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As of August 2024, there were 30,805 PALM scheme workers in Australia, one third of whom were living in Queensland. 52% work in farming, 39% work in meat processing and 6% work in accommodation and care. [15] PALM scheme workers make up 10% of Australia's agricultural workforce and 23% of its meat-packing workforce. [10]
Nowadays staff on these stations may work in the homestead and in stock camps. Stockmen, especially ringers, may be seasonal employees. Others include boremen, managers, mechanics , machinery operators (including grader drivers), station and camp cooks, teachers, overseers and bookkeepers .
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
Trail bikes used for mustering, Anna Creek main homestead. Despite its size, in 2007 Anna Creek Station was carrying only 1,500 head of cattle due to the 2000s drought.In 2008, when the station was owned by S. Kidman and Co Ltd, there were eight full-time staff and they were destocking all their cattle. [8]
After this livestock numbers increased from nil to almost 30,000 within around 10 years leading to King Ranch becoming the then-largest tropical cattle property in Australia. The Ranch's Australian operations were divided up and sold off for considerable capital gain in the late 1980s after the death of Kleberg with the area largely being ...
At its height in the early 1900’s, Terrazas owned more than 1 million head of cattle, 700,000 sheep, and 200,000 horses. It employed more than 2000 workers of which 1000 were vaqueros. It was the only ranch in the world that had its own slaughtering and packing plant at the time. [100] [101]
Netflix has unveiled a trailer for the six-part Australian series, premiering Thursday, Oct. 24 on the streamer, with Fringe’s Anna Torv and Longmire’s Robert Taylor among the main cast.
The North Australian Pastoral Company Pty Limited (NAPCO) is now one of Australia's largest beef cattle producers, with a herd of over 180,000 cattle and fourteen cattle stations in Queensland and the Northern Territory. [12] The Australian Agricultural Company (AA Co) manages a cattle herd of more than 585,000 head. [13]