The rolling landscape of Anna Creek
Hundreds of kilometers where you can only see cattle — and beautiful rolling landscapes. Anne Creek represents rural Australia.
It looks like the setting of an American western movie, but it’s actually on the other side of the Pacific. Anna Creek is the largest cattle ranch in the world: It has 24 thousand km2240 times more than the city of Lisbon. I could only stay in one of the largest countries in the world, the giant and almost entirely rural Australia.
After being discovered in the 19th century, this giant land used for livestock farming has had several owners.
IN 1935, Anna Creek became the headquarters of the gigantic pastoral block under the management of the McLean and Nunn families, an association that lasted for 100 years.
Full of incredible landscapes (although not very green — after all, it is grazing land), this incredible farm was recently, in December 2016, acquired by the Williams Cattle Company, which purchased Anna Creek Station along with another piece of land, Peake Station, recalls the company itself in its .
Despite everything, according to ABC, the holders of indigenous territorial rights are the Arabana people, native to the region. He is the one who reports to the State when there are illegal movements in the area. Last week, the owners of Anna Creek Station were even accused of illegal dam construction.
Anna Creek is a symbol of rural Australia, and represents 90% of the nation, made up of farmland and livestock — yes, only 10% of Australia is inhabited.
Carolina Bastos Pereira, ZAP //
