AustralianCamels
Dromedary camels are found primarily in the Sahara Desert in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East. However the world's largest population of feral dromedary camels, are in the western outback in Australia.Between 1840 and 1907 thousand camels were imported into Australia. These camels were used for riding, draft and pack animals, and exploration. By performing these tasks camels first brought in the explorers, surveyors and road builders. Then the settlers and industry followed. And finally camels supplied critical goods to new settlements and remote mines. Their services were essential to opening up the center of the continent to development. By the 1920s there were an estimated 20,000 domesticated camels in Australia. By 1930 they had done their work, and the new railroads and motor transportation system (roads), which they helped build, replaced them. No longer needed but well suited to Australia's arid interior deserts these feral camels bred prolifically across areas of the Northwest Territory, Western Australia and South Australia, and into parts of Queensland. Today by conservative estimates there are about 500,000 feral camels in central Australia. Some estimates put the population at close to a million.Dromedary camels are found primarily in the Sahara Desert in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East. However the world's largest population of feral dromedary camels, are in the western outback in Australia.Between 1840 and 1907 thousand camels were imported into Australia. These camels were used for riding, draft and pack animals, and exploration. By performing these tasks camels first brought in the explorers, surveyors and road builders. Then the settlers and industry followed. And finally camels supplied critical goods to new settlements and remote mines. Their services were essential to opening up the center of the continent to development. By the 1920s there were an estimated 20,000 domesticated camels in Australia. By 1930 they had done their work, and the new railroads and motor transportation system (roads), which they helped build, replaced them. No longer needed but well suited to Australia's arid interior deserts these feral camels bred prolifically across areas of the Northwest Territory, Western Australia and South Australia, and into parts of Queensland. Today by conservative estimates there are about 500,000 feral camels in central Australia. Some estimates put the population at close to a million
