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1. In many quarters it has been said that Australia was made "on the backs of sheep" and, in a number of respects this is true. On the backs of which breed of sheep did Australia establish a strong wool industry and an indelible reputation?
2. What did Frederick Wolseley of New South Wales demonstrate in 1888 that would make significant improvement to the value of Australia's wool?
3. Expanding the wheat growing areas through the mallee country of South Australia and southern Victoria proved almost impossible due to the large roots that remained in the ground after clearing until which invention by Richard Bowyer Smith?
4. What drove the Corn Exchange Committee in 1843 to offer a prize of forty pounds to the person who could submit the best plans to create a suitable wheat reaper?
5. Between 1863 and 1904 it was estimated that some 62,000 Pacific Islanders were brought to Queensland primarily as labourers in which industry?
6. Rust was a major problem for Australia's wheat farmers until William Farrer produced which strain of wheat whose name is synonymous with the year it was released?
7. Refrigeration became a key element in getting Australian beef to more lucrative markets. The initial idea occurred to James Harrison, who was working in which field, when he discovered that cleaning type with ether left the metal cold to the touch?
8. One of Australia's most successful businessmen at the turn of the twentieth century was Hugh Victor McKay who made his fortune with the development of which exotic sounding piece of equipment?
9. Which Australian, whose name is synonymous with farm machinery, created the world's first rotary hoe, which revolutionised agriculture worldwide?
10. Which Australian organisation, created in 1926, has been the most prominent source of valuable developments and research that have improved Australia's standing in the wool industry?
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