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The name ‘Merungle’ comes from a property just north of Booligal in the Western Division of New South Wales. The poem “Hay and Hell and Booligal” by A. B. “Banjo” Patterson which mentions the town was published in The Bulletin, 25 April 1896 The property was one of the holdings owned by Peter’s mother’s family and home to a Merino Sheep Stud.

The farm began as a 40 acre block. It has grown to 200 acres, some leased from neighbors, with the last 60 acres coming on-board in February 2006. We have some small holding paddocks and a sufficient number of larger paddocks now, so that some areas can be rested. Laneways, yards and shearing shed complete the facilities.

On The Farm

The On-farm calendar includes visitors by appointment, annual shearing, community shearing day and husbandry activities including birthing, weaning, feeding and matings. Also any maintenance for farm and livestock.

Off the Farm

The yearly calendar includes a few markets, 2 field days and a couple of alpaca shows – all off farm. You meet a lot of people at these events and I’m still amazed at the lack of knowledge of Natural fibre and more particularly lack of knowledge of a wool fibre, its structure and properties