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encounters here an approximation to the condition of 

 the mediterranean climates ; and this is increasingly the 

 case as one travels farther south. 



These lands within the belts of 20 inches of rain- 

 fall should form excellent wheat and maize territories, 

 but a large part of them also affords a vast scope to 

 pastoral industries. 



Fig. 04. Savana landscape in East Australia. 



Mediterranean Portions of Southern Australia. The 



belt of westerly storms of the austral ocean advances 

 northwards in winter and reaches the two southern ex- 

 tensions of Australia, creating a climate almost exactly 

 similar to that of the Mediterranean. Accordingly, the 

 vegetation of south-western Australia and that of South 

 Victoria is in many respects a replica of that of the 

 Mediterranean, of central Chile, and of California. Its 



