Australia. Guide to Australia

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Lake Frome ( Frome) - A large closed lake in the Australian state South Australia,located to the east of the Flinders Ranges.

Frome is a large, shallow lake is drying up, covered with a crust of salt. The lake is about 100 км, and width - 40 км. Mokmf the lake is below sea level. Lake occasionally fills with water from the River Strzelecki Creek in the north.

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With 1795, when the first white settlers moved for partial self-sufficiency in basic foodstuffs, until the end of World War II was agriculture, and especially the sheep, was the foundation of the Australian economy. Although the development of industry, agriculture lost its leading position, the industry still lies at the heart of the country's wealth.

The expression "Australia rides on the sheep" justify himself for a hundred years - from 1820 up to about 1920. Using imported into 1797 from Cape of Good Hope, several Spanish Merino, as well as other, imported from England a little later, John MacArthur and his wife Elizabeth by careful breeding brought a new breed - Australian merino.

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Vegetable gardening meets the needs of Australian, and in the last decade the area under vegetables increased, a range of crops grown.

Although most of them, intended for fresh consumption, is still grown in small farms intensively cultivated suburban, development of transport contributed to the establishment of vegetable farms in areas with the most suitable soils and low cost of land. Most of the vegetables for canning and freezing is produced in irrigated areas.

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