โ Scribed by Read, John
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TIic chic[ iinturnl soiirccs of cncrgy in B u s t r n h :ire conl, brown con], and water power. -4ltliough two-filth of thc continent Ilns a rainfall of less t h n 1.0 in. pcr nnnuiii, t.Iie ])ossibiLitics of developing Iiydro-clcctric p w c r i n tlic cilstcr11 constnl zonc, froin Q ~~~i i ~l n ~i d to Ilhnnnin, arc wry considerable. I n t h e nbscnce of iintuml pctrolcuni, Quccnsliind i n IxirticuInr offers nt,trnctivc prospects for tlw production of power alcohol on a large scnlc. Tlic occiirrcncca of n:it,ural gas and kcrosciic slink arc intcrcstiiig but. of minor importa nce . Matard ~e~rolei~n.-~~lthougiigli anttirid pctrolciini hns not yet been discovered in Australia propr, it lins becn struck in siiiall nmounts in I'npii:i, t h part of New Guinea unclcr Austrnliiin innntlatc. Oil from tlic lrnililln field is reiiinrknbly dean and free Iron1 odour ; it yields 36% of benzinc and 4!YY0 of kcroscnc ; n I d rcscniblcs Bor~ico pctrolcuin in contnining npprccinblc :inlotints of bciizeuc and homologoiis n r o m t i c ltyilrocnrbons. . It consists lnrgcly of pnrnfflins, nntl pure sl)cciiiicns of higher fnictioiis (Hcarl mid IViIliiiins,
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