| Main Title: |
An inch of rain : a water history of northern Victoria / Robyn Ballinger. |
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| Author: |
Ballinger, Robyn, 1958-
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| Imprint: |
Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2012. |
| Collation: |
vi, 184 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), portraits, facsims, notes, bib., index, pbk ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
Part one: Nature in control -- I. Dreaming the northern plains, 1836-40 -- II. The taking and making of homeland, 1841-69 -- III. Landscapes of adundance, 1870-5 -- Part two: Nature controlled -- IV. Reclaiming the northern plains, 1876-85 -- V. Plains of promise, 1886-94 -- VI. Ready made farms, 1895-1915 -- VII. Responding to the challenge of nature, 1916-30 -- VIII. Signs in the landscape. |
| Subject: |
Droughts
Water supply
Water supply
Conservation of natural resources
Northern Victoria
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| ISBN: |
9781921875281 (pbk.) |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliography and index.
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