. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. Australia compared with the United States. Pffhrwin. THE BRITISH ISLES AND EUROPE COMPARED WITH AUSTRALIA The call to England 285 lowed them, forced the governments toenter upon a policy of caution, econ-omy, and retrenchment. A new centurybrought a new spirit. West Australia set the pace with her bold land policyand still bolder water schemes. Theother States quickly followed suit. Vic-toria harnessed her rivers for irrigationand sought the world for farmers to oc-cupy the irrigated lands. Queenslandstarted
. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. Australia compared with the United States. Pffhrwin. THE BRITISH ISLES AND EUROPE COMPARED WITH AUSTRALIA The call to England 285 lowed them, forced the governments toenter upon a policy of caution, econ-omy, and retrenchment. A new centurybrought a new spirit. West Australia set the pace with her bold land policyand still bolder water schemes. Theother States quickly followed suit. Vic-toria harnessed her rivers for irrigationand sought the world for farmers to oc-cupy the irrigated lands. Queenslandstarted a bold railway policy, linking upher lines and opening up the South Wales and South Australia ^have not been behind hand in encouragingtheir primary industries. And the FederalGovernment have started a railway policyof their own, not only in the NorthernTerritory, for which they are directly re-sponsible, but also in the southern part ofthe continent, by initiating the overlandroute between West and South Commonwealths growing ambitionswill probably impel her to seek a widen- ^ South Australia is on the eve
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