family In The Wars

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Cardo Stud


I spent ten years with my husband and family on this great stud farm. Glen Keamy was an exceptional and caring boss for my husband to work for, and always considered me as his wife. My job was to watch for rain and pelt for the stud ram shed to shut the door to keep the expensive little darlings dry. I would see them lined up at the door, white faces turned to where I was coming from, expressions definitely telling me to hurry up. They were pampered, spoilt, always had their faces washed and a heater to keep them warm in the winter, with fans in the summer. They were expensive and well-bred pedigrees carrying beautiful, fine wool.

The West Australian had this to say about him:
When it comes to merinos, Glen Keamy can only say they have been his life's work.
Mr Keamy, who received a Medal of the Order of Australia, said he was "proud and honoured" to receive the accolade for services to the stud merino industry and local government.
The former Wesley College student grew up on the family's Cardo merino stud, near Watheroo, north of Perth.
As a boy, his earliest memories were conversations about merinos, but he could not have imagined that a lifelong obsession would take him all over the world and earn him international recognition.
He is a former president of the Australian Association of Stud Merino breeders and was president of the World Federation of Merino Breeders.
Mr Keamy said his many years on the Shire of Moora had given him a "great opportunity" to contribute to his local community.

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