1797: Merino sheep introduced to Australia. Captain Henry Waterhouse and Lieutenant William Kent brought 26 merino sheep in 1797 from the Cape of Good Hope, in present-day South Africa, to Port ...
New South Wales shearer Nikki Lyons has set a women's world record by shearing 395 merino lambs in eight hours. In a shearing shed in Bowning near Yass, in southern NSW, surrounded by dozens of ...