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Stockmen herd a flock of about five thousand ewes and lambs into holding pens at Mungadal Station, a legendary sheep station in New South Wales, Australia, that has been breeding award-winning merino sheep since 1840. The ewes will be shorn for their wool, while the lambs will be sent to another station to graze for a few months before slaughter. The station raises around 50,000 sheep on about 450 square miles with a full-time staff of four. Mungadal is owned by Paraway Pastoral, an investment firm with nearly thirty cattle and sheep stations across Australia, totaling 1,700 square miles. Wool was Australia’s biggest export for most of its modern history until mining, cattle, and wheat began to dominate after World War II.

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Stockmen herd a flock of about five thousand ewes and lambs into holding pens at Mungadal Station, a legendary sheep station in New South Wales, Australia, that has been breeding award-winning merino sheep since 1840. The ewes will be shorn for their wool, while the lambs will be sent to another station to graze for a few months before slaughter. The station raises around 50,000 sheep on about 450 square miles with a full-time staff of four. Mungadal is owned by Paraway Pastoral, an investment firm with nearly thirty cattle and sheep stations across Australia, totaling 1,700 square miles. Wool was Australia’s biggest export for most of its modern history until mining, cattle, and wheat began to dominate after World War II.

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