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Throwing a fleece

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Throwing a fleece

Once a sheep has been shorn, a ‘rousie’ or woolhandler picks up the fleece and throws it onto a table so the dirty wool and scruffy ends can be removed. This shed hand is working at Glentanner station in the Mackenzie Country, in 2007.

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Des Williams, Shearing – Modern shearing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18268/throwing-a-fleece (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Des Williams, published 1 March 2009.