From Ambrose Blacklock’s A treatise on sheep; the best means for their improvement, general management, and the treatment of their diseases. With a chapter on wool, and history of the wool trade, and the management of sheep in Australia (1853).
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There were nearly 2 million sheep in Australia by 1830, and by 1836, Australia had won the wool trade war with Germany, mainly because of Germany’s preoccupation with fineness. German manufacturers commenced importing Australian wool in 1845.