Documents the history and the future of the Murray-Darling Basin and its critical place in Australia's economic and social life. [from publisher's advertisement]

Contents: 1. Protecting the future / Don Blackmore -- 2. Divided power, co-operative solutions? / Sandford D. Clark -- 3. Managers for all seasons / David Dole -- 4. Our difficult bequest: the collision of biophysical and economic reality, cultural values and public policy / John Williams & Kevin Goss -- 5. The common good / Peter Cullen -- 6. Humility in the paddock / Sarah Ryan & Steve Morton -- 7. A winding road: an assessment of progress towards sustainability in the Murray-Darling Basin / David Yencken & Daniel Connell -- 8. Economics and natural resource management policy / Stephen Beare & Anna Heaney -- 9. Murray-Darling waterkeepers / Paul Sinclair -- 10. Sharing power and responsibility / Leith Boully & Stephen Dovers -- 11. Reflections on Unchartered Waters / Asa Wahlquist.

Includes index. Issued for the centenary of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.Bibliography: p. 118-124.