List of Australian and New Zealand sheep breeds

This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Australia and New Zealand. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

Name Notes Conservation status Image Arapawa Island Found primarily on Arapaoa Island. Rare Australian Merino BLM Bond Corriedale Booroola Leicester Booroola Merino Borderdale Borino Broomfield Corriedale Bundoran Comeback Bungaree Merino Camden Camden Park Campbell Island Carpetmaster Chevlin Comeback Coolalee Coopworth Cormo Corriedale Dormer Drysdale Developed from New Zealand Romney in 1931 at Massey Agricultural Centre, New Zealand Endangered (2007) Elliotdale Fonthill Merino Glen Vale Gromark Hampshire Down Hokonui Hyfer Mohaka New Zealand Romney Peppin Merino Perendale Pitt Island Poll Dorset Poll Merino Polwarth Romsdown Siromeat Skye Farm Romney South Australian Merino South Dorset Down South Down South Hampshire South Suffolk Tasmanian Merino Trangie Fertility Tukidale Waridale White Suffolk Wiltipoll Zenith

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