Land on which kauri trees once grew, often still yielding valuable kauri gum but typically with poor-quality soil.
deep drains were cut through the gum country
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Is there much gum country in the district?
The gum country varies in quality.
They began leasing huge areas of gum country and engaging diggers to work it.
The development of the district really commenced with the coming of the railway, transforming it from "useless gum country" to the rich and fertile land of today.
The "Gum Country" lies to the north of Auckland, and fossil gum from by-gone kauri trees is obtained in large quantities.
Ten miles out the red gum country begins.
Some of these areas of gum country have been in private hands for years.
The remaining 810 acres is poor gum country.
The Government have a lot of gum country up north, where gum-digging was going on prior to the war.
Draining and cultivation will stop the nuisance in dug-over gum country.