Browsing by Author "Frost, Warwick"

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    Agricultural diversification and the decline of wheat : a comparative study of east anglia, California and central Victoria,1850-1910
    (1994-10) Frost, Warwick
    During the second half of the nineteenth century the world wheat crop expanded dramatically however in come rcgiono wheat growing declined and farmers turned to other activities. This paper examines why these changes occurred in three regions East Anglia California and Central Victoria. Were they just due to falling prices or were other factors significant?
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    Agriculture baggage: European and chinese migrants and farming in nineteenth century california and victoria
    (1992-07) Frost, Warwick
    Thomas Edison once noted that most of the important inventions and innovations in the USA had been the work of immigrants rather than of native-born Americans. According to the demographer julian simon the most important effect of immigrants is their contribution to out stock of useful knowledge.The theme of migrants carrying specialist skills and knowledge as part of their invisible culture baggage is a common one in studies of economic development.
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    Australia's wet frontier: The agricultural development of the heavy forests of the atherton tableland, king island and the otway ranges,1880-1920
    (1993-05) Frost, Warwick
    The method generally adopted was tofell all green scrub with a diameter of up to tweive inches during the spring:when the foliage of cut scrub had dried by the end of summer this was set alight. A fierce fire swept the area completely destroying the undergrowth and much of the heavy dry rimber. grass and clover seed was sown immediately in the ash. wich was inches deep in parts. providing a wonderful seed bed: after rain a phenomenal growth ensured
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    Government farmers and the environment : Australia's wet frontier, 1870-1920
    (1994-10) Frost, Warwick
    Historical studies of Australian agriculture have tended to concentrate on the difficulties of farming in a dry environment. The extension of farming in to high-rainfall densely forested regions (what i term the wet frontier) has been almost completely overlooked. This paper is an attempt to redrees this imbalance.It concentrates on the economic and environmental consequences of the clearance and settlement of the wet frontier between 1870 and 1920.Up to about 1890 settlement was slow and often unsuccessful due to the high cost of clearance,environmental problems, deficiencies in transport and government hostility and indifference.However after 1890 increased demand for butter and improvements in production technology transformed the wet frontier in to a highly productive agricultural region.