on to game drives
and luxurious accommodation at Shamwari, the world’s
leading safari and game reserve and conservation
company.
Stellenbosch, South Africa
April 29 to May 1, 2014
Expressions of interest in Merino 2014 – the 9th World
Merino Conference, have been very strong according to
Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders (AASMB)
coordinator for the Australian delegation, Carol-Ann
Malouf.
The final day on the road will be at Port Elizabeth, the
centre of the South African wool trade, where the group
will be hosted by Cape Wools.
Flying then to Cape Town, there will be the opportunity to
explore the historic and scenic delights of the region with
a number of mini-tour and day trip options that include
Robben Island, Cape Point, Table Mountain or one of
the multitude of wineries in the Cape area. For many,
shopping at the Waterfront or visiting its large array of
restaurants and bars, may suffice.
“To date over 140 Australians have requested further
information when it is available from conference and tour
organisers,” she said.
“A final figure of even half this number will ensure excellent
representation of our Australian Merino industry and great
camaraderie on-tour.
“Many are people who have enjoyed at least two or three
previous World Merino conferences, so that is a stamp of
approval.”
Accommodation in Cape Town will be at the 5-star
Radisson Blu, situated on the beach next to the Waterfront
with magnificent views of both Table Mountain and
Robben Island.
Robert Ashby, president of the World Federation of Merino
Breeders (WFMB), under whose auspices world Merino
conferences are held each four years, is most enthusiastic
about the 2014 venue and host country, South Africa.
While accommodation throughout the tours will have a
minimum 4-star rating, the exchange rate ensures that
the tour packages will be very moderately priced for
Australians.
“It will be a tremendous celebration of the Merino through
a rich mix of farming, fibre and culture,” he said.
A seven-day post-conference tour, to depart on Friday
May 2, will explore the Western Cape Province, travelling
from Stellenbosch and overnighting in Matjiesfontein,
Oudtshoorn, Knysna and Arniston before two nights at
Sanbona. This exclusive park has won numerous awards
and is regarded as the premier reserve in the Western
Cape. As is the case at Shamwari, game viewing includes
the Big 5.
“This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity for passionate
producers to share and learn all aspects of the Merino
and see a little of this very special part of the world at the
same time.
“We might like to think we know a fair bit about Merinos
with Australia producing 90 per cent of the world’s apparel
wool, but there is always more to learn,” said Mr Ashby.
The AASMB, with the support of Australian Wool
Innovation, is offering the only official tour (including travel,
tour/s, conference registration) to Merino 2014.
“Woolgrowers often work alone or in small teams, so
an opportunity such as this, to travel and see the world
through the eyes of other farmers, is always a great
experience.”
Carol-Ann Malouf has been appointed coordinator of
the Australian delegation to Merino 2014 and interested
persons may register an expression of interest with her.
Travel, conference and tour itineraries and costs will be
available from late September.
Stud and commercial sheep and wool producers,
geneticists, scientists, wool brokers and industry figures
from throughout the world, including the 13 member
countries of the WFMB, will gather in the historic town of
Stellenbosch from April 29 to May 1.
Contact: Carol-Ann Malouf, ph (02) 6895 2274, 0427 119
535, or email carol-annmalouf@bigpond.com
The two-day conference, titled “Merino Breeding:
Sustainable Enterprise – Cherished Lifestyle”, is to be
preceded by a Merino Expo during which there will also
be a joint session with IWTO whose annual congress is to
run concurrently in Cape Town.
Bookending the conference are tours travelling with
Springbok Atlas, one of South Africa’s most established
and best-known travel and tour management companies.
For over six decades they have moved millions of
travellers safely and reliably across South Africa.
The pre-conference tour heads out of Johannesburg just
over a week prior to the conference.
Aimed at showcasing the beauty of South Africa and the
diversity of its magnificent landscape and people, the tour
will also afford the opportunity to explore and learn about
the local Merino industry as it passes through the Golden
Gate Highlands National Park to Bloemfontein, Gariep
Dam and Graaff-Reinet.
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Maremma guardian dogs,
donkeys and coordinated
baiting programs to attempt
to stem the problem.
On-property ram sales
have been very strong,
with reports of 90 to 100 pc
clearances and averages of
over $1400.
President’s
message Queensland
The 2013 Queensland
State Sheep Show was
held in Roma on May 10
and 11, judged by John
Daniell and Angus Munro.
We welcomed the support
of exhibitors from interstate
who experienced the
hospitality of our premier
event.
Queensland has experienced another good season
through 2012 with most of the State receiving more than
its average rainfall. January and February 2013 saw
record-breaking rain over the coastal regions, with up
to 1000mm of rain over a 48-hour period. Other areas
experienced heavy falls for three continuous weeks, with
flood rain cutting communication cables and roads for
days.
Sadly our secretary, Bill Benjamin, has informed me that
he and Rosemary will be retiring in August at our AGM.
Bill was first elected to council in 1973. He was chairman
of the Queensland Branch of the Poll Merino Breeders
Association in 1975-1976 and then appointed secretary of
the Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders Association
(QMSSA) in 1980. His wife Rosemary was appointed
assistant secretary four years later in 1984.
The western sheep areas of Queensland only experienced
isolated falls and many of us are still in desperate need of
rain to get us through winter.
In 1986 Bill was made an honorary associate member
of the QMSSA, and Rosemary in 1995. In Bill’s time
as secretary, there have been twelve presidents of the
association and only fourteen prior. Since 1945 there have
only been three secretaries of the association.
Lambing figures have been reported as varied. Again the
wild dogs have played havoc among the flocks. Those
producers who have made a concerted effort to control
wild dogs have reaped the benefits, with figures reported
to be in excess of 90 per cent.
We thank Bill and Rosemary for all they have done for
the association and wish them all the very best in their
retirement.
Others that have not done enough to control the invasion
of dogs are back to less than 20pc. Many of us now have
electric or conventional dog fencing and use trappers,
As this is my fourth and final year as Queensland
president and Australian Association of Stud Merino
Breeders’ (AASMB) delegate, I would like to thank the
AASMB presidents, past and present, Tom Ashby and
Phil Toland and State delegates, for my time with the
Australian council. It has been a wonderful experience..
The Top Twelve
Thank you for your friendship, support and
professionalism. I am confident that the Merino industry is
in good hands, thanks to the calibre of the AASMB. I wish
you all the very best for 2013.
QUEENSLAND TOP RAM SALES 2012 *
Stud
1
2
2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Rams Sold
Barcaldine Downs/Barcaldine Downs Poll
Mount Ascot
Boyanga/Karbullah Poll
Lansdowne/Lansdowne Poll
Coreena Poll
Roselea/Roselea Poll
Victoria Downs/Victoria Downs Poll
Wattle Downs/Wattle Downs Poll
Jolly Jumbuck Poll
Bullamon Plains
Coban
Murrawondah Poll
456
450
339
280
160
155
100
99
80
65
48
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Duncan Ferguson
President
Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders Association
Queensland Merino
Stud Sheepbreeders’
Association (Inc)
QUEENSLAND TOP SEMEN SALES 2012 *
Stud
1
2
Karbullah Poll/Boyanga
Karmala
Doses
508
20
* Extracted from 2012 Annual Returns as at 11 June 2013
Sales from two or more studs of the same owner are combined.
“The Top Twelve” is published each year as a record from Annual Returns.
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Secretary:
Bill Benjamin
Address:
PO Box 7
Clifton Qld 4361
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
07 4697 3569
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President:
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State Sheep
Show
Queensland
The happiest person at this year’s Queensland State
Sheep Show, held in Roma in May, was Queensland
Merino Stud Sheepbreeders’ Association (QMSSA)
president, Duncan Ferguson, Barcaldine Downs,
Barcaldine.
Huge applause greeted the announcement of the Queensland Ram of the
Year, the first in the 80-year history of Barcaldine Downs, Barcaldine, held
here by stud manager, Duncan Ferguson. Photo courtesy Queensland Country Life
This was not only as a result of the outstanding success of
this year’s show which saw 23 Merino studs in contention
for the honours, but also as Barcaldine Downs had won its
first Queensland Ram of the Year title in the stud’s 80-year
history.
of the year titles, Queensland breeders group and pairs,
but the Ram of the Year was an award that had eluded
us,” he said.
Mr Ferguson named the winning ram Barcaldine Downs
Ian in recognition of the 34 year contribution made to the
stud by Dubbo-based sheep classer, Ian Marwedel. The
rising two-year-old ram weighed in at 122kg with 21.2micron wool. He had 15.5CV, SD of 3.3 and comfort factor
(CF) of 99.6 per cent.
“We have won everything else and been the bridesmaid
(to this title) for the last two years,” said Duncan, manager
of Clark and Tait’s Barcaldine Downs Merino and Poll
Merino studs.
“It’s a bit of a relief because we have won numerous ewe
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Ian the ram will represent Queensland in contesting the
2013 Rabobank Australian Supreme Merino Ram title
in Dubbo in late August. “We will then use him in our AI
program and mate him in the paddock to our top ewes,”
said Mr Ferguson.
The ram was also Queensland junior ram of the year and
reserve champion medium wool Poll ram behind North
Ashrose Metric which went on to be named supreme
exhibit of the show.
Tom Ashby, North Ashrose stud had brought nine rams
on the 1700km journey from Gulnare, South Australia,
his third consecutive trip to the Queensland fixture. Of
the 132 sheep placed before the judges, Tom said “the
competition was the best I have seen in Queensland.”
The 21-micron North Ashrose Metric weighed a massive
141kg, measuring 14.3CV, SD of 3.0 and CF of 99.3pc.
An ET ram sired by East Strathglen Sir Dick, Metric was
also named South Australian Field Day Ram of the Year at
the SA Stud Merino Expo at Burra in March.
Tom Ashby, North Ashrose, Gulnare, South Australia, with his supreme
exhibit and grand champion Poll Merino ram of the 2013 Queensland State
Sheep Show.
Photo courtesy Queensland Country Life
Also in competition for the supreme title in Roma were
three NSW champions; the grand champion Merino ram
from One Oak, Jerilderie, the grand champion Merino
ewe from Roseville Park, Dubbo and the grand champion
Poll ewe from Alfoxton Poll, Armidale.
“We all noted his extreme length of body, very correct top
line, heavy bone and basic correctness.
“He also appealed to us for his productive traits, for his
overall size, wool cutting ability, length of staple and well
nourished sire’s wool,” Mr Daniell said.
Judge John Daniell, White River, Minnipa, SA, said he and
co-judge, Angus Munro, Boonoke, Deniliquin, NSW, and
associates, Catherine Roberts, Victoria Downs, Morven,
and Allycia Bennett, Lansdowne, Tambo, were impressed
with the strong competition.
The Brumpton family of Mitchell, Queensland, always enjoys
success at this fixture and this year was no exception. Nigel
and Rosemary Brumpton’s Mount Ascot stud showed the
Queensland champion pair and had the Queensland junior
ram of the year, runner-up in the Queensland ram of the
year and reserve junior champion ram of the show. The
ewe of the pair was also reserve junior champion ewe and
reserve champion strong wool ewe.
“I don’t think you would get a better line-up of top sheep
to pick a supreme from,” he said.
He said Metric’s sheer size made him a standout. “He was
outstanding for his overall make, shape and confirmation.
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The pair will now represent Queensland in the Stock &
Land National Pairs competition at Bendigo in July.
Retiring from exhibiting sheep after 50 years in the show
ring, Jan Lowing, Karmala stud, Nobby, Queensland,
exited on a high note after winning the Queensland Ewe
of the Year title. Ms Lowing said she was a little sad about
her “swan song” but will keep the sheep going and keep
breeding Kelpies, “but I just won’t show sheep any more”.
Mount Ascot also showed the grand champion ewe fleece
of the show but Mr Brumpton said “I was beaten by the
kids for the supreme fleece”.
He was referring to the couple’s three children, Felicity,
Charlie and Lachlan, principals of Jolly Jumbuck Poll stud,
who won the supreme award with their grand champion
ram fleece. Jolly Jumbuck stud was also most successful
Poll exhibitor of the show, winning reserve grand
champion Poll ewe, reserve fine wool ewe and reserve
junior champion Poll ewe.
Queensland State Sheep Show is renowned for its
hospitality and also for a good party and the tradition was
upheld this year with the QMSSA dinner on the first night.
Special guests for the evening were QMSSA Patron and
Governor of Queensland, Penelope Wensley AC and her
husband, Stuart McCosker.
Felicity Brumpton also won the Merino judging
competition with Douglas Rodgers, Barcaldine Downs
stud, runner-up.
Barcaldine Downs’s jackeroos, Joe Kerin and Douglas Rodgers holding
the champion medium wool Poll Merino ewe and reserve champion
strong wool Poll Merino ewe which combined to be reserve exhibit in the
Queensland champion pair.
Queensland Governor, Penelope Wensley, sashes the Queensland
Champion Ewe of the Year, held by owner, Jan Lowing, Karmala Merino
stud, Nobby.
The winning Queensland pair from the Brumpton family’s Mount Ascot,
Mitchell with Heather Brumpton, Mount Ascot; judges Angus Munro,
Boonoke, Deniliquin, NSW; Allycia Bennett, Lansdowne stud, Tambo;
Catherine Roberts, Victoria Downs, Morven; John Daniell, White River,
Minnipa, SA; and Nigel Brumpton, Mount Ascot stud, Mitchell (front).
Graham Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie, NSW, holds his grand champion ram
as it is sashed by judges, Angus Munro, Boonoke, Deniliquin, NSW, and
John Daniell, White River, Minnipa, SA. Photo courtesy Queensland Country Life
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2013 Queensland State Sheep Show
Supreme Exhibit
North Ashrose, Gulnare, SA
Poll Merino Breeders Group
Reserve
Jolly Jumbuck, Mitchell, Qld
Supreme Poll Exhibit
Qld. Junior Ram of the Year
Qld. Junior Ewe of the Year
Mt Ascot, Mitchell, Qld
Grand Champion Ram
One Oak, Jerilderie, NSW *
Reserve
Roseville Park, Dubbo, NSW
Grand Champion Ewe
Reserve
Grand Champion Poll Ram
Reserve
Grand Champion Poll Ewe
Alfoxton Poll, Armidale, NSW *
Holders Trophy
Zarettha Stedman
Queensland Ram of the Year
Queensland Ewe of the Year
Karmala, Nobby, Qld
Merino Aggregate
Poll Merino Aggregate
Qld. Champion Pair
Supreme Breeders Group
One Oak, Jerilderie, NSW
Merino Judging Competition
1 Felicity Brumpton
2 Douglas Rodgers
Grand Champion Fleece
Grand Champion Ram Fleece
Grand Champion Ewe Fleece
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The Gums. Qld 4406
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Huskissons
celebrate 100
In September, members of Queensland’s Huskisson
family will return to where it all began 100 years ago to
celebrate the vision of their forebears.
William Milward Thomas Huskisson and his wife, Mabel, with their
four children in 1908, before the family departed for Australia.
On June 19, 1913, William Milward Thomas Huskisson
and his wife, Mabel Elizabeth (nee Green) and their four
children, William 14, Herbert 10, Mabel 9 and Winnifred 7,
left their English home at Crondall, Kent, to embark on the
epic journey to Australia arriving in the Queensland capital,
Brisbane, on August 11, 1913.
Mr and Mrs Huskisson’s son William married Thelma
Daisy Wharton in 1930 and the couple resided on portion
28, raising two boys, William (the current Bill Huskisson)
and Les.
A butcher by trade, William Huskisson took his first job in
Australia as a labourer on the construction of the saleyard
abattoir at Connon Hill in Brisbane. The family then
travelled to The Gums, arriving in October 1913. From
maps at the Dalby Lands Office en route from Brisbane,
blocks of land at The Gums were selected.
In May 1938, when the current Bill Huskisson was six
years old, Queensland’s first Merino flock ewe competition
was held at The Gums. The rules of competition were that
5 per cent of the exhibitors ewe flock was to be penned
for judging. It is interesting to note the Huskisson family
results; Mr Huskisson, his son in-law Peter Dalheimer, and
his son William, took out three of the top five places. So
began 75 years of selective breeding to deliver today’s
Merinos at Wattle Downs stud.
The family camped at the council dam for several months
until their slab dwelling with earthen floors was completed.
