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A woman shearing a sheep

"So we popped them, and the next day, she went to work with a bandaged hand."

A woman in a shearer's singlet leans against a wooden wall in shearing shed

"You learn more about control of sheep, your handpiece and your comb and just talking to people have worked all over the world."

A woman wearing a black and purple singlet smiles as she sits next to a kelpie.

A woman holds a piece of wool looking at another woman shearing a sheep

"I watched her style and thought she might be pretty good at this, and then, boom, out of nowhere, she became very good,"
Alana said.

A man leans on a wool bale and smiles at the camera

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