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Very good insight about the Australian camels. Wish to hear also about the emerging dairy role of camels.
Yes, that will be the topic of my next blog…thanks, Raziq!
Actually, I think Australia may be leadidng the pack in many camel related matters.
Dear Janice, thanks! Let me research where there are any camel dairies near Sydney…the ones I visitd are near Brisbane, but there are about a dozen of them in Australia. The milk is however very expensive. but I think its worth it!
Glad to see the use of “Afghan” in quotes, as less than 10% of the imported cameleers were from Afghanistan. The term “Muslim cameleers” is not correct either, if referring to all the imported cameleers, as a substantial proportion were from India, and substantial numbers of those were Hindi etc. So calling the train the Ghan was a furphy!
Also, the camels and their cameleers were not “unemployed” just because of the rail, but the expansion of other motorised vehicles where previously camels reigned supreme. In Central Australia, camels were still being used in some areas into the early ’60’s, three decades after the rail reached Alice Springs.
Thanks, Rod, for those comments. I would love to have some more information about the cameleers that were from India. Are any details available? Since most of the camel breeders in India are Hindus, I would presume there were quite a few Hindus.
one more of your adventurous new experiences! I find these informations you got by the impressing Debi very interesting and I am looking forward to the dairy ones.