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Black Sheep Ready For Shearing

Black Sheep Ready For Shearing

Is there anything more rural than sheep in the shearing shed? These girls were captured in the pens at Tarndwarncoort homestead (Warncoort, South West Victoria)...
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Is there anything more rural than sheep in the shearing shed? These girls were captured in the pens at Tarndwarncoort homestead (Warncoort, South West Victoria) and are part of flock of Polwarth sheep. In fact this farm is the one that the Polwarth breed was established...
During this years shearing I spent a lot of time in the shed capturing many images in preparation for the 175th celebration of the farm next year...
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