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Author Lee, Timothy.

Title Wanganella and the merino aristocrats / Timothy Lee
Published Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books, 2011

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 W'BOOL  636.36809944 Lee/Wat  AVAILABLE
Description 320 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Summary If Australia's economy was said to ride on the sheep's back, it was mostly the broad back of the robust Peppin merino. From the inhospitable plains of southern Australia emerged a wool-producing merino that would change the face of world agriculture and commerce
Analysis Australian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-314) and index
Subject Australian merino sheep -- Breeding -- History.
Australian merino sheep -- Breeding -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Riverina
Australian merino sheep -- Breeding -- Australia -- Riverina (N.S.W.)
Merino sheep -- Breeding -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Riverina
Sheep ranches -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Riverina
Sheep ranches -- Australia -- Riverina (N.S.W.)
Wool industry -- Australia -- History.
Wool industry -- History -- Australia
SUBJECT Wanganella (N.S.W.) -- History
LC no. 2012453224
ISBN 9781742703565 (hbk.)