Developmentalism and its environmental legacy: The Western Australia wheatbelt, 1900-1990s

Australian Journal of Politics and History

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 403-415

  Beresford, Quentin ^a  

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EID: 0035536679     PISSN: 00049522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8497.00236     Document Type: Review

References (61)

1. 1 S. Glynn, Government Policy and Agricultural Development. A Study of the Role of Government in the Development of the Western Australian Wheatbelt, 1900-1930 (Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1975).
2. 2 See K.J. Walker, "Statist Development in Australia", in K.J. Walker and K. Crowley eds, Australian Environmental Policy. Studies in Decline and Devolution (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1999).
3. 3 A. Conacher, "Dryland agriculture and secondary salinity', in W. Hanley and M. Cooper eds, Man and the Australian Environment (Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1986), p. 114.
4. 4 G. Sutton, Comes the Harvest. Half a Century of Agricultural Progress in Western Australia 1900-1949 (Perth: West Australian Newspapers Ltd, 1952), p. 3.
5. 5 W.E. Wood, "Increase in Salt and Streams Following the Destruction of Native Vegetation', Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 20, 7 (1924).
6. 6 V. Laurie, "Salt 'n' Science", The Weekend Australian Review, 2000, p. 8.
7. 7 Legislative Council, Select Committee on Salinity Discussion Paper (Perth: Legislative Council 1988) p. ii.
8. 8 R. Short and C. McConnell, Extent and Impacts of Salinity (Perth: Agriculture WA, 2000).
9. 9 E.J. Harman and B.W. Head, State, Capital and Resources in the north and west of Australia (Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press 1982); L. Layman, "Development Ideology in Western Australia, 1933-1965", Historical Studies, 40, 79 (1982); B.W. Head, "Western Australia: The pursuit of growth", in B.W. Head ed., The Politics of Development in Australia (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1986).
10. 9 E.J. Harman and B.W. Head, State, Capital and Resources in the north and west of Australia (Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press 1982); L. Layman, "Development Ideology in Western Australia, 1933-1965", Historical Studies, 40, 79 (1982); B.W. Head, "Western Australia: The pursuit of growth", in B.W. Head ed., The Politics of Development in Australia (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1986).
11. 9 E.J. Harman and B.W. Head, State, Capital and Resources in the north and west of Australia (Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press 1982); L. Layman, "Development Ideology in Western Australia, 1933-1965", Historical Studies, 40, 79 (1982); B.W. Head, "Western Australia: The pursuit of growth", in B.W. Head ed., The Politics of Development in Australia (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1986).
12. 10 Legislative Council, 1988; State Salinity Council, Salinity Action Strategy, 2000.
13. 10 Legislative Council, 1988; State Salinity Council, Salinity Action Strategy, 2000.
14. 11 M. Forrest, "Public Administration and the Executive", in R. Pervan and C. Sharman eds, Essays on Western Australian Politics (Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1979) p. 70.
15. 12 Glynn, Government Policy and Agricultural Development, 1975.
16. 13 Sutton, Comes the Harvest, p. 3
17. 14 Report of the Royal Commission on the Mallee Belt and Esperance Lands (Votes and Proceedings 1917), D. vi.
18. 15 The Agricultural Bank Royal Commission Report (Perth: Government Printer, 1934) p. 58
19. 16 Ibid., p. 25.
20. 17 Report of the Royal Commission into Group Settlement (Votes and Proceedings, 1925), p. iv.
21. 18 Agricultural Bank Royal Commission, p. 17
22. 19 G. Bolton, A Fine Country to Starve In (Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1972), p. 28.
23. 20 Sutton, Comes the Harvest, pp. 3-4.
24. 21 Rural Reconstruction Commission 1944. Settlement and Employment of Returned Men on the Land, 1944, p. 7.
25. 22 Land Settlement Board (Votes and Proceedings, 1951), p. 22.
26. 23 Western Australia Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 1965, 167, p. 1656.
27. 24 R.J. Twigg, "The impact of European Settlement on the Environment of Jerramungup" (Perth: Murdoch University, nd), p. 5.
28. 25 Western Australia Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 1965, 167, p. 1659.
29. 26 Industries Assistance Commission, New Land Farms. Assistance to new land farms in Western (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1975) pp. ii-iii.
30. 27 Ibid., p. 4.
31. 28 Western Farmer and Grazier, 3 June 1981.
32. 29 R. Richards, "Structure and Process' in Diversity and Dust. A review of the impact of land clearing programs in South West of Australia (Hawthorn: Australian Conservation Foundation, 1984), p. 17.
33. 30 Esperance Express, 2 September 1981.
34. 31 Report of the Royal Commission on Mallee Belt and Esperance Lands, 1917, p. xiv.
35. 32 Cited in Bolton, A Fine Country to Starve In, p. 71.
36. 33 L.J.H. Teakel and G.H. Burvill, "The management of Salt Lands in Western Australia", Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia, 22, 2 (1945), p. 88.
37. 34 G.H. Burvill, "The Salt Problem in the Wheatbelt", Journal of Agriculture WA (June 1950), pp 174-120.
38. 35 G.H. Burvill, "Soil salinity in the Agricultural Areas of Western Australia", Appendix 5, Salinity Problems in Western Australian Catchments with Particular Reference to Wellington Dam, Public Works Department, 251/51, p. 1.
39. 36 The Western Mail, 12 July 1951
40. 37 Western Australia Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 1964, 167, p. 294.
41. 38 Transcript G.H. Burvill, 19 August 1981, Burvill papers.
42. 39 Walker, Statist Development in Australia, p. 25.
43. 40 G.H Burvill, "The forward move, 1889-1929' in G.H. Burvill ed., Agriculture in Western Australia. 150 Years of Development and Achievement 1829-1979 (Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1979), p. 13.
44. 41 Report of the Royal Commission on Group Settlement, 1925, p. iii.
45. 42 Forests Department Annual Report, 1920, p. 3.
46. 43 Industries Assistance Commission, 1975, p. 49.
47. 44 Annual Report of the Land Settlement Board, 1951, p. 25.
48. 45 C. Ayris, "How the West was Lost", The West Australian, Big Weekend, 18 March 1989, pp. 12-13.
49. 46 The West Australian, 29 May 1954.
50. 47 P. Bridgeman and G. Davis, Australian Policy Handbook (St Leonards: Allen and Unwin 1998), p. 11.
51. 48 Department of Agriculture Annual Report 1951, Votes and Proceedings 1952, 2, p. 5.
52. 49 Department of Agriculture, 1954, Votes and Proceedings, 2, p. 34.
53. 50 Ibid., 1953, 2, p. 35.
54. 51 Burvill papers.
55. 52 The West Australian, 9 June 1966.
56. 53 Dr G. Robertson, Transcript of Evidence, 14 April, 1988
57. 54 Memo dated 14 August 1973, in possession of C.M. Malcolm, Denmark.
58. 55 Legislative Council, 1988, p. 5.
59. 56 S. Dovers, "Still Settling Australia: environment, history, and policy", in S. Dovers, Environmental History and Policy. Still Settling Australia (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 4.
60. 57 See for example Sutton, Comes the Harvest and Burvill, Agriculture in Western Australia. Note: papers belonging to G.H. Burvill were given by him to Dr David Bennett (exCSIRO) who passed them on for use in this project. They will be deposited with State Archives.
61. 57 See for example Sutton, Comes the Harvest and Burvill, Agriculture in Western Australia. Note: papers belonging to G.H. Burvill were given by him to Dr David Bennett (exCSIRO) who passed them on for use in this project. They will be deposited with State Archives.