The country in that area is very rough and rugged, a little more so than the rugged areas that are used for ranching in the United States and Canada. It is better used as country for cattle, sheep and brumbies (wild horses) to be raised and grazed on, than for growing crops or raising hogs, chickens and dairy cattle on.
There are many statements that describe why cattle and sheep are raised in the Australian Outback. The resources are favorable there.
In the Australian Outback, sheep would be much more common than the American bison.
"Jackaroo" is an Australian term meaning a stockman, which is someone who helps with mustering sheep and cattle in the outback. They generally help tend for the cattle and/or sheep, as well as helping with general maintenance around the sheep station or cattle station.
"Jackaroo" is an Australian term meaning a stockman, which is someone who helps with mustering sheep and cattle in the outback. They generally help tend for the cattle and/or sheep, as well as helping with general maintenance around the sheep station or cattle station.
Most of the land in Australia is unsuitable for growing crops; its best and very ideal for raising cattle and sheep in because of the ability to graze them all year round and the good grass that grows well.
Of course. The great Australian Outback used to be famous. The "outback" is still famous. It epitomises freedom for Australians, and much of Australia's livestock industry relies on the outback. Cattle and sheep stations stretch for thousands of square kilometres through the outback. The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame in central Queensland celebrates everything that the outback represents.
The animals were cattle, sheep, goats, cows.
Australian cattle dogs are most commonly found doing what they were bred to do - rounding up sheep and cattle on dusty Australian sheep and cattle stations. However, they can also commonly be found in suburban areas, as house pets.
The Greek raised goat, sheep, and cattle.
No. While many parts of the outback are desert regions, a large amount is reasonably fertile land, suitable for growing grain crops, or for running sheep and cattle.
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.
Cattle were the animals that mostly were raised at missions