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Wounded country : The Murray-Darling Basin : a contested history, Quentin Beresford
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- Summary
- Like many Australians, I looked on with horror as images of a million dead fish swamped the media and consumed the news cycle. I resolved to dig deeper. The Murray-Darling Basin is under threat. This vast and spectacular geographical region, covering one million square kilometres from central Queensland to South Australia, has been exploited for nearly 200 years. Soil erosion, sand drifts, dust storms, salinity, algal blooms, threatened native flora and fauna, the drying out of internationally recognised wetlands and steadily worsening droughts have repeatedly brought large parts of the Basin to its knees. In Wounded Country, award-winning author Quentin Beresford investigates the complex history of Australia's largest and most important river system. Waves of farmers exploited the region's potential, with little consideration for the environmental consequences. Dispossession and marginalisation denied local First Nations people their lands and European settlers the Indigenous cultural knowledge to manage the Basin sustainably. Instead, we've had 'nation-building' irrigation schemes and agricultural enterprises promoted by politicians focused on short-term profits and a development-at-all-costs approach. Expert advice and warnings about long-term environmental effects have been continually sidelined. We're now at a point of reckoning. How can we save the once mighty Murray-Darling?
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Wounded country : The Murray-Darling Basin : a contested history
- Title
- Wounded country
- Title remainder
- The Murray-Darling Basin : a contested history
- Statement of responsibility
- Quentin Beresford
- Subject
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- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Environmental conditions
- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- History
- trueAustralian
- Rivers -- Political aspects -- Australia -- History
- Water-supply -- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.)
- Rivers -- Environmental aspects -- Australia
- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Environmental conditions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Like many Australians, I looked on with horror as images of a million dead fish swamped the media and consumed the news cycle. I resolved to dig deeper. The Murray-Darling Basin is under threat. This vast and spectacular geographical region, covering one million square kilometres from central Queensland to South Australia, has been exploited for nearly 200 years. Soil erosion, sand drifts, dust storms, salinity, algal blooms, threatened native flora and fauna, the drying out of internationally recognised wetlands and steadily worsening droughts have repeatedly brought large parts of the Basin to its knees. In Wounded Country, award-winning author Quentin Beresford investigates the complex history of Australia's largest and most important river system. Waves of farmers exploited the region's potential, with little consideration for the environmental consequences. Dispossession and marginalisation denied local First Nations people their lands and European settlers the Indigenous cultural knowledge to manage the Basin sustainably. Instead, we've had 'nation-building' irrigation schemes and agricultural enterprises promoted by politicians focused on short-term profits and a development-at-all-costs approach. Expert advice and warnings about long-term environmental effects have been continually sidelined. We're now at a point of reckoning. How can we save the once mighty Murray-Darling?
- Cataloging source
- ANL:PDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beresford, Quentin
- Dewey number
- 333.9162
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rivers
- Rivers
- Water-supply
- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.)
- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.)
- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Wounded country : The Murray-Darling Basin : a contested history, Quentin Beresford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- cartographic image
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- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069391136
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 419 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781742236780
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- Stock number
- NLApp95549
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1259046965
- Label
- Wounded country : The Murray-Darling Basin : a contested history, Quentin Beresford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069391136
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 419 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781742236780
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- Stock number
- NLApp95549
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1259046965
Subject
- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Environmental conditions
- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- History
- trueAustralian
- Rivers -- Political aspects -- Australia -- History
- Water-supply -- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.)
- Rivers -- Environmental aspects -- Australia
- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Environmental conditions
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