Warranine Park Shearing and Woolhandling Camp March 2020

Following on from the successful shearing and wool handling camp for young indigenous and local youth in January 2020 at Northampton in Western Australia’s Mid-West (see • Mhunga Whalla shearer ... ), a second camp was held in March 2020 at the Walker family’s ‘Warranine Park’ property near Brookton, 130km south-east of Perth.
The camps are the result of a collaboration between the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), WA Sheering Industry Association (WASIA) and AWI, in partnership with local Aboriginal groups, shearing contractors and local farmers.
There were 12 students at the Brookton camp, all of them keen to gain knowledge and skills during the two-week wool harvesting course aimed at increasing employability. Following the camp, seven of the participants directly entered industry employment as they were job ready and local contractors had immediate opportunity to place them in the South East Wheatbelt area.
For further information about AWI’s shearer and wool handler training resources, visit www.wool.com/p...
This video was produced by an external production company for WA DPIRD