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696 Year Book <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>2001</strong><br />

<strong>Australia</strong>’s proven coal resources are large. Map<br />

18.5 shows that the majority of discovered coal<br />

resources and coal mines are close to densely<br />

populated areas that have port facilities or<br />

electricity generating utilities.<br />

Map 18.6 shows the extent of access to gas<br />

resources in <strong>Australia</strong>. There are three major<br />

pipeline systems: in Western <strong>Australia</strong> connecting<br />

the Carnavon and Perth basins with Perth and<br />

Kalgoorlie; in the the Northern Territory<br />

connecting Darwin and Alice Springs to the<br />

Amadeus basin; and the Eastern pipeline system<br />

connecting the Cooper, Eromanga and Bass Strait<br />

basins to the major cities in eastern <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />

18.5 AUSTRALIAN COAL RESOURCES<br />

Source: LANDINFO 2000.

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