During the first five years William Huskisson had a share
dairying contract, began development of his family block
(which they had called “Crondall”), started a dairying
operation, eradicated the dingoes and established the first
Merino flock at The Gums.
Bill Huskisson studied sheep and wool at technical college
in Brisbane in the late 1940s and returned home to run
the family properties. This was the beginning of a lifelong
commitment to the sheep and wool industry and until
recently, Bill was also a professional wool classer.
Thus began the Huskisson’s future in Australia’s Merino
sheep industry.
In the 1950s all the local properties had sheep and most
would have 300 to 500 bale wool clips. There was a huge
future for wool in this area, but unfortunately now there are
virtually no sheep left – it’s all cattle and grain.
In 1921, three more blocks of land were selected about
13km south of The Gums. The condition of selection
required the owners to control the spread of prickly pear
and the blocks were known as “Prickly Pear Selections”.
One block was taken up by Mr Huskisson and one by each
of his sons, William and Herbert. Mr Huskisson took up
portion 28, William took portion 29 and Herbert, portion 30.
At the end of World War II, Joh Bjelke-Petersen arrived
at Wattle Downs with two army tanks and started pulling
the Brigalow scrub on the Huskisson properties. BjelkePetersen later upgraded to bull dozers and went on to
clear Brigalow on numerous surrounding properties
opening up the areas for grain and livestock. He also
established the Wattle Downs airstrip and ran a crop
dusting business from there as well as using it for his own
personal use.
These blocks were covered with dense prickly pear and
Brigalow scrub. The only method of eradication was
with the axe and arsenic poison pot – until the release of
the cactoblastis moth. As soon as they were able, the
Huskissons increased their Merino flocks on portions
28 and 29, which are today the home of Wattle Downs
Merino and Poll Merino studs.
Bill married Loma Slean in 1955, and together in 1956
they registered the Wattle Downs Merino stud. They raised
two children Peter and Karen. Wattle Downs Poll Merino
stud was registered in 1974 by 16-year-old Peter, with the
purchase of Roselea Poll ewes. In 1976 after Peter passed
away, the Poll stud was taken over by his sister, Karen.
Now, 75 years on from that first flock ewe competition,
and after 100 years of blood, sweat and tears, floods, fires
and droughts, the Huskissons continue to remain focused
on the Merino industry, still competing and winning
numerous supreme awards for their fabulous Merino
sheep and wool.
With the sixth generation of the Huskisson family residing
at Wattle Downs and the original properties “Crondall”
and portions 28 and 29 remaining in the family, the future
looks sound for the Huskisson family and the Wattle
Downs Merino and Poll Merino studs.
Bill and Herbert Huskisson sinking a dam in 1930.
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Proof in the
pudding
With 762mm in 70 days in the heat of a Queensland
summer, you could expect a fly problem, but that was not
the case at Wilgunya Merino stud, Dirranbandi.
Ewes in full wool with 112 per cent of August/September
lambs at foot were due to be shorn in the last week of
November. Then it started to rain – 20mm one day; 25mm
the next. Seventy days and 762mm later, sheep were
standing up to their bellies in water and shearing still had
not started.
Select for
Superior Wools
Lustrous wools with
excellent definition.
Stud principal, Max Wilson, found that not one ewe was
struck and only the occasional lamb had a bit of spot
strike. “I was expecting to get a flogging from worms but
they must have drowned,” he said.
Select for
Staple Length
“Our breeding emphasis has been to produce sheep
with a great constitution and high fertility with 100mm
of lustrous deep crimping wool that stays micron static
throughout the life of the ewe. High fertility and high
lambing survival rates are paramount.
Gutsy wool with
weight.
Wilgunya’s breeding ewe micron average is about 19micron. While no effort has been placed on micron
reduction, Max Wilson has noted that as lustre and staple
alignment improve, so micron reduces and becomes
more stable.
Select for
Constitution
“Keep the secondary/primary skin follicle ratio high and
you don’t have any trouble with flat thin skins and wools
that cut less and less each year,” Max said.
In 2012, Wilgunya Merino stud won best Queensland
exhibit at Bendigo’s Australian Sheep and Wool Show
for the second time. The stud also won awards in
Goondiwindi, Tenterfield and Sydney and showed the
reserve champion ewe fleece in Brisbane.
Free growing wools
on easy care carcase.
At the 2012 annual ram sale in October, Mr Wilson stood
80 single rams and for the first time, 17 pens of three. The
single pens averaged $1751.00 and the pens of three,
$958.00, with a 100pc clearance.
Max Wilson
Wilgunya Merino Stud
Dirranbandi Qld 4486
In 2013 there will be 500 rams available for sale, with the
on-property sale beginning the season on October 10.
The Wilson family invites your interest at any time.
Further information: Max Wilson, ph (07) 4625 8214 or
0427 258 214.
07 4625 8214 or
0427 258 214
maxwilson4@bigpond.com
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Don Brown Pictorial
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1. Over two days in late February, 134
spectators travelled by coach to view the
18 entries in this year’s 33rd Don Brown
Memorial Merino Ewe Competition in the
Condobolin district. One of the first stops
was at the Koyuna Pastoral Company
entry of Robert and Mark Helyar, pictured
here among their maiden ewes which
placed second in the competition.
Classed by Allan Clarke, their July 2011drop ewes are on Belswick blood and
had an average weight of 73.3kg.
2. Competition judges, Robert Harding,
Glendonald stud, Nhill, Victoria; Tim Dalla,
Collinsville stud, Booborowie, South
Australia, and associate, Jock Capel,
Bungulla stud, Manilla.
3. With clients in the competition, Riverinabased classers Michael Elmes,
Narrandera, and Chris Bowman, Hay,
swap notes during this year’s Don
Brown. Both jackarooed at Uardry stud,
Hay, in the heady days of championship
competition from 1978 to 1980 when the
stud was selling 20 stud and 20 selected
rams at the February Dubbo ram sales
and would be feeding 250 rams in the
Uardry ram shed.
4. Paraway Pastoral Company’s “East
Borambil” manager, Matt Browning
with Pooginook Merino stud marketing
manager, Pat Brown, Jerilderie, and
Richard McFadyen, “East Borambil”,
among some of their 2000 maiden
ewes. The September-shorn flock with
a lambing of 121 per cent and 30pc
culling rate won the Ian Munro Perpetual
Memorial Trophy for a short wool flock.
5. Professor Ron Leng, renowned
biochemist and ruminant nutritionist and
managing director of Bionutric, a special
guest of the Don Brown committee,
presented a mini-seminar at the last stop
on the first day of this year’s competition.
Dr Leng was brought to Condobolin by
longstanding major sponsor, Olsson’s
Industries. He chats during the field day
with another special guest, Australian
Wool Innovation’s Wool Ambassador,
Catriona Rowntree, who was guest
speaker at the presentation dinner.
6. Gavin and Tom Stuckey with their father,
David, of Stuckey Pastoral, Condobolin,
among their Willandra/Belswick blood
maiden ewes at “Corella”. Classed
by Chris Bowman and with a lambing
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percentage of 124pc and average weight
of 61.2kg, the entry won the Allan and
Delyse Clarke Trophy for an off-shears
flock.
7. “North Condobolin” classer, Stuart
Hodgson, Wagga Wagga, with David
McDonald and nephew, James, among
the McDonald Brothers’ maiden ewes
which placed third this year after winning
the competition in 2012. The 1274
Woodpark-blood June-shorn ewes had
been classed at 31pc.
8. Ian and Greg Laing at “Bon Accord”,
Tullamore, on the competition’s second
day. Ian, Greg and Warwick Laing’s flock
is on Darriwell blood, classed by Tom
Kirk. For their 600 March-shorn, JulyAugust drop ewes they won the John Coy
Memorial Award for Achievement.
9. Jane and Ian Menzies, “Moonbah”,
Condobolin, were rapt in their win,
announced at the annual dinner on the
competition’s second evening.
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Seen at the Rabobank National
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1. Western Wool Marketing team members Bob Gown of Dubbo and Colin Hunt of
Parkes with John Roberts, Dunbogan stud, Elong Elong, and Pat Byrne of Western
Wool Marketing, Wagga Wagga.
2. Watching the March-shorn judging on the first day of the 2012 Rabobank
Dubbo National Merino Show and Sale, are sheep classer, Chris Bowman, Hay,
with Stuart Beveridge, Dubbo, and David and Karen McBurnie, Weealla stud,
Balladoran.
3. Western Merino personalities donning steward badges during judging at the
2012 Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Show and Sale, Ashley Bell, Raby
Merino stud, Warren; Scott MacMillan, Mullengudgery stud, Nyngan and
Matthew Bell of “Raby”.
4. Rabobank regional manager (Central NSW), Peter Anderson, Dubbo, with
Rabobank CEO Australia and NZ, Thos Gieske, Sydney, and Dubbo branch
manager, Luke Smith, during the 2012 Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show
and Ram Sale.
5. Watching the judging, Donna Kopp, Towalba Merino stud, Peak Hill, is joined
by her brother, Vincent Gordon, Merial Australia territory business manager,
Dubbo.
6. Brothers, Graham Coddington, Coddington Poll Merino stud, and Robert
Coddington, East Roseville stud.
7. Sharon and Peter Hellyer, “Dromore”, Coonabarabran watch judging.
8. Taking a break in the judging are Colin Collits, Donita Hay and Lorraine
McMaster of Maybrook stud, Narromine.
9. At the conclusion of the first day’s judging at the Rabobank National Merino
Sheep Show, Drinks on the Mat is another of the fabulous social functions held
each year, with the Macquarie Merino studs, host and sponsor, offering delicious
Merino-based snacks. Wendy Beveridge, Dubbo and Rachel Maclean, Haddon
Rig, serve up some lamb rolls.
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10. At Drinks on the Mat, Angus Beveridge, Wyuna stud, Armatree via
Gilgandra, is marvellous with mince (Merino of course).
11. Monica Logue (centre) is the recipient of some special gifts from
DNRSA secretary, Steve Lindsay and chairman, Garry Kopp, in
appreciation of the 30 years she has spent selling the show and sale
catalogues.
12. At the annual tastiest lunch in town, courtesy of Rabobank, Geoff and
Sue Rains, “Mayfield”, Birriwa (front), are joined by Robert and Kay
Lindsay, Cora Lynn, Peak Hill.
13. Nicole Bladwell, Rabobank rural manager, Dubbo, lunched with Ron
and Buzz MacKay, Lone Pine Merino stud, Coonamble.
14. President of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders Association, Lou
Armstrong, Pemcaw, Dunedoo, joins Rabobank’s media relations
manager, Jess Martin and NSW state manager, Ian Cooper.
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1. Arguably the most experienced Merino sheep show steward in NSW
if not Australia, and therefore the world, Greg Boutcher, Yass, lands
another fleece on the table during objective measurement shearing at his
20th Sydney Sheep Show as a voluntary steward. Sydney’s ring steward
in superfine wool classes, Greg also stewards annually at the Rabobank
National in Dubbo, the Great Southern Supreme Merinos in Canberra
and several shows in his local area. Anyone who shows a Merino sheep
has reason to be grateful to Greg for his generosity of time and his love
of all things Merino and woolly.
4. Rocky Henderson (right), Grogansworth stud, Bowning, holds Nicole,
her 2½-week-old granddaughter with daughter, Anna Fisher, now of
Freshwater.
5. Lucy Gray, Stockman stud, Melton Mowbray, Tasmania, whose husband,
Kip, was the fine medium wool judge, watches the judging with Jenny
Armstrong, Pemcaw stud, Dunedoo.
6. Russell Fahey, a director of Schute Bell Badgery Lumby, Sydney,
watched the Merino judging with Malcolm Kater, Egelabra stud, Warren.
2. The contingent from The Land covering the Sydney Sheep Show
included Holly McAllister, deputy editor Andrew Norris and Nick Heydon.
7. Ultrafine wool steward, Rodney Kent, Kurrajong Park stud, Delungra,
finalises some paperwork for deputy chief steward and ultrafine ring
steward, John Holley, Yoorooga stud, Tenterfield.
3. Long-standing Sydney voluntary ring stewards comparing notes are
fine medium ring steward Broni Jekyll, Drap’hyd”, Yass River near
Murrumbateman, and fine wool ring steward Yvette McKenzie, Yenda
near Griffith.
8. The final photo goes to Bevan Jolly, Dubbo. The recently retired Elders
Dubbo-based Merino stud stock specialist, a great supporter of the NSW
Stud Merino Breeders Association, was attending his last Sydney Sheep
Show in this capacity before handing in his red shirt.Photos courtesy The Land
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Queensland
Sheep Show
Dinner
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The Queensland State Sheep Show is renowned for its hospitality,
no matter the location. This year in Roma was no exception and
a highlight was the 2013 State Sheep Show Celebration Dinner
hosted by the Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders Association
(QMSSA).
QMSSA Patron and Governor of Queensland, Penelope Wensley
AC and her husband, Stuart McCosker, were the evening’s special
guests.
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1. Karen Huskisson, Wattle Downs, The Gums, and QMSSA president,
Duncan Ferguson, Barcaldine Downs, with the Queensland Governor and
QMSSA patron, Penelope Wensley, Peter Hacker, Roselea, Muckadilla,
and guest speaker, Chantahl Stedman, Wattle Downs, The Gums.
2. Garth and Jenny Davidson, Mooloolaba, with Russell and Mary Dowling,
Buderim.
3. Narda Roberts (centre), Victoria Downs, Morven, is flanked by former
presidents of the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders,
Wal Merriman (1995-1997) chairman of Australian Wool Innovation,
Merryville, Boorowa, and Bruce Scott (1989-91), Roma, the Federal
Member for Maranoa.
4. Helen Howse, “Mooramanna”, St George, Georgina Toland, Toland Merinos,
Violet Town, Victoria, with Rosemary Brumpton, Mount Ascot, Mitchell, and
her daughter, Felicity Brumpton, Jolly Jumbuck Poll stud, Mitchell.
5. Max and Heather Wilson, Wilgunya, Dirranbandi, with Barbara Scott and
John Marsh, Toowoomba.
6. Queensland State Sheep Show judge, John Daniell, and his wife,
Margaret, White River, Minnipa, South Australia.
7. Marianne Wilks, Brisbane, Riley Wilks, Victoria Downs, Morven, and
Linda Hacker, Roselea, Muckadilla.
8. Stuart McCosker, Brisbane, and Liz Ferguson, Barcaldine Downs.
Sarah Coulton photos, courtesy Queensland Country Life
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Under the Lights - Dubbo 2012
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1. Warmly welcoming guests to the Under the Lights cocktail party which
preceded announcement of the 2012 Rabobank Australian Supreme
Merino Ram were Sandy O’Keeffe, Tootha stud, Walgett; Rachel Maclean,
Haddon Rig stud, Warren; Jo Morris, Bonanza stud, Lightning Ridge.
2. Peter Lieschke, Bundaleer Merino stud, Walla Walla, with Brett Cox,
regional manager, Australian Wool Network, Launceston, Tasmania.
3. Cheryl McLeod, Dubbo, with Rocky Henderson, Grogansworth, Bowning.
4. Will Kettle, Grassy Creek, Reids Flat; Gordon Cox, Langdene, Dunedoo;
Gabi Ryan, Langdene.
5. Chairman of the Dubbo National Ram Sale Association, Garry Cox,
Langdene, Dunedoo, with Peter Anderson, Rabobank’s regional manager,
Central West NSW, and George Falkiner, Haddon Rig, Warren.
6. Rabobank Dubbo’s Phil Read and branch manager, Luke Smith, with
Dubbo National Ram Sale Association secretary, Steve Lindsay, Cora
Lynn, Peak Hill.
7. James Derrick, Karoola Downs Poll, Gundagai, and John McLaren,
Nerstane, Woolbrook, with Robert Lindsay, Cora Lynn, Peak Hill.
8. Karen McBurnie, Weealla, Balladoran; Colleen Cox, Langdene, Dunedoo;
and Simon Chamberlain, editor of the Daily Liberal, Dubbo
9. Chairman of the 2012 WoolPoll panel, Will Roberts, Victoria Downs,
Morven, Qld, and James Dickson, national sales manager, Four Season
Company, Brisbane
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“I need a short ESI.”
