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Abstract:
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Mount Beaumont is approximately 100 km north-east of Esperance in the south-east of Western Australia. In 1982 an area of 35,000 ha of virgin Crown Land was released for agriculture (identified as Mount Beaumont Stage I) and later it was proposed to release a further 33,600 ha (Mount Beaumont Stage II). Following development of the first stage, doubts arose about the suitability of the soils for agriculture, so the Department of Agriculture (now Agriculture Western Australia) surveyed the soils of the M nt Beaumont Stage II area before further land release. The survey indicated severe limitations to production and as a consequence a further soil survey of the land in Mount Beaumont Stage I was undertaken. The soil series names introduced by Teakly, B lture and would require special management to prevent a rapid decline in productivity following clearing.
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