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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
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Kimberley Research Station : A Progress Report, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Kimberley Research Station : A Progress Report, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
INTEREST in the agricultural potential of the Kimberley region in Western Australia dates from its early exploration and settlement in the last century.
Several farming development schemes were considered for the area, but were never implemented.
This could be mainly attributable to lack of knowledge of agricultural potentialities, limitations of the local environment and ways of exploiting the local environment.
Up to the present the economy of the region is almost entirely based upon the extensive production of beef and to a lesser extent, wool.