"terryc" wrote in message
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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.

well, if that's the case i'm sure there's no need for you to be sorry. :-)

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

i'm not sure what is "moronic" about that.
kylie