New Barcaldine Downs owners committed to breeding rams for sale

Sally Gall
Updated May 6 2020 - 4:20pm, first published 4:00pm
Barcaldine Downs manager Dennis Allpass inspects some of the mixed age stud ewes that have just been crutched ready for lambing.
Barcaldine Downs manager Dennis Allpass inspects some of the mixed age stud ewes that have just been crutched ready for lambing.

Mention the name Barcaldine Downs and you conjure up flashbacks of history - its tenacious Scottish beginnings on the Mitchell district frontier, its simmering proximity to one of the headquarters of the Great Shearers' Strike of 1891, and more than a century of understated dedication to the Merino tradition in western Queensland.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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