| 词条 | 3500 Farms Scheme |
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The 3500 Farms Scheme was a land development scheme to settle areas in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia south of Southern Cross in the late 1920s and early 1930s.[1] PlanningThe idea was first proposed in 1925,[2] with planning originating in 1928 to settle an area of about {{cvt|8000000|acre}}, {{cvt|1000000|acre|abbr=on}} east of Mollerin and {{cvt|7000000|acre|abbr=on}} south of Southern Cross and east of the Great Southern Railway[3] on a total of 3,500 separate farms.[2] A conference was held in Perth to discuss the plan in detail, including the Premier Philip Collier, the Minister of Lands, and E. J. Mulvany of the Development and Migration Commission.[3][4][5] The Premier completed his proposal for the Federal Government in July 1929.[5] The scheme was a result of a tri-party arrangement between the State, Federal and Imperial Governments, with approval from the Development and Migration Commission. It was envisaged that the scheme would produce some 12 million bushels of wheat annually and graze an extra million sheep. It was estimated an additional {{cvt|650|mi}} of railways and {{cvt|3000|mi|abbr=on}} of roads would be required. The total cost of the project was estimated at over £4 million; it would employ some 2,000 men.[6] A 1929 survey indicated that farmers having sufficient water would be an issue. It also found that the area from Norseman to Newdegate had an elevation of {{cvt|900|to|1400|ft}} above sea level with a scattering of higher peaks and knolls. The land sloped south of the Goldfields Railway towards the south coast and was drained by saline depressions and rivers to the coast. The main depressions in the area were in the form of salt lakes or "lake country". Around 90% of the area is underlain by granite and soil formed from these rocks. There are numerous granite outcrops, some as large as several hundred acres. There was little jointing in the granite, meaning that boring for sub-surface water would be near impossible.[7] SalinityHartley Teakle produced a paper on alkali soils in 1928 and 1929.[2] The report was released in early 1930 by the Premier of Western Australia, Philip Collier, causing much consternation in the state parliament.[8] Professor James Arthur Prescott of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, later to become the CSIRO) confirmed Teakle's views on the inappropriateness of developing 3500 farms[9] in his report released early in 1931.[10]AbandonmentThe scheme was abandoned in 1930 by Great Britain due to natural soil salinity and a cause of further dryland salinity.[1] The decision to abandon the scheme was also due to the commencement of the Great Depression rather than just the predicted salt problems. The decision to abandon the scheme was strongly criticised when it was made, mostly by existing settlers in the adjoining Lakes District.[11] References1. ^1 {{cite book|title=Australian Agriculture: Its History and Challenges|author=Ted Henzell|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2007|ISBN=9780643993426}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82980809 |title=3500 Farms scheme |newspaper=The Daily News |volume=XLVIII, |issue=16,893 |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=25 June 1929 |accessdate=2 December 2018 |page=8|via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82980809 |title=3500 Farms Scheme |newspaper=The Daily News |volume=XLVIII, |issue=16,893 |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=25 June 1929 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240335459 |title=3,500 Farms Scheme. |newspaper=The Mullewa Mail |volume= |location=Western Australia |date=27 June 1929 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32294073 |title=3,500 Farms Scheme. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=XLV, |issue=8,441 |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=10 July 1929 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74901337 |title=The 3500 farms scheme. |newspaper=The Northern Times |volume=XXV, |issue=1263 |location=Carnarvon, Western Australia |date=29 May 1930 |accessdate=2 December 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67098893 |title=Land Settlement |newspaper=The Geraldton Guardian And Express |volume=I, |issue=155 |location=Western Australia |date=22 July 1929 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37686078 |title=Wheat and sheep farming 3,500 Farms Scheme. |newspaper=The Western Mail |volume=XLV, |issue=2,297 |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=20 February 1930 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |page=50 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=0&article=1016&context=books&type=additional|title=A History of Salinity in Western Australia Important (and some unimportant) Dates|author1=D Bennett|author2=D K Macpherson|accessdate=1 December 2018|publisher=Department of Agriculture}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37687554 |title=Soil salinity |newspaper=The Western Mail |volume=XLVI, |issue=2,345 |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=22 January 1931 |accessdate=3 December 2018 |page=41 |via=National Library of Australia}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.water.wa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1648/13841.pdf|title=Appreciating and creating our history|author1=Fionnuala Frost|author2=Don Burnside|accessdate=3 December 2018|year=2002|publisher=Department of Water}} 1 : Wheatbelt (Western Australia) |
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