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AUSTRALASIA. 



for consideration, whether a Commonwealth forest school 

 should not be established in the country — a proposal which 

 has already been made by the above-mentioned Victorian 

 Commission. 



Area of Land Unalienated in Australasia in 1902. 



Area in Square Miles. 



Queensland 642,000 



New South Wales 227,000 



Victoria 50,000 



South Australia 359,000 



Western Australia 960,000 



Tasmania 18,000 



New Zealand 67,000 



2,323,000 



Even after deducting one and a half million square miles of 

 unproductive land, 800,000 square miles remain unalienated. 



