Corriedale sheep monument

The breeding foundation has some errors as I understand things.
There is no Romney bloodlines in the Corriedale sheep.
Little crossed Merinos with english longwools, Leicester and Lincoln, the resulting halfbred sheep were then selectively including line bred to refine a more stable bloodline that Little named the Corriedale, the name of one of two properties he managed in North Otago.

The first cross halfbreds that became a main breed were not line bred by many as the firstcross genetics gave a stronger animal and it was some time before the corriedale established as a breed in its own right.
Many breeders of first cross halfbred sheep disparagingly referred to the early Corriedales as "inbred halfbreds"

The wool was a low micron crimped high lustre general purpose yarn suitable for clothing making and the carcass much higher yielding and bulkier muscled for meat production.

The Corriedale is the longest established recognised cross bred in the world