Terra Q was purchased in 2000 to facilitate the company’s relocation to Queensland from South Australia.
The property was named ‘Terra’ in keeping with the tradition of the company and ‘Q’ due to its Queensland locality.
The property is situated on the New England Highway on the outskirts of Toowoomba. Although only a smallholding, it provides an ideal shop window to showcase the company's stock. |
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This property is the second property in the company's history to be named ‘ Terraweena’.
The first Terraweena was the stud's first home in, Keith, South Australia which provided an idyllic setting for the birthplace of Australia’s inaugural stud. From this property the name 'Terraweena' was derived.
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It is almost impossible to be exact about the ancient origins of the Tuli Breed, a breed which developed on a continent with almost no written history and where droughts and the migrations of the semi-nomadic populace changed the face of the continent continuously. The breed was one of a number which developed on the African continent over thousands of years and from what is known about the breed and the history of the various cattle breeds in Africa, it can be concluded that they stem from West Sanga Cattle
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The Boran is one of the oldest breeds in Africa, originating with the Borana people in Ethiopia. In the 1920s, European ranchers in Kenya purchased Boran cattle and developed a breed known as the improved Boran.
The Improved Boran has been bred and selected mainly as a beef animal. It is possible that, in the process, some herds of Boran cattle may have acquired a little European blood from the European stock used in the 1920s but there is no evidence of this either in colour or in reduction of hump size.
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Terraweena Stud also provides an extensive source of the highest quality of crossbred goats.
These animals are the result of the out crossing of Australia’s domestic goats or ‘feral goats’ with fullblood Boer goats. The result is an extremely productive, hardy and affordable alternative to the fullblood breed of Boer goats and is fast becoming a favourite amongst most of the world’s population. The protein levels in this type of meat by far exceeds the protein levels of any other red meat and is therefore in high demand throughout the world.
Bred from the stud’s leading sire bloodlines, the Terraweena crossbreds inherit the meat coverage and growth rates for which the Boer goat has become so well renowned. These animals are run in accordance with export protocols and are available for inspection all year around, by appointment.
Terraweena also has its own government approved export facility only 117kms from the port of Brisbane, thus reducing the stress on animals during live exports.
Terraweena has been supplying goat meat both domestically and to export markets for over 20 years, making them one of the most experienced exporters of goats in Australia.
Terraweena has exported genetics in one form or another to many countries including the USA, Mexico, India, Malaysia, China, New Zealand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines.
This wealth of experience provides a track record and level of expertise that few exporters can offer.
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History of the breed
The Mashona cattle are Sanga types with similar production characteristics to the Tuli / Tswana.
The Mashona breed is the most numerous in eastern and central Zimbabwe, a highland area in which pasture quality, particularly in winter, is lower than the surrounding lowlands. Following the pandemics of rinderpest and east coast fever which decimated cattle populations at the end of the nineteenth century, Mashonaland a province of Zimbabwe, was restocked with female cattle from Zambia, Barotseland and Malawi. The predominant type was the Angoni, a small-humped zebu breed which had some resistance to rinderpest.
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