Following the Water: Environmental History and the Hydrological Cycle in Colonial Gippsland, Australia, 1838–1900
Author:   Kylie Carman-Brown
Publisher:   ANU Press
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Pages:   330
Publication Date:   16 October 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Following the Water: Environmental History and the Hydrological Cycle in Colonial Gippsland, Australia, 1838–1900


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Water reflects culture. This book is a detailed analysis of hydrological change in Australia’s largest inland waterway in Australia, the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, in the first 70 years of white settlement. Following air, water is our primal need. Unlike many histories, this book looks at the entire hydrological c

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Author:   Kylie Carman-Brown
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
ISBN:  

9781760462840


ISBN 10:   1760462845
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   16 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Introduction Making the circle round: Perceptions of hydrology through time The earth's thoughtful lords? Nineteenth-century views of water and nature 'Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather': The role of precipitation in the catchment 'Fair streams were palsied in their onward course': The desirability of flowing waters 'A useless weight of water': Responding to stagnancy, mud and morasses Between 'the water famine and the fire demon': Drying up the catchment Mirror, mirror? The reflective catchment

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