On the Fall of the Hammer
ON-PROPERTY SALE RESULTS
2012 – 2013 Ram Selling Season
Stud
Sold
ADINA, Cooma
AIRLIE, Walcha
ALFOXTON, Armidale
ALLENDALE, Wellington
AVENEL, Wanganella
AVONSIDE, Cooma
BALLATHERIE POLL, Hillston
BELLA LANA, Wellington
BLAXLAND POLL, Tamworth
BLYTH MERINOS, Adelong
BOCOBLE, Mudgee
BOGO, Bookham
BORAMBIL, Balldale
BOUDJAH, Cooma
BUNDALEER, Walla Walla
BUNDILLA, Young
BUNGULLA, Manilla
CARRABUNGLA, Laggan
CODDINGTON POLL, Dubbo
CONRAYN, Berridale
CORA LYNN, Peak Hill
COTTAGE PARK, Cooma
CRESSBROOK, Armidale
DARRIWELL, Trundle
DEMONDRILLE, Harden
DUNBOGAN, Elong Elong
EGELABRA, Warren
GENANEGIE, Peak Hill
GLANNA, Gulgong
GLENOAK, Nundle
GLENWOOD, Wellington
GRASSY CREEK, Reids Flat
GRATHLYN, Hargraves
GREENLAND, Bungarby
GROGANSWORTH, Bowning
GULLENDAH, Baldry
GULLENGAMBLE, Yeoval
HADDON RIG, Warren
HAVILAH, Mudgee
HAZELDEAN, Cooma
HAZELDEAN, Hay
HILLCRESTON / HEIGHTS, Bigga
HILLCRESTON PARK, Bigga
JOHNSON PARK, Yass
KARORI, Walcha
KELVIN VALE, Uralla
KERIN POLL, Yeoval
KERI KERI, Moulamein
KIROB, Laggan
KIRKTON, Burraga
KOONWARRA, Boorowa
KURRAJONG PARK, Delungra
LACHLAN MERINOS, Forbes
LANGDENE, Dunedoo
LORELMO POLL, Walcha
26
41
51
46
89
16
60
60
32
132
50
177
97
68
76
146
105
77
97
26
59
82
121
117
90
42
162
80
71
20
53
63
23
57
52
48
136
108
19
143
111
52
52
23
59
22
150
79
34
19
54
38
102
119
41
Top
$
1600
4000
6000
3300
3000 (3)
1600
1950
3300
650 (3)
2600
1900
4800
7000
3600
2500
6600
3600 (3)
2600
3800
1800
4000
4000
7000
9000
5500
2300
9600
2800
2800
2400
2700
4500
1600
2500
4200
2500
3800 (2)
4000
2300
4000
2400
4500
4000 (2)
1653
2400 (2)
2000
7400
3500
1400
4400
2400 (3)
2500
5000
9000
4600
Average
$
Stud
Sold
Top
$
Average
$
LYNFORD POLL, Hargraves
MAIN RANGE, Berridale
MERRIGNEE, Boorowa
MERRYVILLE, Boorowa
MIDDLE VIEW, Dalgety
MUMBLEBONE, Wellington
NERSTANE, Woolbrook
ONE OAK studs, Jerilderie
ONE OAK POLL, Jerilderie
PARKDALE, Dubbo
PEMCAW, Dunedoo
PETALI, Walcha
POLL BOONOKE, Deniliquin
POOGINOOK, Jerilderie
QUEENLEE, Uralla
RICHMOND, Quandialla
ROGARA POLL, Goulburn
ROSEVILLE PARK, Dubbo
ROUND PLAIN, Berridale
SHALIMAR PARK, Walcha
SNOWY PLAIN, Berridale
TALLAWONG, Yass
TARA PARK, Boorowa
THALABAH, Crookwell
TOWALBA, Peak Hill
UARDRY studs, Hay
WALWA, Gurrundah
WANGANELLA, Deniliquin
WAVERLEY DOWNS, Delungra
WEEALLA, Balladoran
WENDOUREE, Grenfell
WESTRAY, Peak Hill
WEST VALE, Wollun
WILLANDRA, Jerilderie
WINYAR, Canowindra
WOODPARK POLL, Hay
WOOLAROO, Yass
WYUNA, Armatree
YALGOO, Walcha
YARRAWONGA, Harden
12
11
79
164
73
100
205
127
61
96
75
51
50
247
56
79
56
148
6
47
29
113
90
59
116
137
50
70
41
81
60
56
29
92
72
116
41
44
79
154
6200
1900
4200
4000
10,500
3600
4800
15,000 (2)
2400
3600
3500
4000
3600
10,000
2800
4800 (2)
2600
22,000
800
2400 (2)
4200
2400
7500
4000
6500
4400
2500
3000
1350
3600
1700
5400
2600
18,000
6200
5000
3200
1300
5600
8600
1909
817
1297
1729
2061
1186
1562
1512
1252
1300
1250
1847
1128
1700
1208
1662
1118
2320
750
907
1336
1167
1929
1125
1414
1314
1068
1474
744
1147
520
1678
883
1590
2199
1791
1331
913
1830
2368
MULTI-VENDOR SALES
ARMIDALE RAM SALE
ARMIDALE UNHOUSED
EASTERN RIVERINA
GT SOUTHERN SUPREME,
Canberra
MUDGEE RAM SALE
NEW ENGLAND
SUPERFINE BREEDERS
RABOBANK NATIONAL,
Dubbo (2012)
Sold
59
46
84
59
Top
15,000
2600
3500
11,500
Average
3347
1157
1547
2532
34
40
6750
1000
2163
629
46
44,000
5891
973
1805
1435
1378
1710
744
865
951
605
1132
1017
1277
1902
1492
1096
1925
1796
1214
1474
938
1504
1570
1948
1346
1938
1380
1922
1143
1115
920
1004
1728
860
1214
2196
1271
1351
1675
905
1707
1288
1594
1829
1030
1135
664
1833
1005
750
1021
1127
1269
1962
2346
1117
E & OE
106
Tops of the
season
2012-13
recorded the highest top price of the NSW selling season
in 2012-13.
Top price on-property in the 2012-13 selling season was the $22,000
paid for RP11-0011 from Matthew and Cherie Coddington’s Roseville
Park stud, Dubbo.
Sold to a syndicate of Andrew and Karen Jones,
“Invercarron”, Broadmarsh, Tasmania; Damian Meaburn
of Lowick stud, Andover, Tasmania; and Steve and Liz
Phillips, Yarrawonga stud, Harden, was RP11-0011, an
18.2-micron son of Roseville Park’s impact sire, 09-0014.
company’s new Merino property. He went on to purchase
an additional six rams for an average of $1933.
The top-priced ram, which weighed in at 111kg, had
placed second in the recent Riverina Ram of the Year
competition. With 21.2-micron wool, it measured 3.5 SD,
16.5 CV and 99 CF. Overall, Willandra cleared 92 of 100
Merino and Poll Merino rams for an average of $1590.
The ram was a full brother to RP11-0010, the 2012
Midstate Merinos Elders Premier Hogget Ram which was
also grand champion medium wool March-shorn ram at
the 2012 Rabobank National in Dubbo, and later sold to
Winyar, Canowindra for $15,000
Next in the order of sales was a double-header for
Graham and Mary Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie, with two
rams selling for $15,000 each. At sale’s end, the Wells
had sold 127 rams from their three Merino studs.
RP11-0011 had a body weight of 117 kilograms and
further measurements of 2.3-micron standard deviation
(SD), 17.0 per cent coefficient of variation (CV) and 99.5pc
CF. His ASBV for fleece weight was +24.
The sale opened on a strong note when Lot 1, the
first sale-topper, was purchased by Kim Henderson,
Grogansworth, Bowning, from the One Oak No 2 stud.
Roseville Park’s average for the sale of 147 from 149
rams was $2320, the third-highest average recorded in
NSW for the season.
The 19.5-micron, 115kg ram with 99.8 CF, was sired
by the White River ram which was supreme Merino at
Adelaide Royal in 2010.
Second top-price for the season, similarly to last year was
paid for a Poll Merino from the Wells family’s Willandra
Poll stud, Jerilderie. The $18,000 ram went to new client,
Kilcoolin Pastoral Company, Euroa, Victoria.
By the same sire, the other top-priced ram, this time from
the One Oak stud, was sold to Rod and Meg Hardie,
“Currawong”, Tallimba. The 17.9-micron ram with 99.9 CF
had recently been grand champion March-shorn ram at
Adelaide Royal.
Kilcoolin manager, Dale West, said he liked the length and
depth of the ram and that it was the perfect sire for the
Coming in at fourth position in the recorded NSW results
was a fine wool Poll Merino ram sold by Bob and Mikala
Walters, Middle View Poll stud, Delegate. The Middle View
Merino and Poll Merino studs combined to sell 72 rams
for an average of $2061.
Buyer of the top-priced 15.8-micron ram was Mark
Hedley, Australian Wool Network southern region
manager, Goulburn, for Rural Property Management,
“Woodside”, Evansford, Victoria.
The 2012-13 season’s top average on-property was the
$2367 secured by Steve and Liz Phillips, Yarrawonga,
Harden, who sold 154 rams to $8600. Following were
Langdene, Dunedoo, selling 199 to a top of $9000
and $2346 average; Roseville Park, Dubbo ($2320);
Winyar, Canowindra, selling 72 rams to a top of $6200
and average of $2199; and worthy of note, with 52
rams selling to $4200, was the $2196 average of
Grogansworth, Bowning.
As one stud vendor emphasised, even though results
such as those noted above are a great result for the
breeder and a mark of outstanding sire potential, hogget
sales also offer large selections of rams that sell around
the $800 to $1500 mark, providing affordable quality
genetics for most buyers.
Kevin Norris, Landmark, Albury; Russell Mawson, Landmark, Euroa,
Victoria, and Dale West, manager of Kilcoolin Pastoral Company, Euroa,
paid $18,000 for the top priced Willandra Poll Merino ram, pictured with
Willandra stud principal Ross Wells, Jerilderie.
107
2013 Merino Calendar
Updates
Thursday 5 September (changed location and contact)
South West Slopes Stud Merino Field Day
St Clements Retreat, Kalangan Road, Galong
Enq: Philip Brown, ph 0418 214 897
Tuesday 10 September (previously listed as 3 September)
Karoola Downs Poll, Adelong, on-property sale
Enq: James Derrick, ph 0408 694 209
Friday 20 September (changed location)
Coddington Poll on-property sale
“Catombal”, Avondale Road, Yeoval
Enq: Graham Coddington, ph 0428 638 129
www.coddingtonpoll.com.au
With One Oak’s equal top price $15,000 rams are Rod Hardie,
“Currawong”, Tallimba; One Oak principal, Graham Wells; George and
Kim Henderson, Grogansworth stud, Bowning; and One Oak classer, Ian
Marwedel, Dubbo.
Thursday 3 October (changed location)
Kirkton, Burraga, Ram Sale, Bathurst Showground
Enq: Chris Stapleton, ph (02) 6337 0366
www.kirktonstud.com
Monday 14 October
One Oak Poll, Jerilderie, on-property sale
Enq: Alistair Wells, ph (03) 5886 7117
Monday 21 October (previously listed as Monday 20
October)
Woolaroo, Yass, on-property sale
Enq: Peter Walker, ph (02) 6226 1104
www.woolaroo.com.au
Monday 21 October (previously listed as Monday 20
October)
Grogansworth, Bowning, on-property sale
Enq: Kim Henderson, ph (02) 6227 6085
www.grogansworth.com.au
Australian Wool Network southern region manager, Mark Hedley,
Goulburn, with Bob Walters, Middle View Merino and Poll studs, Dalgety,
and his $10,500 ram.
2014 Elders Merino Calendar
Entries close 13 September 2013
Contact Carol-Ann Malouf ph (02) 6895 2274
Email carol-annmalouf@bigpond.com
The 2014 Elders Merino Calendar
will be available in mid-December
For copies contact
The Australian Merino Centre, ph (02) 9763 2744
Contributing to the top NSW average of $2368 for Yarrawonga stud,
Harden, was the $8600 ram purchased by Michael Hedger, Snowy Plains
stud, Cooma. Pictured are Jack Hedger, 12; Michael Hedger; Sam Phillips,
12; his father, Yarrawonga principal, Steve Phillips; and Steve’s daughter,
Georgia, 14.
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NSW Merino
Stud Directory 2013-2014
To update details on the database, contact
Mae Edenborough
Flock Registrar
Locked Bag 4317
A
Acacia-Canary
Island
F. No. 2770
Chalmers Acacia P’ship
PO Box 47
Deniliquin 2710
P: 03 5882 5932
chalmersacacia@bigpond.com
Adina
F. No. 4156
R.J., M.J. & J.R. Barron
“Adina”, Peak View Rd
via Cooma 2630
P: 02 6454 3149
M: 0411 267 818
jimmyb1@bordernet.com.au
Adina Poll
Poll F. No. 1437
R.J., M.J. & J.R. Barron
“Overdale”
2120 Peak View Rd
via Cooma 2630
P: 02 6454 3015
M: 0411 267 818
jimmyb1@bordernet.com.au
Airlie
F. No. 2225 – Poll F. No. 1283
Iona Partnership
“Iona”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 3936
M: 0429 918 631
mmp@activ8.net.au
Alfoxton
F. No. 4294 – Poll F. No. 1333
C.W. & L.S. Clonan
“Alfoxton”, Wattle Drive
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6775 3245
M: 0429 125 567
alfoxton@bigpond.com
Phone: 02 9763 2744
Email: office@merinos.com.au
Fax: 02 9763 1878
Allendale
Austral-Eden Poll
Ballatherie Poll
F. No. 4399
A.E. & P.J. Inder
“Nyrang”
Wellington 2820
P: 02 6845 3402
M: 0427 745 110
nyrangram@bigpond.com
F. No. 3389
J.A. & B.G. Johnston
Wyalong No 1
1821 Mid Western H’way
West Wyalong 2671
P: 02 6972 0299
Poll F. No. 1255
Ballatherie Pastoral Co
“Ballatherie”, PO Box 57
Hillston 2675
P: 02 6967 2664
M: 0428 678 136
ballatherie@bordernet.com.au
Aloeburn Poll
Avenel
Poll F. No. 1101
Aloeburn Pty Ltd
“Aloeburn”
Boree Creek 2652
P: 02 6927 1435
M: 0428 271 434
aloeburn@activ8.net.au
F. No. 3417
Avenel Partnership
“Avenel”
Wanganella 2710
P: 03 5884 7548
M: 0428 847 548
kmmccrabb@bigpond.com
www.avenpart-avenel.com
Anglewood
Avonside
F. No. 3628
Anglewood Merino Stud
“Anglewood”
Dunedoo 2844
P: 02 6375 1245
Appledore
F. No. 5081
Appledore Pastoral Company
“Appledore”
Barraba 2347
M: 0429 821 250
appledorepastco
@bigpond.com
Auchen Dhu
F. No. 1771
Auchen Dhu Pastoral Co
PO Box 42
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 9106
M: 0401 844 164
willfletch08@live.com
Austral-Eden
F. No. 3389
J.A. & B.G. Johnston
Wyalong No 1
1821 Mid Western H’way
West Wyalong 2671
P: 02 6972 0299
F. No. 4624
King Family Partnership
“Muniong”
2778 Snowy Mountains
H’way
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6453 7199
M: 0414 897 390
muniong@activ8.net.au
www.monaromerinos.com.au
/avonside.html
B
Ba Mack
F. No. 5071
J.T.F. & D.J. Gardiner
1367 Windeyer Road
Windeyer 2850
P: 02 6373 8312
P: 02 6372 1866
julie@bamackhomestead.com
www.bamackhomestead.com
110
Ballyhooley
F. No. 4557
Murrumdon Pty Ltd
“Ballyhooley”
Boorowa 2586
P: 02 6385 6238
M: 0429 856 238
ballyhooleyrd
@skymesh.com.au
Bella Lana
F. No. 5050
S.I. & A.I. Brien
“Birrell Vale”
Dripstone 2820
P: 02 6846 7477
M: 0409 467 477
bellalana.brien@activ8.net.au
www.bellalanamerinos.com.au
Bellaine
F. No. 5045
D.K. Maxwell & C.J. Peardon
“Mannum Park”
Guyra 2365
P: 02 6779 4262
M: 0412 823 658
deb@bellaine.com
www.bellaine.com
Bellevue Park
F. No. 4780
F.W. & W.J. Fletcher
“Bellevue”
Berridale 2628
P: 02 6456 8892
bellevue@harboursat.com.au
Belswick
Bogo
Boreela
Bulgandri Poll
F. No. 998
P.J. & T. L’Estrange
PO Box 226
Condobolin 2877
P: 02 6897 5201
M: 0427 875 207
F. No. 4792 - Poll F. No. 1301
M.F.A. Elsegood
32 Burrawong Ave
Clifton Gardens 2088
P: 02 6227 7152 (Mgr)
M: 0408 426 103
info@bogomerinos.com.au
www.bogomerinos.com.au
F. No. 2267
F. Gaden
“Lockerbie”
Dunedoo 2844
P: 02 6375 1426
fj.gaden@optusnet.com.au
Poll F. No. 1374
L.K. Mathews & Sons
“Ronavis”, Triggs Road
Rand 2642
P: 02 6029 5282
M: 0409 818 559
Boudjah
Bulla Gully
F. No. 5049
M.J. & M. Green
“Boudjah”
Old Dangelong Road
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6452 6651
M: 0407 225 825
boudjah@bigpond.net.au
F. No. 4271
T.D. & W.T. Pike
“Sunny Hills” Kars Springs
via Scone 2337
P: 02 6545 7253
Billa Burra Burra
F. No. 3749 – Poll F. No. 1092
K.W. & L.M. McGrath
Black Range Road
Yass 2582
P: 02 6227 6383
M: 0428 625 658
billaburraburra@hotmail.com
Blaxland Poll
Poll F. No. 1296
Whitmore Pastoral Co
“Lyndhurst”
286 Bayliss Lane
Tamworth 2340
P: 02 6760 4208/4228
markblaxland
@skymesh.com.au
Blenmore
Bonanza
F. No. 2811
S.J. Dugan & Co
PO Box 342
Lightning Ridge 2834
P: 02 6828 8452
M: 0427 288 412
glenelvyn@bigpond.com
Bontara
F. No. 4629
P.M. Luff
PO Box 147
Gundagai 2722
P: 02 6944 0200 b.h.
