Roping in the History of Broncoing
Abstract
For most of its white settlement history Australia has been, and remains, one of the great cattle lands of the world. More than a third of the continent - a million square miles - is devoted to cattle raising, and over twenty-four million head now roam its pastures. For decades the settler frontier was a cattle frontier, with great herds being pushed ever on until the last corners of the continent were reached, and today the mythology of the outback is filled with images of the cattle trade - black and white stockmen, the drover and his 'boy', cattle duffers, Aboriginal cattle-spearers and giant cattle stations.