Gullendah Poll Merino

Gullendah Pastoral Co. was established in 1908 by the Hughes family in Baldry, Central Western New South Wales. The company is a commercially-focused business run over 4800 hectares, where there is an emphasis on sustainable agriculture, animal welfare, productivity and innovation. The animals we produce are bred to perform in the extremes of the Australian environment.

Gullendah Pastoral Co. owns and manages three sheep studs - Gullendah Dohne Stud, and Gullendah Merino and Poll Merino Studs.

Each year we sell over 400 rams to five states around Australia, with genetics also going to New Zealand and South America. Rams can be purchased at our annual On-Property Ram Sale each September and grade rams are available for sale all year round.

The scale of Gullendah's commercial sheep operation has increased in recent years, with the aggregation of two additional adjoining properties. This has enabled us to benchmark our studs, which offers us greater assurance of providing the best quality sheep that are proven in a strict commercial environment.

Merinos and Poll Merinos

Established in 1966, the Gullendah Merino bloodline originated from Pooginook, and later Wonga and Koonwarra. Aside from the introduction of Roseville Park and Yarrawonga bloodlines in the late 1990s, and more recently Wanganella bloodlines, Gullendah has predominantly been a closed flock.

Gullendah Polls were established from Moorundie Park and genetics have since been introduced from Boonoke and Willandra by an extensive Artificial Insemination program.

Typically running 1000 stud ewes, Gullendah Merino breeding programs focus on developing large-framed sheep with productive, soft, stylish and nourished wool that are suitable to a wide range of environments, from tablelands country to western pastoral zones.