P: 02 6945 3143 a.h.
pmluff@gundagai.nsw.gov.au
F. No. 4311
Blenmore Partnership
“Blenmore”
679 Carlon-Menzies Road
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 2130
M: 0429 181 831
Booabula
Bluebush Poll
Boonoke
Poll F. No. 1402
I.M. Lilburne Pty Ltd
Box 417
Hay 2711
P: 02 6993 4099
M: 0428 505 252
F. No. 7 – Poll F. No. 1
F.S. Falkiner & Sons Pty Ltd
“Boonoke”
Deniliquin 2710
P: 03 5884 6604/6608
info@fsfalkiner.com.au
www.fsfalkiner.com.au
Blyth
F. No. 4859
Belela Pty Ltd
“Bobacumbola”, RMB 530
Adelong 2729
P: 02 6944 7566
cheryl.blyth@bigpond.com
Bocoble
F. No. 1336 – Poll F. No. 1064
Cox Bros
“Moolarben”
via Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6373 4880
M: 0427 734 642
F. No. 520
J. Alston Wallace Pty Ltd
“Ring-A-Rah”
RMB 372 Howlong Road
Albury 2640
P: 02 6021 3543
Boonongo
F. No. 4786
Boonongo Pastoral Co
“Boonongo”
Morundah 2700
P: 02 6959 7405
M: 0417 292 364
boonongo@bigpond.com
Borambil
F. No. 4354
R.K. & K.L. Mathews
1955 Spring Drive
Collendina 2646
P: 02 6035 1777
M: 0428 358 233
borambil.merinos
@bigpond.com
Bough Yard
F. No. 4505
P.J. Bush
25 Pettit Street
Yass 2582
P: 02 6226 1781
Box Moor
F. No. 4329
W.C. Doak
“Box Moor”
Bundarra 2359
P: 02 6723 7330
M: 0429 237 330
Bralca
F. No. 5048
B. & F. Watts
“Waidup Homestead”
Mitchell H’way
Molong 2866
P: 02 6366 8706
M: 0428 668 706
ben@bralca.com
Brecon
F. No. 1478
John Brooker
PO Box 668
Cootamundra 2590
P: 02 6942 7114
M: 0428 966 223
brecon7@bigpond.com
Brundanella
F. No. 4759
Victoria Park Pastoral Co
“Victoria Park”
Grenfell 2810
P: 02 6343 6362
M: 0428 436 362
vicpark@activ8.net.au
111
Bullamalita
F. No. 2444 – Poll F. No. 224
Bullamalita Pastoral Co P/L
RMB 921
Goulburn 2580
P: 02 4829 5118
Bundaleer
F. No. 4403 – Poll F. No. 1449
P.J. & G.L. Lieschke
Pine Ridge, RMB 123
Walla Walla 2659
P: 02 6029 0128/0142
plieschke@skymesh.com.au
www.bundaleermerinostud.
com.au
Bundemar
F. No. 11
Bundemar
“West Borambil”
Condobolin 2877
P: 02 6895 2562
bundemar11@bigpond.com
Bundilla
F. No. 4081 – Poll F. No. 1435
Baldwin Property
“Bundilla”, Tubbul Road
Young 2594
P: 02 6383 3802/3823
M: 0429 833 837
bundillamerinos@bigpond.com
www.bundillamerinos.com.au
Bungulla
F. No. 3485 – Poll F. No. 1401
Bungulla Partnership
“Calool”
Manilla 2346
P: 02 6785 7345/7332
bungulla1@bigpond.com
NSW DIRECTORY
Bunnerungie Poll
Carleon Park
Clear Creek
Cottage Park
Poll F. No. 714
P.A. & C.G. Larwood
Bunnerungie Station
Wentworth 2648
P: 03 5027 0220
pclarwood@activ8.net.au
F. No. 5078
D.V. & L.M. Southwell
“Carleon”
55 Jerangle Road
Bredbo 2626
P: 02 6454 4025
lyndonbredbo@hotmail.com
F. No. 766
Roxburgh & Co
“Clear Creek”
Young 2594
P: 02 6384 7317
roxburgh@activ8.net.au
F. No. 2300
Mark Pendergast
“Cottage Park”
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6453 5559
M: 0400 017 412
cottagepark@hotmail.com
Caroonboon
F. No. 18
Caroonboon Pty Ltd
“Caroonboon”
Wanganella 2710
P: 03 5884 7509
M: 0427 847 509
Poll F. No. 1468
Cobana Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
“Greenlake”, Monaro H’way
Bombala 2632
P: 02 6458 5201
M: 0418 585 274
yelds@bigpond.com
Carrabungla
Coddington Poll
Poll F. No. 445
J.E. Pippin
“C Lake Station”
via Mildura 3500
P: 03 5029 6243
c-lake@bigpond.com
F. No. 4932
Carrabungla Pastoral Co
“Carrabungla”
Laggan 2583
P: 02 4837 3228
M: 0418 660 364
mussandkerry@
clearmail.com.au
Cairnie
Cassilis Park
Poll F. No. 1385
G.R. Coddington
“Catombal”, Avondale Rd
Yeoval 2868
P: 02 6367 7232
M: 0428 638 129
g.coddington@rosevillepark
dohne.com.au
www.coddingtonpoll.com.au
Burragundy
F. No. 1922
W.M. Burgess
“Burragundy”
Coolah 2843
P: 02 6377 4627
C
C Lake Poll
F. No. 1810
Cairnie Grazing Co
“Cairnie”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 1335
M: 0429 771 335
cairniewalcha@hotmail.com
Caledonia
F. No. 4239
P.A. & J.M. Eastburn
“Springvale”
Baradine 2396
P: 02 6823 5169
M: 0428 122 485
paeastburn@hotmail.com
Cara
F. No. 1236
J.E. Newnham & Co
“Cara”
Delungra 2403
P: 02 6723 6460
Carinya Poll
Poll F. No. 1325
A. & H. Marchant
PO Box 203
Guyra 2365
P: 02 6779 1408
M: 0412 719 983
heatherm153@bigpond.com
Cobana
F. No. 4578
H.C. & E.C. Armstrong
“Wirroolga”
Cassilis 2329
P: 02 6376 1163
M: 0412 926 525
james@cassilispark.com.au
www.cassilispark.com.au
Conrayn
Centre Plus
Cora Lynn
Poll F. No. 1250
Robert Mortimer
“Devondale”
Tullamore 2874
P: 02 6892 8259
robert@centreplus.com.au
www.centreplus.com.au
F. No. 1289 – Poll F. No. 1420
R.J. Lindsay & Co
“Cora Lynn”
Peak Hill 2869
P: 02 6869 9661/9653
coralynn@activ8.net.au
Charmac
F. No. 4891
Corella Pastoral Company
“Corella”
Bombala 2632
P: 02 6458 3085
corellafarm@bigpond.com
F. No. 4842
I., V.M., L.A., & S.M. Martin
PO Box 5063
Lavington 2708
P: 02 6043 1328
P: 02 6026 2211
leonmartin@
charmacmerinos.com
www.charmacmerinos.com
F. No. 4560
P.A. & J.H. Lette
“Foxglen”
650 Rockwell Road
Berridale 2628
P: 02 6456 3034
conrayn@skymesh.com.au
Corella
Cottage Creek
F. No. 2949
Cottage Creek Pastoral Co
“Cottage Creek”
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6453 5554
M: 0438 521 913
ccpc@activ8.net.au
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Cressbrook
F. No. 2302
Cressbrook Partnership
437 Enmore Road
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6775 1217
M: 0427 751 217
cressbrk@bigpond.com
www.cressbrookmerinos.
com.au
Croidon
F. No. 257
Croidon Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
RMB 64
Hay 2711
P: 02 6993 1121
D
Danesfort
F. No. 5082
Keary & Co Pty Ltd
“Bendemeer”
Pejar via Crookwell 2583
P: 02 4844 3125
M: 0419 992 834
Darriwell
F. No. 3655 – Poll F. No. 1417
R. Jones & Sons
“Darriwell”
Trundle 2875
P: 02 6869 9242
M: 0428 699 242
darriwool@hotmail.com
Deeargee Poll
Poll F. No. 1339
Deeargee Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
“Deeargee”
1170 Gostwyck Road
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 4659
M: 0427 894 360
hugh.sutherland@bigpond.com
Delwick
F. No. 2519
G.A. & J.A. Cox
992 Cowra Road
Boorowa 2586
M: 0427 731 368
Demondrille
F. No. 3994
Demondrille Partnership
PO Box 196
Harden 2587
P: 02 6386 3596
M: 0427 202 339
dmerino@bigpond.net.au
Deniliquin
Stud Park Poll
Poll F. No. 1037
D.R. & K.M. Overall
“Emmaville”
Weethalle 2669
P: 02 6975 6126
theoves6@bigpond.com
Doreen
F. No. 4261- Poll F. No. 3
Doreen Partnership
PO Box 171
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6775 3253
cafjm@bigpond.com
Dunbogan
F. No. 4423
J.W. & K.M. Roberts
“Dunbogan”
Elong Elong 2831
P: 02 6886 6147
jkroberts@activ8.net.au
Dundoos Park
F. No. 4563
Athelington Pty Ltd
“Dundoos Park”
Dog Trap Road
Yass 2582
P: 02 6227 5851
Dunedin Park Poll
Poll F. No. 1013
Dunedin Park Stud
“Dunedin Park”
Wentworth 2648
P: 03 5027 8240 (Stuart)
P: 03 5027 8202 (Warren)
dunedinpark@bigpond.com
Dunumbral
F. No. 2836
The Downs (Gurley) Past. Co
“Tulagi”, 616 Tulagi Road
Gurley 2398
P: 02 6756 2434
P: 02 6754 6882
E
Edington
Europambela
F. No. 2785
M.J. Cameron
PO Box 90
Guyra 2365
P: 02 6779 2633
F. No. 4812
Edington Partnership
“Riverton”
Grafton Road
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6775 3788
M: 0427 753 788
mark.waters4@bigpond.com
F. No. 1588
Europambela Grazing Co P/L
“Europambela”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 2856
europambela@bigpond.com
East Roseville
Edithvale
East Gowrie
F. No. 4167
East Roseville Merino Stud P/L
PO Box 111
Brewarrina 2839
P: 02 6885 3323
M: 0429 853 323
rcoddington@ceinternet.
com.au
F. No. 4768
E.M. & J.A. Jamieson
“Wattle Park”
Broughams Road
Finley 2713
P: 03 5883 1085
M: 0427 500 676
Egelabra
East Roseville Poll
F. No. 32
H.E. Kater & Son Pty Ltd
PO Box 390
Warren 2824
P: 02 6847 4808
M: 0428 478 696
office@egelabra.com
www.egelabra.com
Poll F. No. 977
East Roseville Merino Stud P/L
PO Box 111
Brewarrina 2839
P: 02 6885 3323
M: 0429 853 323
rcoddington@ceinternet.
com.au
Emoh Ruo
East Yarrabin
F. No. 5060
Locker Lloyd Partnership
32 Denison Street
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6452 2221
M: 0407 019 798
wshll@mail.com
www.eastyarrabinmerinos.com
Echo
F. No. 1164
A. Day & Son
RMB 247
Yass 2582
P: 02 4845 8221
Eden Moor
F. No. 2853
R.A. & A.A. Stevenson
“Eden Moor”
Tambar Springs 2381
P: 02 6377 5254
Eden Park
F. No. 4172
MW & JM Pilley
“Ullamalla”
Ullamalla Road
Hill End 2850
P: 02 6337 8245
fiona@skymesh.com.au
F. No. 4114
J.F. & A.M. Doak
PO Box 39
Bundarra 2359
P: 02 6723 7343
doak.emohruo1@bigpond.com
Englefield North
Merinos
F. No. 5064
J.R. Cameron
“Englefield North”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 6536
M: 0488 552 627
Essex Hill
F. No. 4743
R.J. & G.J. Ward
“Essex Hill”
Kentucky 2354
P: 02 6778 7276
wards71@bigpond.com
www.essexhillmerinos.com.au
Eudora Poll
Poll F. No. 234
D. & A. Smith
“Box Cowal”
Nyngan 2825
P: 02 6832 1354/2600
david23@ipstarmail.com.au
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G
Gdonya Poll
Poll F. No. 1310
Ian Thomas Perry
“Woorarra”
1068 Avondale Road
Manilla 2346
P: 02 6782 5306
M: 0428 253 061
Genanegie
F. No. 1503
Steve Swain Agribusiness
17 Cherry Lane
Robin Hill 2795
P: 02 6869 1350
P: 02 63318182
M: 0427 691 350
kerry@enwrapped.com.au
www.genanegie-merinos.
