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=== Agriculture ===
{{main|Agriculture in Australia}}
[[File:StateLibQld 1 125555 Workers on a coffee plantation at Kuranda, Queensland, ca. 1900.jpg|thumb|Coffee plantations in Queensland ca. 1900 contributed to the loss of a lot of native
The primary motivator for land clearing in [[Australia]] is agricultural production. Where soil fertility and rainfall allow, the clearing of land allows for increased agricultural production and increase in land values. Land clearing was seen as progressive, and there was the general view that land was wasted unless it was [[land improvement|developed]].
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