Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest, is a practice described in the Hebrew Bible that became a legally enforced entitlement of the poor in a number of Christian kingdoms.
Much of the region is an ancient highland, but there is basaltic bedrock near Cooma and Nimmitabel that produce the only true chernozems in the whole continent, which are some of the best soils in Australia.
Report Abuse. No, Asia is the biggest continent and Australia is the smallest continent.On a map,Antarctica is situated near south pole.Projection on a map is not corrected on poles.so it look so large on the map.Antarctica is the 5th largest continent in area after Asia,Africa,North America, south America.ntarctica only appears as the biggest continent on a flat map, because it stretches across the whole world. Take a look at the actual size compared to other continents (Antarctica is the one in blue): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Contin...