Scrub rolling near Warooka |
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| Title : | Scrub rolling near Warooka |
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| Date of creation : | ca. 1910 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Land clearing was done for the best of reasons: opening up land for agricultural purposes. However it also resulted in the loss of habitat for birds and animals and of the local flora. The clearance of scrub has resulted in dryland salinity appearing in many parts of Australia. |
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| Period : | 1884-1913 |
| Region : | Yorke Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Whitelock, Derek. Conquest to conservation : history of human impact on the South Australian environment,Cowandilla, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 1985 Tim Dendy and Joan Murray (eds). From conflict to conservation : native vegetation management in Australia : a focus on the South Australian program and other Australian initiatives, past present and future : seminar proceedings, Adelaide, 21 November 1995, Adelaide : South Australian Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, 1996. |
| Internet links : | South Australia: Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation. Select land management |
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