Mhunga Whalla shearer training camp in WA, January 2020

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A shearing camp for young indigenous Australians in the Mid-West region of Western Australia has given them a taste for shearing shed work and helped build the wool harvesting workforce, thereby benefiting local communities and the wool industry.

The Geraldton-based Mhunga Whalla group, founded by Aboriginal shearing legend Bobby Pepper, and the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development organised the camp, in collaboration with WA Shearing Industry Association (WASIA) and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI). It was hosted by the Teakle family of ‘Ingavale’ at Northampton, about 50 km north of Geraldton.

The nine keen participants aged 16 to 29 completed the two-week course facilitated by accredited trainers supplied by AWI – and have all gone on to obtain further work experience in Mid-West shearing sheds.

For further information about AWI’s shearer and wool handler training resources, visit https://www.wool.com/people/shearing-and-woolhandling/training-resources.

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