It has been 100 years since the Kent family took ownership of their Koloona-based property, near Delungra, to start producing wool and crops.
Settled by Charles Nathan Kent on returning from World War I with a damaged arm, his "Forest Lodge Pastoral Company" then established Kurrajong Park Merino stud in 1935.
This started a legacy in breeding big-framed, heavy cutting, soft fine wool Merino and Poll Merino rams that is continuing today by his great-grandsons Rodney and Graham Kent.
In the intervening decades, there has been significant investment by the Kent family in sourcing genetics from Australia's leading Merino studs to progress their bloodlines - some of which have endured for 100 years.
This included the purchase of the supreme champion sheep of the Sydney Show in 2018.
Semen from this ram has been sold by the Kents to wool producers and other studs right across Australia and into Uruguay.
The Kurrajong Park stud is primarily based on Roseville Park and Merryville Merino lines and Poll Boonoke on the poll side
"We try to improve the stud all the time, so we need to source top rams," Rodney Kent said.
"We like a good size, upstanding sheep with plenty of wool and soft skin."
Average wool cut across the Kent's breeding flock of about 3000-head, spread across four property holdings, is trending upwards of six kilograms per head - with an average fibre diameter of 18.5 micron (in adult sheep).
Kurrajong Park Merinos is no stranger to the winner's circle at local and state sheep shows.
It has collected champion ribbons stretching back to 1914 - for a ewe prize awarded by the Warialda Pastoralists and Agricultural Association.
In coming years, the Kents plan to continue their focus on breeding bigger rams for clients who want to optimise wool cuts per head and returns per hectare, without compromising the key wool quality traits on which they have built their stud reputation across New South Wales.