com.au
Gidyeaong
F. No. 3864
Gidyea Partnership
“Goonawarra”
Daysdale 2646
P: 02 6035 0255
goonawarrarobyn@
westnet.com.au
Gingie
F. No. 1589
Gingie Pastoral Co
“Gingie”
Walgett 2823
P: 02 6828 8463
capye@harboursat.com.au
Glanna
F. No. 4003 – Poll F. No. 1019
Glanna Merino Stud
PO Box 237
Gulgong 2852
P: 02 6374 1124
M: 0428 742 191
admin@glanna.com.au
www.glanna.com.au
NSW DIRECTORY
Glen Emu Poll
Glenleigh
Grathlyn
Gunbar
Poll F. No. 370
Emu Park Nominees
PO Box 734
Deniliquin 2710
P: 03 5881 2872
M: 0429 304 095
F. No. 1165 – Poll F. No. 982
G. & N. Privett
“Glenleigh”
1039 Coolalie Road
Yass 2582
P: 02 4845 8222
M: 0412 805 780
glenleighg@hotmail.com
F. No. 1885
S.M. Rayner – Attn: A Rayner
“Grathlyn”, Hill End Road
Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6373 8507
P: 02 6337 8177
grathlyn@clearmail.com.au
Glenoak
F. No. 3705
B.H. MacLachlan (NSW) P/L
Gunbar Station
GPO Box 1172
Adelaide SA 5001
P: 02 6967 6230
P: 08 8223 1516
dominicjennings@
bigpond.com
F. No. 4526
Schofield Grazing Co
“Glenoak”
Nundle 2340
P: 02 6769 3220
F. No. 4188 – Poll F. No. 1109
J.E. & J.R. Alcock
“Merambego”
Bungarby 2630
P: 02 6453 6244/5577
alcock@skymesh.com.au
Glenray
Greenway
F. No. 4568
R.T. & B.J. Norman
“Glenbrook”
Illabo 2590
P: 02 6924 5441
M: 0427 202 823
glenbrook@farm.net.au
F. No. 4116
J.E. Harvey & Son
“Greenway”, MSF 2008
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6775 1223/1301
jpharvey8@bigpond.com
Glenwood
F. No. 4038
Kim Henderson
“Grogansworth”
Bowning 2582
P: 02 6227 6085
M: 0429 839 889
grogansworth@bigpond.com
www.grogansworth.com.au
Glen Maye
F. No. 4119
M., I.S. & V.E. Price
“Glen Maye”
2070 Hill Road
Sallys Flat via Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6337 1676
Glenbower
F. No. 4075
G.T. Walker
25 Bishops Avenue
Randwick 2031
P: 02 9665 2193
Glenbrook
F. No. 4341
C.D. & N.M. Pearson
“Glenbrook”
5 Ashtree Drive
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6771 4617
M: 0407 402 526
c.npearson@bigpond.com
Glenburnie
F. No. 5059
Glenburnie Partnership
“Mt Agnes”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 3978/3826
pittman4@bigpond.com
Glenelg
F. No. 4344
R.A. & J.M. Longmire Pty Ltd
“Glenelg”
Narrandera 2700
P: 02 6959 8212
M: 0428 598 212
glenelg@clearmail.com.au
Glenhaven Park
F. No. 2814
G.R. & E.M. Hines
“Glenhaven”
1333 Milvale-Stockinbingal Rd
Milvale 2594
P: 02 6384 7349 (Mgr)
P: 02 6384 7318
elsiehines@bigpond.com
Greenland
Grogansworth
F. No. 1156
Glenwood Pty Ltd
“Glenwood”
Twelve Mile Rd
Wellington 2820
P: 02 6845 3665
M: 0447 453 665
glenwoodsrs@bigpond.com
www.glenwoodmerinos.com.au
Goolgumbla
F. No. 42
The Rollinson Family
Goolgumbla
c/- “Concordia”
Mysia, Vic 3518
P: 03 5886 7124
GRASS Merinos
F. No. 3884
GRASS Merinos Pty Ltd
PO Box 216
Nambucca Heads 2448
M: 0428 825 721
g.peart@icloud.com
www.grassmerino.com.au
Grassy Creek
F. No. 5030 – Poll F. No. 1366
Grassy Creek Pastoral
“Dryburgh”
Reids Flat 2586
P: 02 6345 2201
M: 0428 272 889
grassycreek@bigpond.com
Gulgo Poll
Poll F. No. 100
R.J.T. & F.T. Gavel
PO Box 4
Condobolin 2877
P: 02 6895 2795
M: 0428 952 156
Gullendah
F. No. 3048
Gullendah Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
“Gullendah”
Baldry 2867
P: 02 6367 9235
M: 0427 679 235
gullendah@activ8.net.au
GullenGamble
F. No. 4865 – Poll F. No. 1414
GullenGamble Pastoral Trust
“GullenGamble”
Yeoval 2868
P: 02 6846 4252/4422
gullen@bordernet.com.au
www.gullengamblemerinos.
com.au
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Gundarimbah
F. No. 5052
G.H. Orr
“Wilga”, Back Trundle Rd
Parkes 2870
P: 02 6864 3259
M: 0428 643 282
spikeorr@live.com.au
Gunneramby
F. No. 1069
D.A. & C.I. Rees
“Bellevue”
Ivanhoe 2878
P: 02 6995 4859
M: 0427 953 581
bellevuereese@esat.net.au
Gunyah
F. No. 1610
R.J. Hain
“Gunyah”
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6452 6445
M: 0403 483 702
rhgunyah@bigpond.com
H
Haddon Rig
F. No. 48 – Poll F. No. 1409
Haddon Rig Pty Ltd
“Haddon Rig”
Warren 2824
P: 02 6847 4405/3411
haddonrig@bigpond.com
www.haddonrig.com.au
Havilah North
F. No. 3934
A.J. & C.J. White Pty Ltd
“Welshville”, Stony Creek Rd
Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6373 5265
M: 0428 634 809
ajcjw@activ8.net.au
Hawksley Park
Hinesville
Johnson Park
Kelvin Vale
F. No. 5031
I.G. & W. Lockwood
PO Box 39
Deepwater 2371
P: 02 6734 5353
M: 0438 345 360
iwlockwood@bigpond.com
F. No. 1341
Hinesville Merino Stud
PO Box 26
Delegate 2633
P: 02 6458 8129/8256
laura.chapman1@bigpond.com
F. No. 4462
C. Munsie & Sons
PO Box 122
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 4651/4523
maryannemunsie@
bigpond.com
Hazeldean
F. No. 5076
Johnson Park Merino Stud
PO Box 710
Yass 2582
P: 02 6226 5769
M: 0400 709 489
johnsonparkmerinos@
hotmail.com
F. No. 3630
M.D. Croker
“Croma”
Fullerton 2583
P: 02 4834 2171
K
F. No. 2544
Dowling Keri Keri Past Co P/L
“Keri Keri”
Moulamein 2733
P: 03 5034 0591
M: 0429 340 581
keri@kerimerino.com.au
F. No. 383
Hazeldean Pty Ltd
“Hazeldean”
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6453 5555
M: 0417 676 561
admin@hazeldean.com.au
www.hazeldean.com.au
Hillandale
F. No. 4992
C.A. & J.A. Brien
“Hillandale”
Wellington 2820
P: 02 6845 1237
M: 0400 621 855
Hillcreston
F. No. 1263
Hillcreston & Co
“Hillcreston”
Bigga 2583
P: 02 4835 2229/2255
mlpicker@goulburn.net.au
www.hillcreston.com.au
Hillcreston Heights
F. No. 4951
B. & S. Picker & Co
“The Springs”
Bigga 2583
P: 02 4835 2377
M: 0427 690 144
bspicker@ipstarmail.com.au
Homesville
Homewood
F. No. 531
M.L. Armour & Co
“Homewood”
1191 Jerrawa Road
Dalton 2581
P: 02 4845 6376
I
Illawarra
F. No. 2345 – Poll F. No. 1441
Ken Howard & Co
“Doona”
Yerong Creek 2642
P: 02 6920 6123
Inglewood Estate
F. No. 2871
Inglewood Estate
“Inglewood”
Bombala 2632
P: 02 6458 3330
M: 0417 678 215
ihaso@bigpond.com
Hillcreston Park
J
F. No. 4584 – Poll F. No. 1161
D.D., M.M., T. & J.H. Picker
“Hillcreston Park”
Bigga 2583
P: 02 4835 2220
M: 0409 172 976
dan.d@activ8.net.au
www.hillcrestonpark.com.au
Jardine
F. No. 4621
Gregory R. Hill (NSW) Pty Ltd
“The Meadows”, Collector Rd
Gunning 2581
P: 02 4845 1169
M: 0418 641 938
info@uli.com.au
Hilltop
Jilliby
F. No. 4483
A.S. & A.M. Mort
“Tallawangra”
Yarrabin Road
Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6373 3514
amort@hwy.com.au
F. No. 4009
R.E., D.V. & R.E. Maguire
“Jilliby”
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6452 1745
Kalanga Poll
Poll F. No. 72
W.A. & M.B. Cameron
PO Box 751
Glen Innes 2370
P: 02 6733 6888
cameronlivestock@
bigpond.com
Kameruka
F. No. 5067
Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon
(Aust) Pty Ltd
“Kameruka”
Bega 2550
P: 02 6493 2205
M: 0418 665 869
rstein@kameruka.com.au
Karoola Downs Poll
Poll F. No. 975
J.R. Derrick & Son
“Karoola Station”
via Adelong 2729
P: 02 6944 7584
M: 0408 694 209
kdpmerinos@gmail.com
Karori
F. No. 4773
Karori Pastoral Co Pty Ltd
“Karori”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 9189
M: 0467 779 189
katrina@karori.com.au
www.karori.com.au
Karowara
Plains Poll
Poll F. No. 1338
Kim Watts
“Hempstead”, Noakes Rd
Bedgerebong 2871
P: 0429 952 499
P: 02 6857 1031 a.h.
kknoakes@bigpond.com.au
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Keri Keri
Kerin Poll
Poll F. No. 1413
Kerin Agriculture
PO Box 16
Yeoval 2868
P: 02 6846 4070
M: 0427 464 070
kerinag@bigpond.com
www.kerinpoll.com.au
Kia-Warra
F. No. 2850
Kia-Warra Pastoral Co
“Kia-Warra”
Weethalle 2669
P: 02 6975 6155
Kiah
F. No. 1845
J.M. & C. Armstrong
PO Box 456
Parkes 2870
P: 02 6866 2148
M: 0427 662 170
kiah.456@bigpond.com
Kialami
Poll F. No. 1474
Kialami Pastoral Co.
“Kialami”, 49 Warrane Road
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6775 1168
M: 0427 751 169
charles@kialami.com
Kilburnie Downs
F. No. 2749
R.A. & M.A. Wise
“Kilburnie”
The Rock 2655
P: 02 6928 5507
M: 0427 285 507
kilburnie1@bigpond.com
NSW DIRECTORY
Kilnyana
Kurrajong Park
Ledgerton
Lucas Grove
F. No. 51
Savernake Pastoral Co
Savernake Station
Savernake 2646
P: 03 5886 7149
M: 0447 20 550
F. No. 1770 – Poll F. No. 1160
R.E. & G.C. Kent
“Kurrajong Park”
Delungra 2403
P: 02 6729 1340
M: 0428 101 787
rodney.kent@hotmail.com
F. No. 4154
Ledgerton (Yass) Pty Ltd
“Ledgerton”,
1521 Mountain Creek Rd
Yass 2582
P: 02 6227 5432
bkksc@activ8.net.au
F. No. 2274
Mavis F. Spicer
6024 Abercrombie Road
Taralga 2580
P: 02 4843 3052
L
Lemani
Kilphysic
F. No. 2645
Kilphysic Pastoral Co
“Kilphysic”
Carroll 2340
P: 02 6743 1701
kilphysic@activ8.net.au
Kirkton
F. No. 4205
J.B. Kelman
19a Greville St
Chatswood 2067
P: 02 9419 5773
P: 02 6337 0358 (Mgr)
jkelman@kirktonstud.com
www.kirktonstud.com
Kirob
F. No. 5008
K.D. & R.A. Cartwright
“Thalaba Downs”
Laggan 2583
P: 02 4837 3210/3038
M: 0427 373 211
kimcartw@activ8.net.au
www.stft.com.au
Koonwarra
F. No. 1267
Koonwarra Merino Stud P’ship
PO Box 29
Boorowa 2586
P: 02 6385 3396
P: 0427 272 238 (Jono)
merino@koonwarrastud.
com.au
www.koonwarrastud.com.au
Kulki
F. No. 965
R.J. Capel
“Kulki”
Inverell 2360
P: 02 6725 6446
M: 0427 523 179
Kullingrah
F. No. 3757
Kullingrah Pastoral Co
“Sunnyridge”
Frogmore via Boorowa 2586
P: 02 6385 6225
sunnyridge@bordernet.com.au
Lachlan Merinos
F. No. 5022 – Poll F. No. 1415
Lachlan Merinos
“Meadow Bank”
Warroo Bridge Road
Forbes 2871
P: 02 6857 2118
M: 0428 572 117
lachlanmerinos@activ8.net.au
www.lachlanmerinos.com.au
Lands End Poll
Poll F. No. 1397
L.B. & D.H. Johnstone
“Amaroo”, Gulf Road
Emmaville 2371
P: 02 6734 7207
amaroo@skymesh.com.au
Langdene
F. No. 3863
Langdene Pastoral Co
“Langdene”, 1127 Dubbo Rd
Dunedoo 2844
P: 02 6375 1972 (Garry)
P: 02 6375 1340
langdene@bigpond.com
www.langdene.com.au
Lara Plains
F. No. 748
G. & N. Ham
PO Box 118
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 1440
M: 0429 403 076
nsham@harboursat.com.au
Laraben Poll
Poll F. No. 1251
M., J. & H. Swords
“The Lagoons”
Ulan 2850
P: 02 6373 4635
Laurel Park
F. No. 3542 – Poll F. No. 7
W.J. & H.J. Buttenshaw
“Laurel Park”
West Wyalong 2671
P: 02 6972 5286
F. No. 4845
S.K. Symons
“Taviton”
362 Bukkulla Road
Ashford 2361
P: 02 6725 4279
M: 0427 236 225
lemanimerinos@hotmail.com
Lochness
F. No. 1110
Lochness Pty Ltd
“Corona”
Crookwell 2583
P: 02 4834 2134
Lone Pine
F. No. 3852
Vatua Partnership
PO Box 382
Coonamble 2829
P: 02 6823 5820
M: 0429 25 820
vatua@bigpond.com
Loongana Poll
Poll F. No. 19
Macarthur Pastoral Co
(Cannanbri) Pty Ltd
“Cannanbri”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 6531
M: 0429 776 554
matt@psec.com.au
Lorelmo Poll
Poll F. No. 430
Lorelmo Pastoral Co
“Topdale”
Walcha 2354
P: 6769 2235
M: 0427 692 235
topdale@lorelmo.com.au
www.lorelmo.com.au
Lowanna
F. No. 3008
R.G. & A.M. Kingston
“The Wilgars”
Forbes 2871
P: 02 6856 1108
116
Lyndon
F. No. 4994
B.M. & S.L. Gordon
“West Lynne”
Guyra 2365
P: 02 6779 1506
M: 0427 755 723
lyndon@exemail.com.au
Lynford Poll
Poll F. No. 1419
S.M. Rayner & Co
“Grathlyn”, Hill End Road
Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6373 8677/8518
grathlyn@clearmail.com.au
Lynoch
F. No. 1718
Lynoch Pty Ltd
PO Box 83
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6771 2812
M: 0428 712 812
M
Macarthur Park
F. No. 4657 – Poll F. No. 1200
K.A. & Y.A. Williams
276 Riverside Road
Mt Collins 2794
P: 02 6345 4229
Main Range
F. No. 5062
G.W., M.T. & S.G. Tozer
PO Box 1059
Cooma 2630
P: 02 6456 4405
P: 02 6452 5770
mildon@harboursat.com.au
Maister’s Swamp
F. No. 4497 – Poll F. No. 1284
D.J. & C Watson
“Dorlie”, 86 Dorlie Land
Kentucky 2354
P: 02 6778 7244
M: 0427 831 799
msm5@bigpond.com
www.maistersswampmerinos
.com.au
Manawa
Merryanbone
Miramoona
Mumblebone
F. No. 3826
L.N. Clarke
“Spring Creek”
Berridale 2628
P: 02 6456 3211
F. No. 687 – Poll F. No. 611
John R. McLaughlin
Merryanbone Station
Warren 2824
P: 02 6833 9966
merryanbone@activ8.net.au
F. No. 3471
Miramoona Pastoral Co
“Miramoona”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 2885
M: 0429 772 885
barnet@miramoona.com
www.miramoona.com
F. No. 63
Wuuluman Pty Ltd
“Marapana”
456 Wuuluman Road
Wellington 2820
P: 02 6845 3620
M: 0458 453 608
mumblebone@activ8.net.au
www.mumblebone.com.au
Maroombah
F. No. 4998
P.J. Colley
95 Lindsay Street
Hargraves 2850
P: 02 6373 8441
colley@activ8.net.au
Maybrook
F. No. 4612
C.M. Collits Pty Ltd
“Maybrook”
962 Peak Hill Road
Narromine 2821
P: 02 6889 6525
P: 02 9651 7444
maybrook01@bigpond.com
Meadow View Poll
Poll F. No. 1399
Meadow View Stud (Henty)
“Meadow View”
Henty 2658
P: 02 6929 3701
M: 0428 293 701
meadow.view@bigpond.com
Merima
F. No. 2428
T.C. Bruce
“Koorong”
RMB Delegate Road
Bombala 2632
P: 02 6458 7120
koorong2030@gmail.com
Merrignee
F. No. 4417 – Poll F. No. 1100
C.T. Merriman & Son
PO Box 29
Boorowa 2586
P: 02 6385 3396
M: 0427 289 018
merriman@merrignee.com.au
www.merrignee.com.au
Merrimont
F. No. 4995
Steven Dawe
“Valley View”
Stock Route Road
Monteagle 2594
P: 02 6383 6289
chris@alpenglow.com.au
Merryanbone North
Poll
Poll F. No. 1130
J.A. McLaughlin Partnership
“Merryanbone North”
Warren 2824
P: 02 6833 9993
abigail.jim@bigpond.com
Merryshiels
F. No. 4475
L. & R.E. Fletcher
“Coomooloo”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 8148
merryshiels@bigpond.com
Merryville
Merryville-Murgha
F. Nos. 56/57 – Poll F. No. 223
Merryville Stud
PO Box 103
Boorowa 2586
P: 02 6385 3333
M: 0427 008 843
wally.merriman@bigpond.com
Middle View
F. No. 3725 – Poll F. No. 1362
B & M Walters
“Merani Park”
Dalgety 2628
P: 02 6456 6744
M: 0427 566 744
bobandmikala@
harboursat.com.au
www.middleview.com.au
Milburn Creek
F. No. 4986
M.R. Johnston
“Milburn Creek”
Pine Mount Rd
Woodstock 2793
P: 02 6345 1832
matty_johnzy89@hotmail.com
Milong
F. No. 59
Olde Milong Pty Ltd
“Olde Milong”, Temora Rd
Young 2594
P: 02 6384 7324
M: 0439 182 177
gusmet@bigpond.com
Mirani
F. No. 732 – Poll F. No. 421
Mirani Pty Ltd
“Mirani”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 1360
M: 0412 402 576
mirani@mirani.com.au
www.mirani.org
Moorna
F. No. 4415
A.J. Peadon
PO Box 142
Bombala 2632
P: 02 6458 3003
Moray
F. No. 4060
J.H. & J.F. Stewart
“Moray”
Guyra 2365
P: 02 6779 4215
M: 0401 782 655
moray@activ8.net.au
Mount Nanima
F. No. 4861
W.R. & J.M. Fischer
“Mount Nanima”
2 Bush’s Lane
Murrumbateman 2582
P: 02 6227 5638
Mullengudgery
F. No. 232 – Poll F. No. 9
Mullengudgery Pty Ltd
“Mullengudgery”
Nyngan 2825
P: 02 6833 9953
M: 0428 339 953
Mulwala
F. No. 3169
Savernake Park Pastoral Co
Savernake Station
Savernake 2646
P: 03 5886 7149
M: 0428 867 144
117
Mungadal
F. No. 15
Paraway Pastoral Co P/L
“Mungadal”
Hay 2711
P: 02 6993 1704 (Mgr)
P: 02 8232 6220
mungadal@
parawaypastoral.com
Myack
F. No. 1291
G. C. Woodhouse
“Marianella”, Mates Gully Rd
Tarcutta 2652
P: 02 6928 7156
N
Nanima
F. No. 4993
C.K. & F.A. Darmody
“Nanima”
951 Murrumbateman Rd
Murrumbateman 2582
P: 02 6227 5545
M: 0413 622 954
francesdarmody@harboursat.
