Tool - Ear Marking Pliers for sheep

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Overview

Brass ear marker / tagger for sheep

Historical information

There are two main purposes of sheep, goat and cattle ear tags:
one is to help farmers and others to visually identify their livestock (management tags); and
the other is to comply with Australia’s National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) for traceability.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.710

Item type

Objects

Themes

Agriculture

Material

Metal

Contextual information

It is common practice by Australian farmers for sheep ear tags to be placed in the right ear for females and the left ear for males - some States such as WA have this as a requirement whilst other States allow ear tags to be placed in either ear regardless of sex.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Scientific or research significance

Last modified

Sunday, 29 March, 2026

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