Female woolclasser Anne Cooper's tale of blazing trail through sheds

Victoria Nugent
Updated July 22 2021 - 3:51pm, first published 3:00pm
FIRST OF HER KIND: Anne Cooper started wool classing in the 1980s.
FIRST OF HER KIND: Anne Cooper started wool classing in the 1980s.

When Anne Cooper began wool classing in Western Queensland back in the 1980s, a woman in the sheds was not a common sight.

Victoria Nugent

Victoria Nugent

National sheep and wool writer

National sheep and wool writer for ACM's agricultural publications. Former livestock editor for Queensland Country Life. Send your story tips to vnugent@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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