 By the late 1970s, a number of breeders were toying with the concept of developing and breeding an Australian Cashmere goat.Much of this early breeding was hampered by a lack of knowledge of the problems involved and by lack of a fibre market.Interest and morale were given a major boost when in August 1980 Dawson International Limited PLC, Scotland, then the world's largest cashmere processors, purchased a property at Adelong, N.S.W., with the view to setting up a demonstration farm to encourage Australian cashmere production.