Question

"Australia is the largest producer of wool in the world" what are geographical advantages of this?
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Answer 1

At present Australia produces somewhere around 30% of the World’s wool requirements. Australia produces around 50% of the World’s ‘Apparel’ wool. Apparel wool is the higher quality and finer wool that is mainly used for high fashion clothing. Australia’s climate, especially in the drier inland areas is ideal for fine wool production, and the Australian bred Merino sheep produces large quantities of this fine wool under these conditions. Australia has been a leading innovator for quite some time in the selective breeding of sheep for wool production as well as innovation in the manufacture and presentation of wool products.

Australia therefore produces a large proportion of the World’s annual wool production and most of this wool is of high quality. Australia can consistently produce the wool of highest quality, the super-fine wools of less than 19 microns, which are in demand for high quality clothing, and commands high prices at auction. Australia has been producing wool of the highest quality in great quantities since the early 1800’s and has been the World’s largest exporter of greasy wool since 1870. Without Australian wool production, Australia would never have become as prosperous and established as it is today. It may have even been left behind in history as a failed state.

Australia doesn’t manufacture much of the World’s wool products but most of the World’s most expensive suits will have wool in them that was grown in Australia.

Answer 2

Answer:

Australia's climate is extreme, especially in the drier inland areas is suitable for fine wool production.

Explanation:

Australia is famous for the production of wool. Its climate, especially in the drier inland areas is suitable for fine wool production, and the Australian-bred Merino sheep is one of the largest producers of this fine wool.

In Australia, where weather conditions can be particularly extreme, sheep live a mostly hassle-free life due to the natural insulating and cooling properties of their wool.

Australian sheep produce about 345 million kilos of wool every year – that is about one-quarter of the world’s wool. This makes Australia the world’s largest and leading producer of wool, followed by China, Russia, New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, the UK, and Uruguay. 98% of total Australia’s wool is exported, with the vast majority of this exported to China for cloth manufacturing. In 2017/18, The wool sold by Australia was equivalent to 869 million wool jumpers suits.

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