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What is the main farming industry in the Northern Territory?
The main farming industry in the Northern Territory is beef cattle.
This was the process of taking cattle to the nearest railroad station in order to get them to northern cities?
these were called cattle drives.
Where did the Coniston massacre take place?
The Coniston Massacre of 1928 was the last known massacre of Australian Aborigines. It occurred at Coniston cattle station, within the Northern Territory and in central Australia, about 300km northwest of Alice Springs.
How big is the biggest private owned ranch in the world?
You might expect to find the world's largest cattle ranch in Texas. But you would do better to look halfway around the world in Australia. A cattle ranch at Alexandria Station, in Australia's Northern Territory, once covered some 7.2 million acres, or about 11,250 square miles, an area about the size of New Hampshire and Delaware combined! The ranch now has an area of square miles. About 60,000 cattle graze there. This is the largest cattle ranch on earth today. But early this century, there was another ranch in Australia's Northern Territory that was more than five times as large. Until this ranch was divided into smaller properties, it covered an area of 35,000 square miles, about the size of Indiana!
What is a cattle station?
A cattle station is another name for a cattle ranch. It is an extensive operation in Australia that focuses on the extensive raising and grazing of cattle.
What is the biggest cattle grazing property in Australia?
Anna Creek Station, South Australia, at 9,267 square miles is bigger than Israel.
What area in Australia has huge ranches?
All of Australia has these "ranches" (an American term) and they are actually called sheep or cattle stations. They are found in all of the states and territories, even Tasmania. cattle and sheep stations in western Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory can easily cover tens of thousands of square kilometres. Australia's largest cattle station (and also the world's largest) is Anna Creek station, in South Australia. It has an area of 34 000 sq kms, the equivalent of 6 million acres.
What are some Natural Resources in Northern Territory Australia?
coal, wool, trees ,and tropical fruit . coal, wool, trees ,and tropical fruit .
What played the biggest role in cattle kingdom?
The biggest factors in the development of the cattle kingdom were the huge number cattle and the enormous expansion of grasslands available to feed the cattle.
How many cattle in an Australian cattle station?
This can range from several thousand to 100,000 or more, depending on how large a land area the station is.
Is a homestead typically Australian?
No. The Australian equivalent of a homestead is "station", as in a sheep station or a cattle station. Only a very small proportion of Australians live on sheep or cattle stations.
What is the Largest cattle station in Australia?
Anna Creek station
