terryc wrote:
0tterbot wrote:

i'm not sure about that. it's more likely to have been that in those
locations, there was a resource to exploit & so they did. it has
meant that no thought went into doing things alternatively.

Sorry, but it was the government that decided to start the irrigation
areas to prevent further food shortages as occurred post federation.

Some were government sponsored and some were private. The continued
development has been a mix as well. The Gov re-settled soldiers in some
irrigation areas and the private sector went to make a buck. I don't see
any point in bashing either public or private over this, there is plenty of
blame to go around for all.

The blame game has been going on for decades now, it could be time to stop
it and get on with a future plan that will actually work.


What other moron would turn 60,000 acre grazing properties into 600
acre farms or smaller orchard lots as they did around Mildura.

Do you have any evidence that this happened, who was responsible or that it
was a great problem?

David