Flood country : an environmental history of the Murray-Darling Basin / Emily O'Gorman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Gorman, Emily.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floodplain management--Australia--Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.).

Floodplain management.

Floodplain management--Australia--Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.).

Wetland management--Australia--Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.).

Wetland management.

Wetland management--Australia--Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S. Aust.).

Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.)--Environmental aspects.

Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.).

Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.)--History.

Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.)--Environmental aspects.

Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.).

Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the different ways in which floods have been understood and managed in the inland since Australia's colonisation.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; CHAPTER 1 Gundagai 1852: the town that moved; CHAPTER 2 Experimentation and regulation: pastoralism and mining,1850 to 1890; CHAPTER 3 Bourke 1890: the birth of engineering; Colour plates; CHAPTER 4 Federation, engineering, and a 'watershed' perspective,1890 to 1956; CHAPTER 5 Mildura and the Murray River 1956: the failure of engineering; CHAPTER 6 Challenging national development: dams and irrigation,1956 to 1990; CHAPTER 7 Cunnamulla 1990: the town that did not flood; Acknowledgements; Conversions; Abbreviations and terminology; Preface; Introduction; Conclusion

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613842022

9780643106666

0643106669

9781283529570

1283529572

9780643106659

0643106650

OCLC:

775657700