Rabbits Creating Deserts
In many parts of Australia the destruction of pastures by rabbits has allowed rolling sand hills to spread over the land. The pastoralist-explorer Mr Donald Mackay, referring to a vast area of Central Australia, said: “Mile after mile of the country from Charlotte Waters to West Australia is in a miserable condition. It must have carried millions of rabbits at one time, and they have eaten everything, ringbarking the trees, and leaving dead stumps. There are not many rabbits there now—there is not much of anything—and it is only a matter of time before the country becomes a waste of shifting sand dunes.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)
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106Rabbits Creating Deserts Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)
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