| Italic Title: | no |
| Big Merino | |
| Subject: | Merino |
| City: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
| Dimensions: | 15.2m (49.9feet) tall |
| Weight: | 97t |
| Material: | Concrete |
The Big Merino is a 15.2m (49.9feet) tall concrete statue of a merino ram located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It was modeled after Rambo, a stud ram that lived on a local property.[1]
The Big Merino was built near the Hume Highway in 1985.[2] In 1992 the highway rerouted to bypass the town of Goulburn, which resulted in 40 fewer busloads of tourists visiting the Big Merino each day.[3] On 26 May 2007, the Big Merino was moved to a location closer to the new Hume Highway to increase visitor numbers, and is now located near the freeway interchange at a service station.[4]
Inside the Big Merino is a gift shop, an exhibition on the history of wool in Australia, and an observatory in the ram's eyes.[5]