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640 Year Book <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>2001</strong><br />

15.41 SHEEP AND LAMBS—1994 to 1999<br />

1994<br />

1995<br />

At 31 March<br />

mill.<br />

mill.<br />

mill.<br />

mill.<br />

mill.<br />

mill.<br />

Sheep (1 year and over)<br />

Breeding ewes 60.8 (a) 57.2 57.4 55.7 55.6<br />

Other sheep (b) 42.1 94.0 34.5 32.4 31.8 30.4<br />

Lambs (under 1 year) 29.7 26.8 29.4 30.5 30.0 29.5<br />

Total sheep and lambs 132.6 120.9 121.1 120.2 117.5 115.5<br />

(a) Not separately collected. (b) Includes rams, wethers and non-breeding ewes.<br />

1996<br />

Source: AgStats (7117.0); Agricultural Commodities, <strong>Australia</strong>, 1998–99 (7121.0).<br />

1997<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

15.42 SHEEP AND LAMBS, Total Number—31 March 1997<br />

DARWIN<br />

BRISBANE<br />

PERTH<br />

SYDNEY<br />

Sheep and lambs per sq km<br />

ADELAIDE<br />

CANBERRA<br />

250 or more<br />

100 – 250<br />

10 – 100<br />

Less than 10<br />

MELBOURNE<br />

HOBART<br />

(a) This map has been generated using small area data from the 1996–97 Agricultural Census.<br />

Source: AgStats (7117.0).

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