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Earnings Per Share - Summary of Earnings Per Share (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018
Earnings attributable to BHP shareholders
Continuing operations	$ 4,064	$ 1,869	$ 6,652
Total	$ 3,764	$ 2,015	$ 3,705
Weighted average number of shares
Basic	5,303	5,323	5,323
Diluted	5,318	5,338	5,337
Basic earnings per ordinary share
Continuing operations	$ 0.766	$ 0.351	$ 1.250
Total	0.710	0.379	0.696
Diluted earnings per ordinary share
Continuing operations	0.764	0.350	1.246
Total	$ 0.708	$ 0.377	$ 0.694

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The weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. [Refer: Ordinary shares [member]; Weighted average [member]]

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