If John and Elizabeth Macarthur, both long dead, magically reappeared on Earth, they would be delighted to see their former residence Elizabeth Farm at Camden, south-west of Sydney, lovingly preserved. And they would be probably tickled pink to see an all-too-familiar type of Merino grazing in nearby paddocks.
On a typical auction day in Melbourne or Sydney, more than $10 million worth of wool is sold. A fair portion of that wool is sold under the gavel of Elders wool auctioneer Samantha Wan."Wool is a fantastic fibre that actually has become my connection to Australia," Ms Wan said."The fact that a natural fibre like that comes from one animal, the Merino. It's probably a unicorn of the fabric world.
Tim Lee's story, The Magic Merino, is a part of the Things That Made Australia series to mark the ABC's 90th birthday. It screens on ABC TV's Landline at 12:30pm on Sunday, or on
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