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FORESTRY IN AUSTRALIA. 



1. Topography. 



At a moderate distance from the east coast the Great Dividing 

 Range runs from the northern part of Queensland through New 

 South Wales to Victoria, when it sweeps round to the west in the 

 direction of South Australia. In Queensland the Dividing Range 

 is of moderate elevation, from 3,000 to 5,000 feet at the southern 



Fig. 10. 



Sketch Map showing the Positions of the several Australian States. 



1. Queensland. 



2. New South Wales. 



3. Victoria. 



4. South Australia. 



5. West Australia. 



6. Northern Territory. 



7. Tasmania. 



boundary. In New South Wales it is more elevated, reaching 

 near the Victorian boundary its greatest height, 7,300 feet, 

 Excepting a belt of low land along the coast the country between 

 the sea and the dividing range consists of broken ground present- 

 ing a series of interrupted plateaux between which numerous 

 short streams find their way to the sea. On the west of the 

 dividing range the ground descends much more gradually. 



