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Technology in Australia 1788-1988Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
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D.E. Tribe
Lynette J. Peel


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Chapter 1 - Innovation, Science and the Farmer

2... Groping In A Strange Environment: 1788-1851
  • 2... The land and its resources
  • 3... Aboriginal use of resources
  • 4... The arrival of Europeans with their technology
  • 5... Technological adaption for human survival
  • 7... Technological adaption for economic survival

9... Farmers Take The Initiative: 1851-1888

  • 9... Setting the scene for change
  • 11... A transplanted community; a transplanted technology
  • 13... The development of appropriate technology
  • 15... Importation, adaptation and innovation in cropping
  • 17... Introduction and innovation in livestock husbandry

20... Enter Education And Science: 1888-1927

  • 21... Colleges of agriculture
  • 23... State Departments of Agriculture
  • 25... University faculties of agriculture and veterinary science
  • 28... Community support for agricultural research

30... Agricultural Science Pays Dividends: 1927-1987

  • 30... CSIR and CSIRO
  • 32... Returns from agricultural research
  • 33... Research funding

35... Examples Of Research And Development 1928-1988

  • 36... Land assessment
  • 39... Improving the environment
  • 46... Adapting to the environment
  • 51... Improving farm management

61... International Aspects Of Agricultural Research

    64... Future Prospects

      68... Acknowledgements

        ....... References


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