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Fraser Barton

Perished cattle part of enormous Qld flood cleanup

Queensland flood damage goes much further than structural, with more than 50,000 cattle lost. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

An estimated 50,000 head of cattle have died in far northwest Queensland as the cleanup from major flooding begins.

Communities were left unable to return to their homes in two flooded areas of the Gulf of Carpentaria after late monsoon rains created a vast inland sea earlier this month.

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