Meet the sheep (and their products) in Australia.

From: Sunset | Date: March 1, 1988 | Copyright information

Meet the sheep (and their products) in Australia A curly horn and a black face are not the only things that make Tom the Tukidale and Sam the Suffolk different from each other. In a country built, as the saying goes, on the backs of its sheep, it's the fleece that counts.

All over Australia, you'll see woolens and other sheep products that make first-rate gifts and souvenirs--and labels often go beyond "wool" to identify the breed of sheep; there are eight.

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