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Shearers work with practiced precision in a weathered corrugated iron shearing shed, processing a batch of freshly caught Merino sheep. Lined up along wooden platforms, the workers bend and move in a choreographed rhythm, skillfully removing thick fleeces with electric shears. Overhead fluorescent lights illuminate the industrial workspace, casting shadows on the worn wooden surfaces and metal machinery. Each shearer focuses intently, managing large woolly sheep with practiced technique, quickly separating the pure white fleece from the animal. Discarded wool accumulates in baskets around their feet, creating a textural landscape of soft, curling fibers. The scene captures the hard physical labor of rural wool production, a quintessential Australian agricultural practice that transforms raw fleece into a valuable textile commodity, representing generations of farming expertise and manual skill.