A shared harvest : the Australian wheat industry, 1939-1989

Part 1 The postwar industry in context: forging the wheat belt, 1860-1939 market instability and grower resentment, 1860-1939 the fight for a shared harvest, 1930-1948 overview of production, prices and trade, 1948-1989. Part 2 Growing wheat, the domestic environment: a revolution in production practices moving and storing wheat life on the farm the quest for stability, 1948-1974 maintaining the status quo, 1948-1974 the drive for greater efficiency, 1974-1989. Part 3 Selling wheat, the international environment a monopoly seller in a competitive world discriminating buyers - a quality-conscious market.