2001
Camel numbers are increasing!
1940
Camels released into
bush, at least
5,000
feral camels
Scale 1 camel on this page = 2,000 camels in the bush
1966
15,000
feral camels,
5,000 in NT
At least
30,000
feral camels in
NT
1990
2001
Around 200,000 feral
camels in the NT
500,000 in Australia
1800
1900
1840
Early days
no camels
first camels
brought to
Australia
at least 10,000 camels
in Australia
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