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Total Cattle and Sheep numbers (in thousands) for the rangelands of Australia by State/Territory

Total Cattle and Sheep numbers (in thousands) for the rangelands of Australia by State/Territory
Year Queensland New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Northern Territory TOTAL
Cattle Sheep Cattle Sheep Cattle Sheep Cattle Sheep Cattle Sheep Cattle Sheep
1956 7,063 21,893 81 8,456 516 3,215 na na 1,028 33 nc nc
1957 7,193 23,010 99 9,085 550 3,107 187 2,524 1,176 30 9,206 37,759
1958 6,927 22,051 87 8,225 567 3,083 172 2,356 1,244 27 8,999 35,744
1959 6,625 21,923 89 8,380 568 3,210 158 2,530 1,099 19 8,541 36,064
1960 6,743 23,117 90 8,834 578 3,091 137 2,447 1,111 15 8,660 37,505
1961 6,732 21,986 99 8,343 587 3,297 114 2,205 1,154 16 8,688 35,848
1962 6,818 21,995 113 8,690 618 3,453 97 2,245 1,063 10 8,711 36,394
1963 6,949 22,709 112 9,387 660 3,417 102 2,144 1,086 9 8,911 37,668
1964 7,107 24,223 137 9,634 659 3,665 121 2,433 1,105 10 9,130 39,966
1965 7,094 23,907 114 8,415 631 3,842 132 2,368 1,067 9 9,040 38,543
1966 6,598 18,288 82 5,727 614 3,871 99 2,364 1,032 9 8,427 30,261
1967 6,625 19,210 67 5,790 628 3,984 105 2,294 1,097 8 8,524 31,287
1968 7,053 19,859 83 6,612 643 3,934 127 2,197 1,130 9 9,037 32,613
1969 7,337 20,243 110 7,936 708 4,225 153 2,484 1,185 7 9,494 34,897
1970 7,156 16,379 104 7,195 766 4,003 142 2,638 1,179 8 9,349 30,225
1971 7,550 14,722 129 7,145 745 3,796 129 2,386 1,145 9 9,701 28,059
1972 8,604 14,557 181 7,392 756 3,559 159 2,444 1,165 6 10,867 27,961
1973 9,377 13,310 168 5,029 796 3,304 175 2,381 1,237 2 11,755 24,027
1974 9,867 13,086 219 4,846 818 3,187 200 2,429 1,320 1 12,427 23,550
1975 10,424 13,877 270 5,209 867 3,198 267 2,578 1,434 1 13,264 24,865
1976 10,906 13,569 302 5,455 944 3,427 237 2,530 1,602 1 13,993 24,984
1977 11,120 13,278 313 5,399 993 3,143 270 2,375 1,663 1 14,361 24,197
1978 11,118 13,416 240 4,816 977 2,357 243 1,942 1,681 1 14,260 22,533
1979 10,514 13,567 184 4,658 954 2,190 241 2,008 1,785 1 1,3679 22,427
1980 9,962 12,138 136 4,308 957 1,858 211 2,196 1,730 1 12,997 20,503
1981 9,554 10,596 119 3,761 940 1,922 18 2,255 1,675 1 1,2471 18,537
1982 9,418 12,317 130 4,318 930 2,137 165 2,154 1,624 1 12,268 20,929
1983 9,008 12,188 82 4,459 869 2,314 111 1,413 1,547 1 11,618 20,377
1984 8,844 13,002 96 5,240 897 2,237 90 1,453 1,390 1 11,318 21,934
1985 9,092 14,011 104 5,989 842 2,429 110 1,765 1,484 1 11,635 24,197
1986 9,317 14,282 107 6,093 837 2,679 143 1,838 1,457 1 11,864 24,894
1987 8,729 14,602 111 6,117 863 2,736 167 1,919 1,439 1 11,311 25,377
1988 8,501 14,340 124 6,503 858 2,443 183 1,917 1,344 0 11,012 25,204
1989 8,661 14,845 156 7,231 898 2,389 197 2,022 1,388 0 11,301 26,488
1990 8,967 16,637 164 7,386 876 2,601 216 2,230 1,327 0 11,552 28,855
1991 9,479 17,401 168 7,197 751 2,567 204 2,236 1,352 0 11,956 29,404
1992 9,636 15,237 142 5,526 766 2,392 161 1,967 1,334 0 1,2041 25,124
1993 9,493 13,380 164 4,895 716 2,287 189 1,952 1,347 0 11,910 22,515
1994 9,494 11,527 209 5,208 740 2,464 193 1,909 1,435 0 12,073 21,109
1995 9,366 11,459 209 4,909 802 2,359 190 1,914 1,420 0 11,990 20,642
1996 9,574 10,586 203 5,151 792 2,356 178 1,977 1,503 0 12,252 20,072
1997 10,421 10,527 200 4,932 799 2,381 191 1,736 1,608 0 13,222 19,577
1998 10,867 10,992 18 4,612 905 2,681 224 1,790 1,567 0 13,752 20,076
1999 10,747 10,556 190 3,952 844 2,048 217 1,779 1,567 0 13,566 18,336

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