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Skeleton Weed : The 1974 Narembeen Campaign, C R. Chambers
Skeleton Weed : The 1974 Narembeen Campaign, C R. Chambers
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Skeleton weed took an alarming, historic turn in Western Australia at the 1974 New Year.
After a decade of an almost complacent pattern—control of one or two small outbreaks annually by the Agriculture Protection Board— general alarm erupted with the discovery of big areas at Pithara and mainly Narembeen.
What followed was a massive movement and engagement of not only Department staff but also the farming community in an attempt to beat this outbreak.