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[[Holland]] is popularly known for its quaint, picturesque windmills (which were also used to pump water to keep the land dry), but [[Denmark]] also has its share.
[[Holland]] is popularly known for its quaint, picturesque windmills (which were also used to pump water to keep the land dry), but [[Denmark]] also has its share.
Where Holland uses windmills to rid the land of water, [[Australia]] relies on them to supply water. About a third of the land - mostly the vast dry outback regions of central [[Queensland]] and reaching into the [[Northern Territory]], western [[New South Wales]] and northern [[South Australia]] lie atop huge artesian basins (underground water reserves.) There are over 200,000 wind-powered bores bringing this water to the surface, mostly to be enjoyed by sheep and other livestock (and, it sometimes seems, by [[galah]]s.) The "Comet" or "Southern Cross" windmill has been a feature of otherwise featureless Australian outback plains since the 1870s.
==See also==
==See also==