Three young city school leavers have become the first in their families to join the agriculture industry.The next generation are moving up in the industry, with more young women applying for rural jobs.
They are based at north-west Queensland cattle property Devoncourt Station for their university placement. She decided to do a gap year in the Northern Territory and never looked back, even changing her degree to agriculture. Ms Cole said misconceptions contributed to her city peers' lack of interest in working in agriculture."There's probably a bit of a stigma that you can't really go into the industry if you haven't grown up on a property, but I think that's so wrong."