Description - The Australian Merino by Charles Massy
Merino sheep have been one of the main supports of the Australian economy for over 140 years and their history is inextricably bound up with that of the nation. These magnificent animals, bred from the domesticated sheep of North Africa, have indeed proved to be the Golden Fleece for Australia. The first edition of THE AUSTRALIAN MERINO, published in 1990, was the most complete and detailed accound of the evolution, history and present state of the Merino sheep. In this second edition, Charles has uncovered more information about this remarkable animal, revealing that the Australian Merino industry was very much born of the 'age of science' and the European Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteeenth centuries. Fibre-testing analysis of recently discovered old wool samples has also yielded a treasure-trove of valuable genetic information, which allows for a quantitative overlay of Merino evolution since early times. Thoroughly updated, this book remains the definitive history of the golden fleece of Australia.
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