Cattlemen and Cowboys of Northern Territory
Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Northern Territory.
Also honored
- Alan Woods fl. 1970s-1990s Pioneered Northern Territory cattle exports to Southeast Asia through North Australian Cattle Co, co-founded the NT Livestock Exporters Association in 1980 and helped build the Berrimah export yards.
- Alfred Giles fl. 1870s-1890s Drover and bushman who spent nearly 50 years in the Northern Territory, helped stock Dr W.J. Browne's Springvale and other properties with cattle, horses and sheep, and managed Springvale near Katherine in the early 1890s.
- Frank Shadforth living Gulf Country cattleman at Seven Emus Station who fed, housed and trained young Indigenous people as stockmen.
- Jimmy Hayes living Undoolya Station cattleman whose family has run Poll Herefords since 1946 and who flew cattle to South Korea in the early 1980s.
- John Underwood 1940-2018 Inverway and Riveren cattleman, NTCA president 1990-93 and a key figure in bringing Brahman genetics into NT herds.
- Luke Bowen d. before 2026 NT Cattlemen's Association CEO who guided the industry through the 2011 live export suspension to Indonesia.
- Malcolm Roberts 1934-2023 NT pastoralist at Singleton Station who helped merge four cattle associations into the NTCA and was its president in 2013.
- Marlee Ranacher living Daughter of Sara Henderson who acquired Bullo River Station in 2001 and led a protest to Canberra during the 2011 live export suspension.
- Paul Holmes à Court living Chief of Heytesbury Pastoral, which runs Victoria River Downs and bought the Livestock Express live export fleet in 2026.
- Ross Mortimer d. 2016 aged 87 Territory pastoralist who owned Brunchilly Station on the Barkly Tablelands for over 30 years and chaired the NTCA Barkly Branch.
- Tom Fawcett living Managing director of Fawcett Cattle Company, Adelaide River, since 1963, honoured for livestock transport.
