Roger,
Go to the State Library of Queensland and search for photographs of camels +
mining. There's a photo of camels loaded with ore near Cloncurry.
Image number: API-094-0001-0089
http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?ct=display&doc=slq_digitool256634&indx=1&fn=search&ct=search&vid=SLQ&indx=1&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=camels%20mining&srt=rank&vl(D45500790UI0)=any&vl(1UI0)=contains&vl(73443712UI1)=all_items&frbg=&tab=default_tab&mode=Basic&scp.scps=scope%3A(slq_digitool)%2Cscope%3A(SLQ)
Sorry the link is so big.
Regards
Ian Hodkinson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Hutchins" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: More pack animals!
Dear Peter, Thanks for the camel link. BBC world service talked yesterday
about a massive cull of camels Down Under. They said that there are a
million of them. I am still interested in any links to them being used to
carry mining products.
Thanks again and best wishes, Roger.
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> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:45:43 +0930
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: More pack animals!
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> If anyone is still interested in pursuing Australia's feral camels,
> there are two lengthy stories in today's national newspaper:
>
>> 0,25197,25832153-601,00.html>
>
>> 0,25197,25829147-7583,00.html>
>
> Peter Bell
>
> On 14/07/2009, at 4:16 AM, Roger Hutchins wrote:
>
>> I take back the remark about camels and elephants. I have just
>> remembered that camels were taken to Australia as pack animals, and
>> still roam wild in some places.Were the camels used in mining
>> operations? I am sure that some one out there knows.
>> Roger.
>>
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