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The Impacts of the Sugar Cane Industry on the Great Barrier Reef

Sugar is one of the most important Australian crops, with a gross production value exceeding $1 billion per year.^[1] The nation is the world's second largest exporter of raw sugar.^[2]
Sugar cane was brought on the first British voyage to establish an Australian colony in 1788, but the first successful sugar cane plantation was not established until 1862.^[3]
95% of Australia's sugar production occurs in Queensland, the state bordering the Great Barrier Reef.^[2]

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 == Sugar Cane in Australia ==
 *Sugar is one of the most important Australian crops, with a gross production value exceeding $1 billion per year.<ref name="Ag1"> ''About Australian crop industries''. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/about-crops </ref> The nation is the world's second largest exporter of raw sugar.<ref name="Ag2">''Sugar''. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/sugar </ref>
+*Sugar cane was brought on the first British voyage to establish an Australian colony in 1788, but the first successful sugar cane plantation was not established until 1862.<ref name ="History">''The History of the Sugar Industry''. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.sugarmuseum.com.au/the-history-of-the-sugar-industry/ </ref>
 *95% of Australia's sugar production occurs in Queensland, the state bordering the Great Barrier Reef.<ref name ="Ag2"></ref>