Assistance to cotton growers, Upper Burnett and Callide Valley, 1937

Assistance to cotton growers, Upper Burnett and Callide Valley, 1937. Under the Cotton Production Relief Scheme, advances were made to ‘necessitous' cotton growers in the Upper Burnett and Callide Valleys. In 1937, a total of £20,000 was made available from the Unemployment Relief Scheme of which just over £14,317 was spent. These images show the clearing and burning of native vegetation to make way for increased cotton production. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937