Contents
Compiled by Jo Moloney and other staff of Tangentyere’s Land & Learning
Program, with input and editorial comment from the Central Land Council
Land Management Unit, NT Parks & Wildlife, Centralian Land Management
Association, Greening Australia and the Central
Australian Camel Industry Association.
Copyright 2005
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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Different ideas about camels on country............................3
Where do camels come from?.....................................................4
Camel distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Camel numbers are increasing!............................................6
Special adaptations...........................................................7
Camels can change the desert country...............................8
Camels eat all sorts of plants..................................................9
Camels damage waterholes................................................10
Managing camels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Fencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Protecting waterholes with the ‘Patjarr Spider’.................13
Mustering camels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Selling camels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Cul l ing camels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Examples of camel businesses on Aboriginal lands.......17
Camels for tourism............................................................18
Wild harvest at Docker River............................................19
Docker River camel stew..............................................................20
Who can you contact?...........................................................21
Useful reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
