merino-breed

Updated: May 20, 2025

There is much truth in this saying, but the real basis of Australian prosperity was the introduction of sheep-farming on a large scale, after the merino-breed had been imported and acclimatised by Macarthur at the beginning of the century.

George C. (George Charles) Brodrick - The Political History of England - Vol XI: From Addington's Administration to the close of William: IV.'s Reign (1801-1837)