For a number of years the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) maintained a small research herd of selected animals at their Prospect laboratory until budget restraints forced their dispersal.
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Cashmere was effectively rediscovered on Australian goats in 1972 when two CSIRO researchers Dr. Ian Smith and Mr. Wal Clarke identified cashmere on some feral goats under inspection at the property of The Australian Mohair Company at Brewarrina.
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