Editing Kakadu National Park (section)

====Buffalo hunters====
[[File:Buffalo.jpg|thumb|right|[[Domestic water buffalo|Water buffalo]] in the wetlands]]
[[Domestic Asian water buffalo|Water buffalo]] had a large influence on the Kakadu region as well. By the 1880s the number of buffaloes released from early settlements had increased to such an extent that commercial harvesting of hides and horns was economically viable. The industry began on the Adelaide River, close to Darwin, and moved east to the [[Mary River (Northern Territory)|Mary River]] and Alligator Rivers regions.

Most of the buffalo hunting and skin curing was done in the dry season, between June and September, when buffaloes congregated around the remaining [[billabong]]s. During the wet season hunting ceased because the ground was too muddy to pursue buffalo and the harvested hides would rot. The buffalo-hunting industry became an important employer of Aboriginal people during the dry-season months.