| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Despite having one of the driest landscapes in the world, Australia has been successful in adapting agricultural practices to the land, and these innovations in farming are explained in this well-researched volume. Focusing on the technologies that the farmers and graziers actually used, this book follows the history of each of the major commodities or groups of commodities to the end of the 20th century: grain crops, sheep and wool, beef and dairy, working bullocks and horses, sugar, cotton, fruit and vegetables, and grapes and wine. Major issues facing the various agricultural enterprises as. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Grain crops; 2 Sheep and wool; 3 Beef and dairy products; 4 Working bullocks and horses; 5 Sugar cane; 6 Cotton; 7 Fruit and vegetables; 8 Grapes and wine; References; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Australia.
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Agriculture. |
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Australia. |
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Agriculture -- Australia -- History.
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Henzell, Ted. Australian agriculture. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2007 9780643993426 0643993428 (OCoLC)156762516 |
| ISBN |
9780643094659 (electronic book) |
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0643094652 (electronic book) |
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1283154889 |
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9781283154888 |
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9780643993426 (paperback) |
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0643993428 (paperback) |
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