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Young flock of ewe lambs Flock in Mudgegonga, Victoria, Australia. The Australian White is an Australian breed of meat sheep. It derives from selective breeding of White Dorper, Van Rooy, Poll Dorset and Texel sheep, with the aim of creating a large white sheep suited to Australian conditions, and with a self-shedding hair coat.
This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Australia and New Zealand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
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Aussiedown sheep are easy care, clean faced, plain bodied sheep that produce a white, downs type wool with a fibre diameter of 28 to 33 microns, [2] with a staple length of 60 to 90 mm and a fleece weight of about 3–5 kg (6.6–11.0 lb). Stud rams may weigh up to 140 kg (310 lb) under good conditions and ewes about 87 kg (192 lb).
Australian White or Australian white may refer to: Australian White Ensign, an ensign used by ships of the Royal Australian Navy; Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca), a species of a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae; Australian White sheep, a livestock breed; Australian White Suffolk, a variation on the White Suffolk ...
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Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep.Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species.
Pennyroyal is a locality in Victoria, Australia. Most of the locality is situated in the Surf Coast Shire ; a small section is situated in the Shire of Colac Otway . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the 2016 census , Pennyroyal had a population of 86.