com.au
Nelungaloo
F. No. 1813
Pratley Partnership
“Oakbrook”, 1284 Peel Rd
Bathurst 2795
P: 02 6337 6548
oakbrook@activ8.net.au
Nerstane
F. No. 3298 – Poll F. No. 1433
Nerstane Pastoral Co
“Nerstane”
Woolbrook 2354
P: 02 6777 5881
M: 0429 772 778
info@nerstane.com.au
www.nerstane.com.au
NSW DIRECTORY
Netherton
F. No. 4587
D.V. & D.H. Lisle
“Netherton”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 3944
M: 0428 773 840
nethertonwalcha@gmail.com
Niela
F. No. 5020
A.D. & D.T. McGaw
3 Monastery Drive
Goulburn 2580
P: 02 4821 6947
M: 0427 215 419
amcgaw3@bigpond.com
Nimala
F. No. 5035
G. & S. Wright
PO Box 72
Culcairn 2660
P: 02 6029 7197
M: 0429 792 990
nimala1@bigpond.com
North Yathong
F. No. 4915
F.J., S. & A.D. Brunt
“North Yathong”
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 1219
O
Oak Hills
F. No. 3806
D.L. & M.I. Croake
“Oak Hills”
1329 Pyramul Road
Pyramul 2850
P: 02 6373 8295
M: 0427 003 576
croake.oakhills@bigpond.com
Oakbrook
F. No. 852
Pratley Partnership
“Oakbrook”, 1284 Peel Rd
Bathurst 2795
P: 02 6337 6548
oakbrook@activ8.net.au
Old Cobran Poll
Old Cobran No 2
Poll
Poll F. No. 32 – Poll F. No. 644
Old Cobran Pastoral Pty Ltd
554 Huon Creek Road
Wodonga, Vic 3691
P: 02 6024 7761
M: 0428 510 287
mmmrmartin705@gmail.com
One Oak
One Oak No 2
F. No. 2251- F. No. 3855
One Oak Pty Ltd
PO Box 84
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 1269
M: 0428 442 930
oneoakpl@bigpond.com
www.oneoakmerinos.com.au
One Oak Poll
Poll F. No. 408
A.R. & N.L. Wells
“One Oak Poll”, Liddle Lane
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 7117
M: 0428 867 117
oneoakpoll@harboursat.
com.au
Otterbourne
F. No. 1767 – Poll F. No. 1269
Otterbourne Pastoral Co
“Otterbourne”, Wargeila Rd
Yass 2582
P: 02 6227 3210/3243
otterbourne@westnet.com.au
Overland
F. No. 5074
L., J., A. & A. Magill
“Overland”
797 Leafy Tank Road
Bogan Gate 2876
P: 02 6864 1115
P: 02 6863 4948
tajmagill@activ8.net.au
P
Parkdale
F. No. 4638
D.W. & P.E. Mudford
“Parkdale”, MS4 Collie Rd
Dubbo 2830
P: 02 6887 6266
M: 0428 876 266
parkdale@activ8.net.au
www.parkdalesrs.net.au
Pastora
Pomanara
F. No. 4418 - Poll F. No. 1090
T. & R. Westblade
“Brookong”
Lockhart 2656
P: 02 6920 5423
P: 02 6920 5122 (Poll)
trwesty@bigpond.com
F. No. 4057
G.J. & R.A. Rayner
“Pomanara”
2548 Hill End Rd
Sally’s Flat via Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6337 8223
M: 0428 288 075
pomanara@bordernet.com.au
Pegela
F. No. 5080
Pegela Pastoral Company
PO Box 10
Oberon 2787
P: 02 6336 3033
M: 0448 805 978
EShepard@pegelapastoral.
com.au
Pejar
F. No. 4731
D.O., I.J. & J.J. Blewitt
“Wollondilly”
2611 Crookwell Road
Goulburn 2580
P: 02 4848 1221/1203
M: 0428 481 203
wollondilly@skymesh.com.au
Pemcaw
F. No. 776 – Poll F. No. 1377
Pemcaw Merino Stud
“Pemcaw”
Dunedoo 2844
P: 02 6375 8263
M: 0427 104 961
pemcaw@bigpond.com
www.pemcaw.com.au
Petali Poll
Poll F. No. 1279
Petali Pastoral Co
“Petali”
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 2124
M: 0413 580 040
petali@northnet.com.au
www.petali.com.au
Pine Hill
F. No. 2309
D.W. & E. Ridley
“Pine Hill”
Forbes 2871
P: 02 6856 3169
M: 0416 933 139
ridleypinehill@activ8.net.au
118
Pooginook
F. No. 788
Paraway Pastoral Co. Ltd
Pooginook Merino Stud
Jerilderie 2716
P: 02 6954 6145 (Mgr)
M: 0428 953 017
pooginook@
parawaypastoral.com
www.pooginook.com
Q
Quamby Park Poll
Poll F. No. 999
L.B. Hawkins
“Old Woolerina”
Davirton Road
Dirranbandi, Qld 4486
P: 07 4625 0876
M: 0458 250 876
Queenlee
F. No. 2471
T., B. & P. Carlon
“Queenlee”
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 7437
pjqueenlee@activ8.net.au
R
Raby
F. No. 197
Hassad Australia
“Raby”, RMB 201
Warren 2824
P: 02 6847 4888 (Mgr)
M: 0418 271 530
ashley.bell@hassad.com
Ravecchia Poll
Poll F. No. 1384
B.M. Ostini
1155 Forest Road
Orange 2800
P: 02 6361 3198
M: 0408 419 249
merleostini@bigpond.com
Revenue Park Poll
Roseville Park
Snow Vale
Stoney View
Poll F. No. 906
Revenue Park Pty Ltd
“Revenue Park”
Goodnight 2736
P: 03 5030 5531
M: 0429 479 938
icdjr@bigpond.com
F. No. 4166 – Poll F. No. 1288
Roseville Park Merino Stud
“Glenwood”
39R Dilladerry Rd
Dubbo 2830
P: 02 6887 7286
M: 0408 638 129
rpmerinos@bigpond.com
www.rosevilleparkmerinos.
com.au
Poll F. No. 3829
M.A. & K.L. Hedger
18 Mary Street
Berridale 2628
P: 02 6456 3856
M: 0429 859 142
thehedgers1@optusnet.com.au
F. No. 4559
A.W. & J.M. Ticehurst
“Rockleigh”
Bookham 2582
P: 02 6227 7276
M: 0438 277 273
Snowy Plain
F. No. 3829
M.A. & K.L. Hedger
18 Mary Street
Berridale 2628
P: 02 6456 3856/8865
M: 0429 859 142
thehedgers1@optusnet.com.au
F. No. 4126
S.A. Suttor-Roydhouse
“Echo”
Triamble via Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6373 8597
M: 0417 452 205
shellysuttor@activ8.net.au
www.suttorstud.com
Somerset
Syl-Ken
F. No. 484
D.B. Milthorpe & Son
103 Coreen St
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 1381/1315
F. No. 807
K.R. Maloney
RMB 449 Abercrombie Rd
Mt Defiance
via Taralga 2580
P: 02 4843 3059
Richmond
F. No. 5021
T.W.G. & S.C. Ryan
“Richmond”
Quandialla 2721
P: 02 6347 1166
M: 0437 153 765
quandicurry@hotmail.com
Rockdale
F. No. 3554
Rockdale Grazing Co
“Rockdale”
Canowindra 2804
P: 02 6344 1153
M: 0428 549 377
rockwythes@bigpond.com
Rocklyn
Rossmore
F. No. 35
Rossmore Agriculture
“Rossmore”
Burren Junction 2386
P: 02 6796 1404
M: 0428 961 375
rossmore.ag@bigpond.com
Round Plain
F. No. 4448
G.C. & J.M. Crowe
“Cross Roads”
Berridale 2628
P: 02 6456 8884
F. No. 1039
Rocklyn Pty Ltd
“Elon”, Cowra Road
Grenfell 2810
P: 02 6343 6331
elon1@westnet.com.au
Royalla
Rogara Poll
Ruby Hills
Poll F. No. 1317
Rogara Station
116 Dewsbury’s Lane
Quialigo via Goulburn 2580
P: 02 4844 7066
F. No. 4120
A. & A.H. Burgess P’Ship
PO Box 134
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 2102
rubyhills@bigpond.com
www.rubyhills.com.au
Ronjabar
F. No. 4430
N.E. & J.L. Doherty
“Pine View”
Goolma 2852
P: 02 6374 0235
M: 0429 648 077
neildoherty@bigpond.com
Rose Hill
F. No. 4425
J.D. Manwaring
“Rose-Hill”, RMB 203
Cootamundra 2590
P: 02 6386 6286
F. No. 3888
E.D. McDonald & Son
“Glenroy”
Wallendbeen 2588
P: 02 6943 2536
S
Shalimar Park
F. No. 2425 – Poll F. No. 1278
Shalimar Park Merino Stud
“Shalimar”, 619 Bergen Rd
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6778 7339/7326
mavaneyk@activ8.net.au
Skyline
F. No. 4713
I.J. & B.R. Blyton
“Glenlee”
Nimmitabel 2631
P: 02 6454 6246
blyton10@bigpond.net.au
South Greenbank
F. No. 541
South Greenbank Past. Co
“South Greenbank”
Young 2594
P: 02 6383 3553/3554
St Hilary
F. No. 5084
Leeholme Pastoral Co
“St Hilary”, 3824 Ashford Rd
Bukkulla 2360
P: 02 6725 5677
M: 0459 255 677
spike.kp@ipstarmail.com.au
Stanley Vale
F. No. 4595
Stanley Vale Partnership
PO Box 113
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 4598
M: 0412 704 598
stanley_vale@hotmail.com
Stillbrook Poll
Poll F. No. 1095
J., S. & T. Bensley
“Stillbrook”, Kialla Road
Crookwell 2583
P: 02 4832 1204
M: 0408 659 914
troybensley@bigpond.com
119
Suttor
T
Tallawong
F. No. 5011 – Poll F. No. 1334
Tallawong Pastoral Co
“Murrumville”, Dog Trap Rd
Yass 2582
P: 02 6227 5701
M: 0427 275 701
Tambua Poll
Poll F. No. 564
Tambua Pastoral Co
“Tambua Station”
Cobar 2835
P: 02 6837 3623/3622
tambuastation@gmail.com
Tara Park
F. No. 3718
Tara Park Merino Stud
353 Brial Road
Boorowa 2586
P: 02 6385 3288/3615
taraparkstud@bigpond.com
www.tarapark.com.au
Taradean
F. No. 4291
L.A. & M.C. Weston
“Wyuna”
Nimmitabel 2631
P: 02 6454 6411
wyuna10@activ8.net.au
NSW DIRECTORY
Tarrangower
Towalba
F. No. 4107
D.G. & A.S. Waters
“Eastview”
667 Long Point Road
Hillgrove 2350
P: 02 6778 1165
M: 0458 781 165
dnawaters@hotmail.com
F. No. 3836 – Poll F. No. 1403
Towalba Pastoral Co
“Towalba”
Peak Hill 2869
P: 02 6869 1724 (Garry)
M: 0401 461 829
P: 02 6869 1294 (Warick)
M: 0427 153 663
owendale@ipstarmail.com.au
www.towalbamerinostud.
com.au
Thalabah
F. No. 4803
Thalaba (Laggan) Past. Co
“Thalaba”
1331 Peelwood Rd
Laggan 2583
P: 02 4837 3243
M: 0418 280 063
thalaba@wirefree.net.au
The Lagoons
F. No. 790
E.A.H. Middleton & Co
“The Lagoons”
Binalong 2584
P: 02 6227 4347
M: 0417 690 617
lagoons@harboursat.com.au
The Yanko
F. No. 4694
I.E. Cameron & Co
“The Yanko”
Jerilderie 2716
P: 02 6956 1142
M: 0427 561 142
theyanko@bigpond.com
Tipperlinne
F. No. 4585
B.S. & A.M. Edwards
“Lochiel”, PO Box 54
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 4327
M: 0427 784 327
adam@tipperlinne.com
Tombong
F. No. 2056
Tombong Estate Pty Ltd
Mr D. J. Cupit
1/38 Belmont Rd
Mosman 2088
P: 02 6458 8029
P: 02 9969 8116
Tootha
F. No. 3540
B., D. & T.F. O’Keeffe
“Tootha”
Walgett 2832
P: 02 6828 9321/8474
toothamerinos@gmail.com
Trigger Vale
Poll F. No. 1487
A.J. & A.G. Bouffler
“Valera”
Lockhart 2656
P: 02 6920 7656
M: 0427 207 656
info@triggervalesheepstuds.
