The Dunn family had been part of the small close knit community for several generations. Immigrating from Germany, Wilhelm August and his wife Wilhelmine Caroline set foot on virgin soil. Together they obtained a land lease from the government. A small holding of one hundred acres, near Wagin in Western Australia. There they planted potatoes and maize, which Caroline tendered. August logged and cleared the farm of the forest and bush. It took many months of hard and labouring work.
Eventually they had saved enough money to buy twenty head of Merino ewes. Within ten years, they had made enough money to buy a neighbouring station and they ran over twenty thousand sheep. As sheep, wheat and cattle producers pushed north looking to open up more territory, August and Caroline with their nine children, thrived on the land.
Flynn Dunn a sixth generation sheep farmer opened the telegram with anticipation. The government had accepted his proposal to build a big ram Merino statue, as a memorial to his ancestors August and Caroline Dunn. Part of their contribution to Australia being founded on the sheep's back.
See the Big Ram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wagin_Giant_Ram,_Western_Australia.jpg
He's got big balls! August, I'm talking about. What a hard life he had producing those nine children ;)
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ReplyDeleteYes it runs the in family...big I mean not balls...I've got big boobs. :)
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