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Book Synopsis Harnessing the River Murray by : Helen Stagg
Download or read book Harnessing the River Murray written by Helen Stagg and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates the lives of those who were involved in the works which flowed from the River Murray Waters Act of 1915. The focus is on the first nine locks and weirs which were built by South Australia over a period of twenty years. Combining oral history and archival research, Helen Stagg shares stories of the construction communities whose itinerant lifestyle led to them being referred to as 'the great wandering class'. However, the communities are shown to have been relatively settled with their own school and with an active social and sporting calendar. Dances, silent movies, horse races, carnivals and occasional visiting entertainers provided a balance for the difficult living and working conditions. Health care was precarious and hardship affected many; work-time was reduced, accidents were common and tragedy took a toll but the people faced these issues together. The second part of the book consists of the memories of seven people who were children of lock builders. In addition, there are details of over 500 accidents, petitions signed by the lock families for services and a chronology of events. Today, irrigation and a reliable water supply sustain towns and cities along the Murray River and scores of riverboats enjoy ready transit through the locks. This book provides an insight into the life and times of the resilient people who harnessed the River Murray between 1915 and 1935.
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Book Synopsis Cities in a Sunburnt Country by : Margaret Cook
Download or read book Cities in a Sunburnt Country written by Margaret Cook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Australian cities face uncertain water futures, what insights can the history of Aboriginal and settler relationships with water yield? Residents have come to expect reliable, safe, and cheap water, but natural limits and the costs of maintaining and expanding water networks are at odds with forms and cultures of urban water use. Cities in a Sunburnt Country is the first comparative study of the provision, use, and social impact of water and water infrastructure in Australia's five largest cities. Drawing on environmental, urban, and economic history, this co-authored book challenges widely held assumptions, both in Australia and around the world, about water management, consumption, and sustainability. From the 'living water' of Aboriginal cultures to the rise of networked water infrastructure, the book invites us to take a long view of how water has shaped our cities, and how urban water systems and cultures might weather a warming world.
Book Synopsis Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices and Miscellaneous Commercial Information by :
Download or read book Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices and Miscellaneous Commercial Information written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Section B.4: Power and agriculture by : World Power Conference. Sectional Meeting
Download or read book Section B.4: Power and agriculture written by World Power Conference. Sectional Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 1288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates by : Australia. Parliament
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Journal of the Royal Society of Arts by : Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Society of Arts written by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flood Country written by Emily O'Gorman and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2012 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the Murray-Darling Basin's flood history as well as contemporary national debates about climate change and competing access to water for livelihoods, industries and ecosystems. It provides an important new historical perspective on this significant region of inland eastern Australia.
Book Synopsis Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding by : Erika Weinthal
Download or read book Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding written by Erika Weinthal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a basic human need, the provision of safe water is among the highest priorities of government and humanitarian interventions during post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. In the aftermath of war, water, sanitation, and infrastructure play a critical role in the recovery of livelihoods and economic development. Moreover, shared waters have great potential for interstate cooperation, assisting to rebuild trust following conflict and to prevent a return to conflict. This volume draws on studies from around the world to create a framework for understanding how water resources decisions and activities can facilitate or undermine peacebuilding in a post-conflict setting.
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Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) by : Australia. Parliament
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) written by Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Choke written by Sofie Laguna and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Choke is a mesmerising, harrowing and ultimately uplifting novel from the 2015 Miles Franklin winner. Winner of the 2018 Indie Book Award for Fiction! 'It is quite a feat to write characters with such nuance...in harnessing her storytelling facility to expose the flaws in the system with what is becoming trademark empathy, Laguna is an author proving the novel is a crucial document of the times.' - Louise Swinn, The Australian I never had words to ask anybody the questions, so I never had the answers. Abandoned by her mother and only occasionally visited by her secretive father, Justine is raised by her pop, a man tormented by visions of the Burma Railway. Justine finds sanctuary in Pop's chooks and The Choke, where the banks of the Murray River are so narrow it seems they might touch - a place of staggering natural beauty. But the river can't protect Justine from danger. Her father is a criminal, and the world he exposes her to can be lethal. Justine is overlooked and underestimated, a shy and often silent observer of her chaotic world. She learns that she has to make sense of it on her own. She has to find ways to survive so much neglect. She must hang on to friendship when it comes, she must hide when she has to, and ultimately she must fight back. The Choke is a brilliant, haunting novel about a child navigating an often dark and uncaring world of male power and violence, in which grown-ups can't be trusted and comfort can only be found in nature. This compassionate and claustrophobic vision of a child in danger and a society in trouble celebrates above all the indomitable nature of the human spirit. Sofie Laguna, winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award for The Eye of the Sheep, once again shows she is a writer of rare empathy, originality and blazing talent.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers by : Institution of Electrical Engineers
Download or read book Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers written by Institution of Electrical Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1970-79 include an annual special issue called IEE reviews.
Book Synopsis Water Magic by : Charles Brunsdon Fletcher
Download or read book Water Magic written by Charles Brunsdon Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The possibilities and achievements of water conservation.
Book Synopsis Murray Walkabout by : Archer Russell
Download or read book Murray Walkabout written by Archer Russell and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanderings and anecdotes relating to twenty years of travelling along the Murray River from the Alps to the Coorong ; includes references to and observations about Aboriginal people and their way of life.