com.au
Trynow
F. No. 3740
J.P. Honeysett
“Rockdale”
Spicers Creek 2820
P: 02 6846 6331
Turon Hill
F. No. 4345
B.E. & K.C. Cole
“Turon Hill”
Sofala 2795
P: 02 6337 7752
turon.hill@bigpond.com
U
Ullamalla
F. No. 4102
G.D. & D.C. Dray
76 Byng St
Orange 2800
P: 02 6361 7136
P: 02 6337 8297
M: 0429 946 852
gddray1@optusnet.com.au
Uroley Poll
Poll F. No. 1233
S.M. & J.A. Kayess
“Uroley Park”
Sturt Highway
Narrandera 2700
P: 02 6959 3001
uroleypark@skymesh.com.au
V
Valdemar Poll
Poll F. No. 1347
Duncan Clowes
PO Box 42
Millthorpe 2798
P: 02 6366 3213
M: 0428 433 639
duncan.clowes@bigpond.com
Valley Vista Poll
Poll F. No. 1114
J.D. & S.C. Pitson
“Thugga”
Culcairn 2660
P: 02 6036 5232
M: 0427 365 232
W
Walgrove
F. No. 3983
T.H. Davies & Co
“Walgrove”
Hay 2711
P: 02 6993 2135
Walwa
F. No. 3887
A.J. & J.L. McCormack
“Walwa”, Gurrundah Rd
Gunning 2581
P: 02 4844 3112/3161
walwastud@gmail.com
Wandean Poll
Poll F. No. 1372
Riverina Wool
PO Box 219
Moama 2731
P: 03 5482 2965
M: 0417 599 686
rivwool@mcmedia.com.au
Wanganella
F. No. 83
F.S. Falkiner & Sons Pty Ltd
“Boonoke”
Deniliquin 2710
P: 03 5884 6604
M: 0429 846 602
info@fsfalkiner.com.au
www.fsfalkiner.com.au
120
Wantana
F. No. 3801
W.G. Darmody
Frogmore Road
Boorowa 2586
P: 02 6385 3570
wantana@bigpond.com
Warrananga
F. No. 2028
Warrananga Proprietors
“Warrananga Station”
Wentworth 2648
P: 03 5027 3713
gregorypollard@bigpond.
com.au
Waverley
F. No. 4458
A.P. Grills
“Waverley”
Guyra 2365
P: 02 6775 8353
M: 0427 758 357
amgwaverley@bigpond.com
Waverley Downs
F. No. 4071 – Poll F. No. 1174
Sean & Judith Ballinger
“Lecoin”
Delungra 2403
P: 02 6724 8386
sean.ballinger@bigpond.com
Weealla
F. No. 4660 – Poll F. No. 438
D.K. & K.A. McBurnie & Sons
“Weealla”
Balladoran 2831
P: 02 6888 1101
P: 02 6887 9266
weealla4@bigpond.com
www.weealla.com.au
Wendouree
F. No. 4165
J.P. & G.A. Whitechurch & Son
Bimbi Road
Grenfell 2810
P: 02 6347 1272
West Lynne
F. No. 4558
R.M. Gordon
“West Lynne”
Guyra 2365
P: 02 6775 5736
West Plains Poll
Wilson’s Creek
Poll F. No. 1236
Hinesville Merino Stud
PO Box 26
Delegate 2633
P: 02 6458 8129/8256
laura.chapman1@bigpond.com
F. No. 2857
Wilson’s Creek Pastoral Co
“Wilson’s Creek”
839 Kingstown Road
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 4091
M: 0407 936 975
wilsonscreek1@bigpond.com
West Vale
F. No. 1587
L.R. & J.E. Blanch
“Westvale”
334 Westvale Road
Wollun 2354
P: 02 6778 7321
M: 0428 431 065
westvale@bigpond.com
Westray
F. No. 3007
R.O. Cannon & L.M. Tremain
“Westray”
Peak Hill 2869
P: 02 6869 1473
M: 0418 603 016
tremain2@bigpond.com
Whyworry Park
F. No. 3962
D.J. Carter
“Whyworry Park”
Uralla 2358
P: 02 6778 4147
info@whyworry.com.au
www.whyworry.com.au
Willandra
F. No. 87 – Poll F. No. 610
Willandra Merino Stud
“Willandra”
477 North Coree Road
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 1223
M: 0428 861 605
rossirene@reachnet.com.au
Woodpark
Woodpark No 2 Poll
F. No. 62 – Poll F. No. 1329
Woodpark Pastoral Co P/L
“Woodpark”
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 7149
P: 03 5886 7114 (No 2 Poll)
M: 0427 867 135
Winona
Winona No 2
Woodpark Poll
Poll F. No. 1151
C. & S. Huggins
“Eurolie”
Hay 2711
P: 02 6993 4616
eurolie@bordernet.com.au
www.woodparkmerino.com.au
F. No. 1500 – F. No. 3664
C.T. Seis
“Winona”, Merotherie Road
Gulgong 2852
P: 02 6375 9256
colin@winona.net.au
www.winona.net.au
Woodside
Winrock
F. No. 1364
C.M. Armour Pty Ltd
“Lyndfield”, Oolong Road
Gunning 2581
P: 02 4845 8215
stephen.armour69@gmail.com
Winyar
F. No. 3627 – Poll F. No. 1328
A.L. & S.M. Dawson
“Ermington”
Belubula Way
Canowindra 2804
P: 02 6344 1653
M: 0427 441 653
winyar@bigpond.com
Wirrilla
F. No. 749
Woodside Grazing Co
“Warrie”
Gulargambone 2828
P: 02 6825 1248
ghwass@bigpond.com
Woolaroo
F. No. 4059
P.T. & K.C. Walker
PO Box 96
Yass 2582
P: 02 6226 1104
M: 0427 499 616
jwalker@woolaroo.com.au
www.woolaroo.com.au
Woollahra
F. No. 4006
J.R. & D.P. Winter
PO Box 434
Mudgee 2850
P: 02 6373 8206
F. No. 5077
Woollahra Merino Stud
PO Box 333
Yass 2582
P: 02 6226 3447
b-patrick@live.com.au
Woodburn
Wyuna
F. No. 1106
D.J. Holgate & Sons
“Willow Dale”, RMB 215
Dalton 2581
P: 02 4845 6268
F. No. 2973
P.J. Southwell
“Fairview”
713 Burrinjuck Road
Bookham 2582
P: 02 6227 7207
Willurah
F. No. 2919
A.D. & M.G. Beveridge
“Warragong”
Armatree via Gilgandra 2827
P: 02 6848 5838
M: 0429 485 818
wyuna_merinos@bigpond.com
Woodfield Poll
Willow Dale
F. No. 1094
John Lamb Pastoral Co P/L
“Willurah”
Conargo 2710
P: 03 5884 7500
jlpcompany@bigpond.com
Poll F. No. 1361
B. & L. Stephenson
PO Box 1584
Armidale 2350
P: 02 6775 3220
M: 0417 297 517
bruce.stephenson6@bigpond.
com
121
Y
Yalgoo
F. No. 1552
Yalgoo Partnership
PO Box 141
Walcha 2354
P: 02 6777 2525
yalgoopartnership@bigpond.
com
www.yalgoo.org
Yarong
F. No. 3626
K.L. & M.P. Williams
“Yarong”
Forbes 2871
P: 02 6853 1121/2226
Yarrawonga
F. No. 3534 – Poll F. No. 1356
D.T., S. & E. Phillips
Cunningham Plains
PO Box 147
Harden 2587
P: 02 6386 3128
M: 0427 863 128
yarrawongamerino@bigpond.
com
Yooroobla
F. No. 4709
Yooroobla Pastoral Co
Jerilderie 2716
P: 03 5886 1652
gasimpson@bigpond.com.au
Yoorooga
F. No. 3713
J.E. & L.A. Holley
“Yoorooga”, PO Box 119
Tenterfield 2372
P: 02 6736 1323
yoorooga.stud@bigpond.com
NSW Contact Index
CONTACT
STUD
CONTACT
STUD
Alcock John & Jenny
Armour Ken & Stephen
Armstrong Cam & James
Armstrong Craig & June
Armstrong Lou & Henry
Bahr Simon
Baldwin Ross, Rick & Jill
Ballinger Sean & Judith
Barnet Kim & Rhonda
Barron Ray, James & Julie
Bazeley Mark
Belfield Charles
Bell Ashley
Bensley John, Sandra & Troy
Beveridge Angus & Melinda
Blanch Leo & Judy
Blaxland Mark
Blewitt Arthur
Blomfield Rob & Katrina
Blyth Cheryl
Blyton Ian & Barbara
Bouffler ANdrew & Mandi
Bower Tim, Kevin & Sybilla
Brien Scott & Anna
Brien Craig & Jody
Brooker John & Jacquie
Bruce Joan & Warren
Bruce Tim & Jeanette
Brunt Alan & Tricia
Bucknell Sam & Gillian
Burgess Bill & Jan
Burgess Andrew & Carolyn
Bush Jim & Peter
Buttenshaw Bill & Heather
Cameron Margaret & David
Cameron Josh
Cameron Will, Archie & Jo
Cameron Hugh & Heather
Campbell Justin
Campbell Alexander (Sandy)
Campbell Jock
Campbell Justin
Cannon Ray & Leanne Tremain
Capel Peter, Louise & Enid
Capel Richard
Carey Dan & Vicki
Carlon Peter & Trudy
Carlon Philip & Jen, Tony & Barb
Carter Darryl & Robyn
Cartwright Kim & Robyn
Cathles Peter
Chalker Richard & Debbie
Chalmers Brad & Pru
Chapman Drew & Laura
Clark Rohan & Geraldine
Clarke Leon & Shirley
Clonan Chris & Cindy
Clowes Duncan
Coddington Graham & Susie
Coddington Anthony & Margarete & Robert
Coddington Matthew & Cherie
Cole Brenden
Colley Peter
Collits Colin, Dee & Lorraine
Cordingley John & Julie
Corkhill Michael & Jane
Coventry Warren
GREENLAND + POLL
WINROCK
CASSILIS PARK
KIAH
PEMCAW + POLL
MEADOW VIEW POLL
BUNDILLA + POLL
WAVERLEY DOWNS + POLL
MIRAMOONA
ADINA + POLL
WANDEAN POLL
KIALAMI
RABY
STILLBROOK POLL
WYUNA
WEST VALE
BLAXLAND POLL
BRIARLEA
KARORI
BLYTH
SKYLINE
TRIGGER VALE
STANLEY VALE
BELLA LANA
HILLANDALE
BRECON
CORELLA
MERIMA
NORTH YATHONG
OTTERBOURNE + POLL
BURRAGUNDY
RUBY HILLS
BOUGH YARD
LAUREL PARK + POLL
EAST GOWRIE
ENGLEFIELD NORTH MERINOS
KALANGA POLL
THE YANKO
BOONOKE + POLL
KULLINGRAH
MUNGADAL
WANGANELLA
WESTRAY
BUNGULLA + POLL
KULKI
BALLYHOOLEY
BLENMORE
QUEENLEE
WHYWORRY PARK
KIROB
DUNDOOS PARK
LACH RIVER
ACACIA-CANARY ISLAND
HINESVILLE / WEST PLAINS POLL
APPLEDORE
MANAWA
ALFOXTON + POLL
VALDEMAR POLL
CODDINGTON POLL
EAST ROSEVILLE + POLL
ROSEVILLE PARK + POLL
TURON HILL
MAROOMBAH
MAYBROOK
LORELMO POLL
GRASSY CREEK + POLL
LYNOCH
Cox Malcolm
Cox John & Greg
Cox Gordon, Colleen, Garry
Croake Daryl & Irene
Croker Matthew
Crowe Gordon
Cupit Dennis & Barbara
Darmody Chris & Fran
Darmody Bill, Sharee & Jim
Davies David
Davis Patrick & Andrew
Dawe Steve
Dawson Allan & Susan
Day Malcolm
Derrick James & Sheryl
Dickson Jim & Debbie
Diprose Ralph
Doak Bill
Doak Annette & John
Doherty Neil & Joanne
Dowling Andrew & Tarsh
Dray Graeme & Delia
Duncan Bob, Stuart & Warren
Eastburn Peter & Jennelle
Edwards Brian & Adam
Evans Paul & Jane
Evans Guy, Anna, Rod & Adrienne
Fischer Wayne & Jennifer
Fitzpatrick Troy
Fleming John
Fletcher David & Will
Fletcher Bill, Wendy & James (Jim)
Fletcher Warwick & Jacki
Fletcher Lee & Ruth
Fulloon Lachlan
Gaden Frank & Jean
Gall Tony & Janet
Gardiner Julie & David
Gavel Richard & Frances
Gibson Maurice
Gordon Barry & Sandra
Gordon Richard & Robyn
Graham John & Susan
Granger Ron & Eunice & Aaron
Green Roger
Green Michael & Mary
Griffith Ian & Janet
Grills Anthony
Hain Robert
Ham Neville & Sara
Harvey Stephen
Haslingden Ian & Sue
Hawkins Len
Hedger Michael (Mick) & Katrina
Henderson Kim, Rocky & George
Hickey Ian & Dot
Hill Greg
Hines Geoff
Holgate David
Holley John & Lois
Honeysett Jeff & Gregory
Howard Ken
Huggins Owen & Helen
Huggins Carol & Stephen
Huggins / Sloane Helen
Hughes Peter, Margot & Andrew
Inder Anthony & Penny
BOCOBLE + POLL
DELWICK
LANGDENE
OAK HILLS
HOMESVILLE
ROUND PLAIN
TOMBONG
NANIMA
WANTANA
WALGROVE
DEMONDRILLE
MERRIMONT
WINYAR + POLL
ECHO
KAROOLA DOWNS POLL
CAROONBOON
ROCKLYN
BOX MOOR
EMOH RUO
RONJABAR
KERI KERI
ULLAMALLA
DUNEDIN PARK POLL
CALEDONIA
TIPPERLINNE
TAMBUA POLL
TARA PARK
MOUNT NANIMA
PEGELA
DOREEN + POLL
AUCHEN DHU
BELLEVUE PARK
CAIRNIE
MERRYSHIELS
CRESSBROOK
BOREELA
WILSON’S CREEK
BA MACK
GULGO POLL
CROIDON
LYNDON
WEST LYNNE
BOONONGO
ROGARA POLL
ALOEBURN POLL
BOUDJAH
BRUNDANELLA
WAVERLEY
GUNYAH
LARA PLAINS
GREENWAY
INGLEWOOD ESTATE
QUAMBY PARK POLL
SNOWY PLAIN
GROGANSWORTH
REVENUE PARK POLL
JARDINE
GLENHAVEN PARK
WILLOW DALE
YOOROOGA
TRYNOW
ILLAWARRA + POLL
WOODPARK + NO 2 POLL
WOODPARK POLL
KILNYANA / MULWALA
GULLENDAH
ALLENDALE
122
CONTACT
STUD
CONTACT
STUD
Jamieson John & Edith
Jennings Dominic
Johnson Tom & Christie
Johnston John, Barry & Craig
Johnston Matthew
Johnstone Lachlan & Delphine
Jones Russell & Jennifer
Karsten Ken
Kaveney Frank & Lisa
Kayess Stewart & Judith
Keary Lola & Peter
Kelman John
Kent Rodney
Kerin Mark, Kym, Nathan & Brett
Kerin Nigel & Kate
King Simon & John
Kingston Robert & Alison
Kirk Tom & Kate
Kopp Neville, Mavis, Garry & Warick
Larwood Phil
Leeson Warren & Mavis
L’Estrange Peter
Lette Peter & Jayne
Lieschke Peter & Gavin
Lilburne Ian
Lindsay Rob & Kay
Lisle David & Kathy, Don & Jane
Litchfield Jim
Locker & Lloyd Sharon & William
Lockwood Ian & Wendy
Longmire Geoff
Luff Paul
Macarthur Onslow Matt
MacKay Ron, Buzz & Ann
Maclean Andy
Magill Tony & Alison
Maguire Robert & Dale
Maloney Ken
Manwaring John
Marchant Alan & Heather
Martin Leon
Martin Matthew, Cameron & Glenda
Maslen James
Mathews Rodger & Kim
Mathews Len
Maxwell Deborah
McBurnie Stuart, David & Karen
McConnell Joyce
McCormack Alan & Claire
McCrabb Ken & Mary
McDonald Winston & Sue
McGaw Tony
McGrath Keith
McIntosh Neville
McLaren Hamish, Jock & John
McLaughlin John
McLaughlin Jim
McNeill Peter
McPhie David & June
Merriman Charlie & Jono
Merriman Charlie & Pip
Merriman Wally & George
Merriman Wally & George
Metcalfe Angus
Middleton Michael & Shah
Milthorpe David
Morris Tony
Mort Adam & Ann
EDITHVALE
GUNBAR
JOHNSON PARK
AUSTRAL-EDEN + POLL
MILBURN CREEK
LANDS END POLL
DARRIWELL + POLL
KIA-WARRA
TALLAWONG + POLL
UROLEY POLL
DANESFORT
KIRKTON
KURRAJONG PARK + POLL
GULLENGAMBLE + POLL
KERIN POLL
AVONSIDE
LOWANNA
BUNDEMAR
TOWALBA + POLL
BUNNERUNGIE POLL
ANGLEWOOD
BELSWICK
CONRAYN
BUNDALEER + POLL
BLUEBUSH POLL
CORA LYNN + POLL
NETHERTON
HAZELDEAN
EAST YARRABIN
HAWKSLEY PARK
GLENELG
BONTARA
LOONGANA POLL
LONE PINE
HADDON RIG + POLL
OVERLAND
JILLIBY
SYL-KEN
ROSE HILL
CARINYA POLL
CHARMAC
OLD COBRAN POLL + NO 2 POLL
WILLURAH
BORAMBIL
BULGANDRI POLL
BELLAINE
WEEALLA + POLL
GLEN EMU POLL
WALWA
AVENEL
ROYALLA
NIELA
BILLA BURRA BURRA + POLL
CARRABUNGLA
NERSTANE + POLL
MERRYANBONE + POLL
MERRYANBONE NORTH POLL
EUROPAMBELA
COTTAGE CREEK
KOONWARRA
MERRIGNEE + POLL
MERRYVILLE + POLL
MERRYVILLE-MURGHA
MILONG
THE LAGOONS
SOMERSET
BONANZA
HILLTOP
Mortimer Robert
Moxham Bomber & Kate
Mudford Don & Pamela
Munro Cam
Munsie Peter, Maryann & Greg
Newnham Jack
Nivison Hugh, Tim & Felicity
Nivison Grant & Jo, Jock
Noakes (nee Watts) Kim & Ken
Norman Ray & Bev
O’Keeffe Brennan, Sandy & Deirdrie
Oppenheimer Martin & Cheryl
Orr Spike (Grant)
Ostini Brendan
Overall Daryl & Kim
Patrick Ben
Peadon James
Peake Malcolm
Pearson Clive & Natasha
Peart Graham
Peden Robert & Maree
Pendergast Mark & Jodie
Perry Ian
Peters Geoff & Dianne
Phillips Steve & Liz, Don & Thea,
Picker Trevor, Murray, Grant & Brett
Picker Brett & Susan
Picker Danny & Megan, Trevor & Janet
Pike Trevor
Pilley Mark, Joshua & Fiona
Pippin Tom
Pitson Stuart
Pittman Paul
Pollard Greg
Power Murray & Michelle
Pratley Don
Price Murray & Ian
Privett Graham & Margaret
Pye Charlie
Rayner Ron
Rayner Max, Andrew & Brooke
Rayner Geoff & Robyn
Rees David & Carolyn
Ridley Donald
Ritter Peter & Denise & Cameron
Roberts John & Kathy
Roche Neil
Rollinson Bob
Roxburgh John
Rubie Glen & Margot
Ryan Trevor & Sarah
Schofield Peter & Helen
Seaman Gary
Seis Colin, Jason & Nick
Sendall Roger & Stuart
Simpson George
Smith David & Andrena
Smith Robyn
Smith Norm & Pip
Southwell Don & Lyn
Southwell Peter & Faye
Spicer Mavis
Stein Robert
Stephenson Bruce & Laura
Stevenson Albert (Bert)
Stewart James & Janelle
Sutherland Hugh
Sutherland John
CENTRE PLUS POLL
MULLENGUDGERY + POLL
PARKDALE
EGELABRA
KELVIN VALE
CARA
MIRANI + POLL
YALGOO
KAROWARA PLAINS POLL
