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In 1839, Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler, second Governor of South Australia, suggested that camels should be imported to work in the semi-arid regions of Australia. The first camel arrived in Australia in 1840, ordered from the Canary Islands by the Phillips brothers of Adelaide (Henry Weston Phillips (1818–1898); George Phillips (1820 ...
Sallay Mahomet, Camel Farm, Alice Springs. Sallay Mahomet (16 September 1911 – 15 July 1983), sometimes spelled Saleh, was an Afghan Australian cameleer and camel trainer who lived for much of his life at Alice Springs. Mahomet is perhaps best known for helping train Robyn Davidson for the 1977 camel expedition that is documented in her book Tracks, and a subsequent 2013 film adaptation ...
This is a list of historic houses or notable homesteads located in Australia. The list has been sourced from a variety of national, state and local historical sources including those listed on the Australian Heritage Database , on the various heritage registers of the States and territories of Australia , or by the National Trust of Australia .
The Tara Festival of Culture and Camel Races is a cultural event held every two years during the first week of August in Tara, Queensland since 2001. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The weekend features live entertainment and multicultural performances, and is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland .
Cubbie Station, the largest irrigation property in the southern hemisphere [citation needed], is located near Dirranbandi, in south west Queensland, Australia.The station comprises 93,000 hectares (230,000 acres) and is operated by CS Agriculture, a joint venture between Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) (49%) and Shandong Ruyi (51%), a textile manufacturer owned by investors ...
The Boulia Camel Races is an Australian camel race held annually every third weekend of July in Boulia, Queensland since 1997. Sometimes called the Melbourne Cup of camel racing, [1] the event is home to the Boulia Camel Cup, the longest camel race in Australia run over 1500 metres. [2] [3] Races are overseen by the regulatory body Racing ...
Westbrook Homestead was constructed in 1867 on land taken up by John "Tinker" Campbell in 1841 as one of the first pastoral runs on the Darling Downs. [1]Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer, first visited the region in which Westbrook is located, the Darling Downs, in 1827.
Fassifern Homestead is a single-storeyed timber residence erected c. 1880 to replace an earlier homestead on the same site. The Fassifern run, first taken up by John Cameron in 1841-1842, was one of the earliest licensed runs in the Moreton pastoral district, which was proclaimed on 10 May 1842.