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What sheep breeds are there in Australia?

 

The following list may not be exhaustive but includes most Australian breeds.

There are different sheep breeds that are known for their meat, fibre or milk but sheep are primarily a meat and/or fibre species.

Awassi
Black and Coloured
Bond
Booroola Merino
Border Leicester
Cheviot
Coopworth
Corriedale
Damaras
Dohne Merino
Dorper
Dorset Horn
Dorset Down
English Leicester
Est Friesian
Gromark
Hampshire Down
Lincoln
Merino and Poll Merino
Multi-Meats
Perendale
Poll Dorset
Polwarth
Romney
Ryeland
Sharlea
Shropshire
South African Mutton Merino
South Suffolk
Southdown
Suffolk
Texel
White Suffolk
Wiltipoll
Wiltshire Horn