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| | The Bradfield Scheme - The Greatest Scheme of All |
 | | But Dr. Bradfield is possibly better known for something that he did not build, his magnificent plan for the watering of the inland Australia which he presented to the Queensland government in 1938, following a lifelong interest in irrigation and water conservation. |
 | | Bradfields plan involved diverting the waters of the upper reaches of the Johnson, Tully, Herbert, Burdekin and Flinders Rivers one into the other, then into the Thompson, thence into Lake Eyre, refilling it and, with evaporation, creating a climate change and rainfall throughout inland Australia. |
 | | In evidence on the Bradfield Scheme to the Commonwealth Rural Reconstruction Commission, an engineer - H. Moss, A.M.I.E. (Aust.) - told the commission that some parts of the scheme were feasible, that many of Bradfields claims could not be justified, and that no firm opinion could be expressed on other points without further technical investigation. |
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