The wallaby menace in the Kimberleys

Authors

C D. Gooding, Department of AgricultureFollow
L A. Harrison, Department of AgricultureFollow

Keywords

Western Australia, Wallaby, Wallaby control

Disciplines

Animal Sciences

First Page Number

42

Last Page Number

57

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Soon after the pastoral development of the Kimberleys commenced in the "eighties" of the last century, the presence of large numbers of "Frontage Wallabies" (Macropus wallabia agilis) became a matter of serious concern to the settlers. These animals ate almost the same foods as the sheep and cattle and were capable of substantially reducing the stock-carrying capacity of a holding.

This illustrated article describes how wallabies used to be culled.

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Recommended Citation

Gooding, C D. and Harrison, L A. (1953) "The wallaby menace in the Kimberleys," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3: Vol. 2: No. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture3/vol2/iss3/5