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Skilled shearers work with precision in a traditional wooden woolshed, carefully removing fleece from Merino sheep during the annual shearing season. Dressed in dark singlets and purple work attire, the team moves methodically along the wooden floor, each shearer focused intently on their task. Wool falls in soft, cloud-like clusters around their feet, creating a textured carpet of freshly shorn fleece. The rustic interior, lined with weathered timber walls and corrugated iron, speaks to generations of pastoral history, with tools and equipment hanging from various hooks and shelves. Natural light filters through the shed's openings, casting shadows that highlight the physical effort and expertise of the shearing process. The Al Mabin watermark suggests this is a professionally captured moment of Australian agricultural life, documenting the critical work of wool production that has long been a cornerstone of the country's rural economy.