GLENRAY
TOOTHA
PETALI POLL
GUNDARIMBAH
RAVECCHIA + POLL
DENILIQUIN STUD PARK POLL
WOOLLAHRA
MOORNA
BOGO + POLL
GLENBROOK
GRASS MERINOS
BULLAMALITA + POLL
COTTAGE PARK
GDONYA POLL
BALLATHERIE POLL
YARRAWONGA + POLL
HILLCRESTON
HILLCRESTON HEIGHTS
HILLCRESTON PARK + POLL
BULLA GULLY
EDEN PARK
C LAKE POLL
VALLEY VISTA POLL
GLENBURNIE
WARRANANGA
AIRLIE + POLL
NELUNGALOO / OAKBROOK
GLEN MAYE
GLENLEIGH + POLL
GINGIE
GLANNA + POLL
GRATHLYN / LYNFORD POLL
POMANARA
GUNNERAMBY
PINE HILL
DUNUMBRAL
DUNBOGAN
HOMEWOOD
GOOLGUMBLA
CLEAR CREEK
LACHLAN MERINOS + POLL
RICHMOND
GLENOAK
LOCHNESS
WINONA / WINONA NO 2
ROSSMORE
YOOROOBLA
EUDORA POLL
GIDYEAONG
GLENWOOD
CARLEON PARK
WOODBURN
LUCAS GROVE
KAMERUKA
WOODFIELD POLL
EDEN MOOR
MORAY
DEEARGEE POLL
POOGINOOK + POLL
123
NSW CONTACT INDEX
CONTACT
STUD
CONTACT
STUD
Suttor-Roydhouse Shelley
Swain Stephen & Kerry
Swain Neville & Ben
Swords Malcolm & Helen
Symons Steve
Taylor Chad, Louise, George & Kerry
Ticehurst Alan & Judy
Tozer Greg & Steve
Traill Cecil
Van Eyk Maurice, Alison & Joe
Walker George & Terry
Walker Barry & Kristiane
Walker Peter, James, Charlie & Jack
Wall Mick & Kirsty
Wallace David
Walters Mikala
Ward Bob & Gloria
Wass Ian & Georgina
Waters Mark
Waters David & Angie
SUTTOR
GENANEGIE
KILPHYSIC
LARABEN POLL
LEMANI
MUMBLEBONE
STONEY VIEW
MAIN RANGE
TUWINGA
SHALIMAR PARK + POLL
GLENBOWER
LEDGERTON
WOOLAROO
ST HILARY
BOOABULA
MIDDLE VIEW + POLL
ESSEX HILL
WOODSIDE
EDINGTON
TARRANGOWER
Watson David & Tina
Watson Sue & James
Watts Ben & Fiona
Wells Graham & Mary
Wells Alistair & Natasha
Wells Ross & Irene
Westblade Tim, Rachel & Margaret
Weston Leon, Margaret & Brendan
White Andrew
Whitechurch Jack
Williams Kevin & Yvonne
Williams Jim & John
Williams Neil
Winter John & Diane
Wise Ray & Margaret
Woodhouse Gerald
Wright Glenn & Susan
Wythes Phillip & Oliver
Yelds Brad
MAISTER’S SWAMP + POLL
SOUTH GREENBANK
BRALCA
ONE OAK / ONE OAK NO 2
ONE OAK POLL
WILLANDRA + POLL
PASTORA + POLL
TARADEAN
HAVILAH NORTH
WENDOUREE
MACARTHUR PARK + POLL
THALABAH
YARONG
WIRRILLA
KILBURNIE DOWNS
MYACK
NIMALA
ROCKDALE
COBANA
QLD Merino
Stud Directory 2013-2014
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B
Poll F. No. 829
Australian Agricultural
College Corp
PO Box 470
Longreach 4730
P: 07 4658 4605
P: 1800 004 730
peter.scott@aacc.edu.au
F. No. 2145 – Poll F. No. 1391
Barcaldine Downs Past Co P/L
“Barcaldine Downs”
Barcaldine 4720
P: 07 4651 1608
M: 0427 114 461
deferguson@activ8.net.au
Angle-C
F. No. 4800
M.C. & V.W. Murphy
“Karbullah”
Goondiwindi 4390
P: 07 4676 1729
M: 0427 761 739
karbullah5@bigpond.com
AACC Poll
F. No. 4117
L.J. & C.L. Charles
“Angle-C”
Inglewood 4387
P: 07 4652 4163
Barcaldine Downs
Boyanga
Phone: 02 9763 2744
Email: office@merinos.com.au
Fax: 02 9763 1878
Brentwood
F. No. 5046
R.J. & L.J. Sylvester
PO Box 1272
Goondiwindi 4390
P: 07 4671 0880
M: 0427 712 632
undabri@bigpond.com
Bullamon Plains
F. No. 964
Bullamon Plains Pastoral
“Bullamon Plains”
Thallon 4497
P: 07 4625 9158
bullamonplains@bigpond.com
Bullawarrie
F. No. 379
J.A. Livingston
“Bullawarrie”
Mungindi 2406
P: 02 6756 5193
dingadee@bigpond.com
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C
Carra
F. No. 745
Carra Pastoral Co
“Balmacarra”
Charleville 4470
P: 07 4654 9155 (Suzi)
suzi-mcqueen@bigpond.com
Coban
F. No. 2769
Peskett & Son
“Hill View”
Cunnamulla 4490
P: 07 4655 4926
Colanya Poll
Poll F. No. 1454
Colanya Grazing Co
“Colanya Station”
Longreach 4730
P: 07 4658 9163
M: 0407 589 163
pshegarty@harboursat.com.au
Coreena
Karmala
F. No. 660 – Poll F. No. 38
Coreena Stud Sheep Pty Ltd
PO Box 42
Barcaldine 4725
P: 07 4651 1142
F. No. 3349
Karmala Partnership
MS 223
Nobby 4360
P: 07 4696 3291
jan@karmala.com.au
www.karmala.com.au
H
Hereward
F. No. 3692
MacKay & MacKay
“Morella”
Longreach 4730
P: 07 4658 9186
J
Jolly Jumbuck Poll
Poll F. No. 1363
F., C. & L. Brumpton
“Baynham”
Mitchell 4465
P: 07 4623 1430
M: 0427 231 430
mtascot@bigpond.com
K
Karbullah Poll
Poll F. No.1365
M.C. & V.W. Murphy
“Karbullah”
Goondiwindi 4390
P: 07 4676 1729
M: 0427 761 739
karbullah5@bigpond.co
L
Lansdowne
F. No. 474 - Poll F. No. 11
Lansdowne Pastoral Co Ltd
“Lansdowne”
Tambo 4478
P: 07 4654 6163
M: 0428 546 163
lansdowne2@bigpond.com
R
Roselea
F. No. 2243 – Poll F. No. 218
P.R. & L.J. Hacker
“Roselea”
Muckadilla 4461
P: 07 4626 8313
roseleastud1@bigpond.com
T
Terrick Merinos
F. No. 440
R. & J. Keogh
“Amaroo”
Blackall 4472
P: 07 4657 5987
M: 0427 575 987
amaroo6@bigpond.com
M
V
F. No. 3475
R.R.E. & H.G. Brumpton
“Mount Ascot”
Mitchell 4465
P: 07 4623 1430
mtascot@bigpond.com
F. No. 100 – Poll F. No. 131
M.N., W.L. & N.M. Roberts
“Victoria Downs”
Morven 4468
P: 07 4654 8118/8109
vicdowns21@bigpond.com
Murrawondah Poll
W
Mount Ascot
Poll F. No. 6
L. & W. Peskett
“Hillview”
Cunnamulla 4490
P: 07 4655 4926
Victoria Downs
Wattle Downs
F. No. 2740 – Poll F. No. 558
W.J. & K.S. Huskisson
“Wattle Downs”
The Gums 4406
P: 07 4665 9129
wattledowns@bigpond.com
Well Gully Poll
Poll F. No. 1106
Brumpton Quality Wool
Australia Pty Ltd
“Well Gully”
Mitchell 4465
P: 07 4623 1170
wellgullymerinos@bigpond.
com
Wilgunya
F. No. 3764
Wilgunya Grazing Co
“Wilgunya”
Dirranbandi 4486
P: 07 4625 8214
M: 0427 258 214
maxwilson4@bigpond.com
www.wilgunyamerinostud.com
Wyambeh Poll
Poll F. No. 1343
Wyambeh Partnership
“Wyambeh”, MS 1111
Roma 4455
P: 07 4626 5454
peter.campbell53@gmail.com
Warroo Station
F. No. 4913
Warroo Station
“Warroo Station”
Inglewood 4387
P: 07 4652 4148/4193
M: 0428 524 193
office@warroostn.com.au
QLD Contact Index
CONTACT
STUD
CONTACT
STUD
Brumpton Errol & Candy
Brumpton Felicity, Charles & Lachlan
Brumpton Nigel & Rosemary
Campbell Peter
Charles Lyndon
Earle Andrew (manager)
Ferguson Duncan (manager)
Goodrich Bim
Hacker Peter & Linda
Hegarty Pat & Sue
Huskisson Bill, Loma & Karen
Keogh Richard & Jennifer
WELL GULLY POLL
JOLLY JUMBUCK POLL
MOUNT ASCOT
WYAMBEH POLL
ANGLE-C
BULLAWARRIE
BARCALDINE DOWNS + POLL
WARROO STATION
ROSELEA + POLL
COLANYA POLL
WATTLE DOWNS + POLL
TERRICK MERINOS
Lowing Jan
MacKay Peter
McQueen Suzi
Miller Wally
Murphy Mark & Vicki
Peskett Bill & Lorna (Poss)
Roberts Will & Narda
Scott Peter
Sylvester Robert & Lisa
Turnbull Hume
Willis Bill
Wilson Max & Heather
KARMALA
HEREWARD
CARRA
COREENA + POLL
KARBULLAH POLL + BOYANGA
COBAN + MURRAWONDAH POLL
VICTORIA DOWNS + POLL
AACC POLL
BRENTWOOD
LANSDOWNE + POLL
BULLAMON PLAINS
WILGUNYA
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Advertiser Index
STUD
Adina .............................................................................................37
Alfoxton ..........................................................................................27
Barcaldine Downs ...........................................................................93
Bellaine ...........................................................................................47
Bontara ...........................................................................................52
Burns, Stephen, Once, a Splendid Coin ...........................................99
Centre Plus .....................................................................................29
Coddington Poll ...............................................................................89
Conrayn ........................................................................................126
Cora Lynn .........................................................................................8
Darriwell .........................................................................................10
Demondrille ....................................................................................12
Egelabra .........................................................................................55
F S Falkiner & Sons .........................................................................15
Grassy Creek ..................................................................................44
Greenland .......................................................................................45
Grogansworth .................................................................................31
Haddon Rig .......................................................................................9
Karoola Downs Poll .........................................................................38
Kerin Poll ........................................................................................51
Kirkton ............................................................................................21
Koonwarra ......................................................................................61
Lachlan Merinos .............................................................................35
Langdene ........................................................................................30
Merrignee .......................................................................................61
Middle View ....................................................................................20
Mount Ascot ...................................................................................92
Mumblebone ...................................................................................13
Nerstane .........................................................................................26
New England Merino Field Days.......................................................73
One Oak ..........................................................................................40
Otterbourne .......................................................................................6
Pemcaw .......................................................................................101
Pooginook.......................................................................................49
Rabobank National, Dubbo ................................................................7
Roseville Park .................................................................................25
Stillbrook ........................................................................................18
Stoney View ....................................................................................34
Tara Park.........................................................................................43
Towalba ..........................................................................................57
Walwa ............................................................................................39
Wattle Downs..................................................................................95
West Vale ........................................................................................33
Wilgunya.........................................................................................97
Willandra ........................................................................................19
Woodpark/Woodpark Poll ................................................................17
Wyuna ............................................................................................53
Yarrawonga .....................................................................................75
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Australian Wool Network .................................................................68
Australian Wool Innovation ..............................................................50
AWTA Limited .................................................................................79
Bayer – Avenge ...............................................................................63
Bayer Better Choices ................................................................. 64-66
Bluechip Livestock ..........................................................................22
Coopers – Eureka Gold..................................................................128
Elanco – Extinosad ............................................................................2
Elders ...............................................................................................4
Fabstock .........................................................................................24
Landmark .......................................................................................16
Moses & Son ..................................................................................22
Novartis – Clik ..............................................................................105
Novartis – Zolvix ...........................................................................109
Olsson Industries – Sheep Tranz ......................................................80
Rabobank .....................................................................................127
Riverina Wool..................................................................................14
Riverina Wool Testers ......................................................................28
Schute Bell Badgery Lumby ............................................................56
The Land .........................................................................................54
Thermoskin.....................................................................................59
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