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New Zealand Shearing Gang on Taranaki Slopes
An account from a New Zealand shearing gang daughter describing a three day run in Taranaki for 400 Cashmere goats and 800 Marshall Romney hoggets. The crew of four shearers, one rouseabout, and a presser move wool to bales for brokers in Wanganui while Cashmere fibre enters the Taranaki pool.
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Frank and
Gat
Birtle
New Or
Tenanehd
New Zealand
Taranaki
Wanganui
Ae Smart
Flock House Farm
Bulls
North Island
Smart
Cheryl Leggat
Frances Leg
Corkill
Cockey
Australia