Agriculture in Western Australia: 150 Years of Development and Achievement 1829-1979 (Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series) edited by G H Burvill
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Agriculture in Western Australia: 150 Years of Development and Achievement 1829-1979 (Sesquicentenary Celebrations Series) edited by G H Burvill

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780855641542
Author: G H Burvill (editor)
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Place: Nedlands WA
Year: 1979
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 397 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to foredges. Previous owner has stuck newspaper article to half-title page. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Sunning to spine. Interior and binding are still very good.

Western Australia made very slow progress from 1829 until the gold rush of the 1890s. Isolation, infertile soils, a lack of portable water, and poisonous but palatable indigenous plants all made farming and pastoral pursuits very difficult. Sheep and cattle multiplied, however, and from 1963, the natural grazing lands of the North West were utilised in vast holdings.

When the 1890s brought the gold seekers, much human food and animal feed was imported. Sir John Forrest encouraged farming through free homestead farms and government loans to settlers. The Bureau of Agriculture provided technical advice from 1894.

Superphosphates were introduced in the 1890s. They improved soil fertility substantially, especially on the coastal sand plains and ironstone gravel soils of the forest country of the Southwest.

The 20th Century witnessed tremendous progress, especially in the state's winter rainfall areas of the South West. The determination of farmers combined with scientific and technical expertise combined to solve many unique plant and animal problems. Wheat and wool became the major products, with Western Australia contributing to the country's production. (back book flap)


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