What are the main ways people make a living in Australia’s tropical savannas?
The main areas of employment can be summarised as: the Grazing Industry, management of National Parks, Tourism, the Australian Defense Force, the Mining industry, Aboriginal land use and the Horticulture industry. There are also urban centres which require infrastructure, goods and services and therefore generate employment in areas such as local and state government, hospitals, schools, and hospitality. Until a few decades ago, cattle grazing was the main economic base of the tropical savannas, accompanied by lesser, but more intensive uses such as mining, agriculture or urban development. More recently however, mining and tourism have become the dominant economic industries, although their use of land area remains relatively small. In terms of sheer numbers most people in the tropical savannas live in the major towns where provision of government and other services, tourism and defense are the major occupations. Across the vast landscapes that make up the rangelands of the tropical s
