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Fences

Australia
film

Early colonial settlers ran sheep on huge unenclosed areas of grazing lands, but when gold was discovered shepherds left the sheep-runs and flocked to the gol..

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Life on a sheep farm

Australia, 1965
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Wide pastures

Australia, 1965
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Sheep in the desert

Australia, 1951
Similarity: 75%

Sheep in Australia

Australia, 1962
Similarity: 74%

Men and mobs

Australia, 1947
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Sheep's back

Australia, 1994
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Sheep ranching country: Southeastern Australia

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Sown pastures

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Wool in Australia

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Just a trace

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England's wealth from wool

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A Pioneer stud

Australia, 1950
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Shearing time at Billabong

Australia, 1955
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A Century or the sack

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Good fences

Australia, 1959
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Range sheep

United States, 1930
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Financing the wool clip

Australia, 1938
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The Shearers

Australia, 1950
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