Australia's Agricultural Transformation

Chance discoveries and world-leading research transformed Australias agriculture. They made farming possible in marginal areas and more sustainable everywhere. How did it happen and who made it happen? The story starts with earliest discoveries such as Amos Howards finding subterranean clover in 1889 through the golden era of research the spread of annual legumes and the breeding of a new crop grain lupin to creating new wine-growing regions such as Margaret River to the present time. Central to...See More