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Joe Hinchliffe

Common wealth: how Birdsville adapted an age-old English custom for the outback

Birdsville Don Rowlands Michael Adams Darren England

Two cows visible in the foreground on sandy grassy earth with the sun setting in the background — Cattle graze the town common in Birdsville, Queensland. Photograph: Michael Adams

A sun-scorched sign at the entrance to Birdsville informs visitors the town’s population is 115 – plus or minus 7,000 people.

The hordes of visitors who will flock to the far-flung town this week for its iconic horse races accounts for the numerical equivocation.

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