. The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 . he Western Timber Belt. (i.) The Eastern Pastoral Belt. This belt, extending from Sharks Bay through Southern Cross and Norse-man to the Bight, lies approximately between the 8 in. and 13 in. is eminently suited for sheep and cattle. Two great rabbit-proof fences- 118 Federal Handbook. cross this area. One starting from the coast about 50 miles north ofGeraldton runs east through Yalgoo
. The commonwealth of Australia; federal handbook, prepared in connection with the eighty-fourth meeting of the British association for the advancement of science, held in Australia, August, 1914 . he Western Timber Belt. (i.) The Eastern Pastoral Belt. This belt, extending from Sharks Bay through Southern Cross and Norse-man to the Bight, lies approximately between the 8 in. and 13 in. is eminently suited for sheep and cattle. Two great rabbit-proof fences- 118 Federal Handbook. cross this area. One starting from the coast about 50 miles north ofGeraldton runs east through Yalgoo and then due south to the coast aboutTOO miles east of Albany. The other is further east and extends fromnear Hopetoun north towards Sandstone, and thence to the coast north ofPilbarra. These fences are kept efficient by Government maintenance men,and they enable the squatter to cope successfully with the rabbit invasionfrom the east. (ii.) The Central Wheat Belt. This belt lies between the 13 in. and 20 in. isohyets. It extends fromAjana to Hopetoun. A strip of country to the east of Hopetoun will befound as suitable for wheat as Eyres Peninsula in South Australia, but is notyet Fig. 18.—The South-West Province of the Westrahan Plateau. In the north are some rich river flats along the Greenough River. Herealso are the Northampton copper mines. The belt of York gum {Eucalyptusroxophleba) and of white gum {E. redunca) is coincident with the wheatbelt along its whole extent, though the timber is lighter in the north. Geraldton and Dongara are the chief settlements in the north. Thencethe Midland Railway through Mingenew and Giugin traverses the belt toPerth ; while further east a new line through Wongan is under construction. South of Northam a really tremendous development has gone on oflate years. The Great Southern Railway to Albany runs along the west of Physical and General Geography of Australia. 119 the wheat belt through York, Brooktown, Narrogin, Wagin, Kat
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