Download or read book The Murray written by Paul Sinclair and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Murray River is in crisis, and faces an uncertain future. In this evocative book, Paul Sinclair explores the reasons why the river has become degraded, and what these changes have meant to Australians. This in-depth study of the Murray River examines the changing cultural meanings of the river: the practical forgetfulness which has eroded the Aboriginal presence; the triumphant narratives in which a supposedly empty land is made purposeful by the life-giving powers of the Murray; the passion to make the river's flow predictable and to replace 'primitive' forces with a domesticated and balanced landscape. The focus is on shifts and changes. Sinclair describes the brief heyday of the riverboats and their transformation into a tourist attraction; the decline of the mighty Murray cod and the rise of the European carp; and the changing fortunes of the river towns. He demonstrates that 'progress' is often a myth, and that ecological degradation always has cultural costs. This is an innovative cultural and environmental history, about landscape and fish, memory and concepts, imagination and desire. Through a complex interweaving of history, analysis, poetry, art, and individuals' recollections, Paul Sinclair has created an original and subtly conceived work, offering imaginative space to think about land and water in new ways. Fishermen, farmers, tourists, environmentalists, lovers of the Australian landscape—all these people will want to read this beautifully written book. It will be an essential resource for those directly involved in the future of the Murray River, contributing to the larger debate about Australia’s threatened environment.

Download or read book A World that was written by Ronald Murray Berndt and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary book, written from material gathered over half a century ago, will almost certainly be the last fine-grained account of traditional Aboriginal life in settled south-eastern Australia. It recreates the world of the Yaraldi group of the Kukabrak or Narrinyeri people of the Lower Murray and Lakes region of South Australia. In 1939 Albert Karloan, a Yaraldi man, urged a young ethnologist, Ronald Berndt, to set up camp at Murray Bridge and to record the story of his people. Karloan and Pinkie Mack, a Yaraldi woman, possessed through personal experience, not merely through hearsay, an all but complete knowledge of traditional life. They were virtually the last custodians of that knowledge and they felt the burden of their unique situation. This book represents their concerted efforts to pass on the story to future generations. For Ronald and Catherine Berndt, this was their first fieldwork together in an illustrious joint career of almost fifty years. During long periods, principally until 1943, they laboured with pencil and paper to put it all down - a far cry from the recording techniques of today's oral historians. Their fieldnotes were worked into a rough draft of what would become, but not until recently, the finished manuscript. The book's range is encyclopaedic and engrossing - sometimes dramatic. It encompasses relations between and among individuals and clan groups, land tenure, kinship, the subsistence economy, trade, ceremony, councils, fighting and warfare, rites of passage from conception to death, myths, and beliefs and practices concerning healing and the supernatural. Not least, it is a record of the dramatic changes following European colonization. A World That Was is a unique contribution to Australia's cultural history. There is simply no comparable body of work, nor is there ever likely to be.

Download or read book The Murray River Being a Journal of the Voyage of Lady Augusta Steamer from the Goolwa in South Australia to Gannewassa Above Swan Hill Victoria a Distance from the Sea Mouth of 1400 Miles written by Arthur Kinloch and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Murray River Pilot written by Ronald Baker and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray Representing the States of New South Wales Victoria and South Australia written by Joseph Davis and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Interstate Royal Commission On The River Murray, Representing The States Of New South Wales, Victoria, And South Australia: Report Of The Commissioners. With Minutes Of Evidence, Appendices, And Plans Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, Joseph Davis, Stuart Murray, Frederick Newman Burchell Sands & McDougall limited, printers, 1902 Technology & Engineering; Agriculture; Irrigation; Irrigation; Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.); Nature / Natural Resources; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Irrigation; Water-supply

Download or read book The Murray River written by Shane Strudwick and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At more than 2,520 kilometres long, [the Murray] is [Australia's] most important river. ... From ancient times, to pioneering days, to the environmental challenges of today - it has been at the centre of the story of [Australia]. ..."--Back cover.

Download or read book Interesting History of the Murray and Darling Rivers written by Emily Stehr and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Murray River: a river in southeast Australia, flowing west along between Victoria and New South Wales, through southeast South Australia into the Indian Ocean. 1200 miles (1930 km) long." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/murray "In 1830 Captain Charles Sturt reached the river after travelling down its tributary the Murrumbidgee River and named it the Murray River in honour of the then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Sir George Murray, not realising it was the same river that Hume and Hovell had encountered further upstream." https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_River Charles Sturt; Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia: during the years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the colony of New South Wales; Vol 2; 2nd edition; Smith, Elder; 1834 Charles Sturt writes: "ARRIVED once more at the junction of the two rivers, and unmolested in our occupations, we had leisure to examine it more closely. Not having as yet given a name to our first discovery, when we re-entered its capacious channel on this occasion, I laid it down as the Murray River, in compliment to the distinguished officer, Sir George Murray, who then presided over the colonial department, not only in compliance with the known wishes of his Excellency General Darling, but also in accordance with my own feelings as a soldier."

Download or read book Flood Country written by Emily O'Gorman and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floods in the Murray-Darling Basin are crucial sources of water for people, animals and plants in this often dry region of inland eastern Australia. Even so, floods have often been experienced as natural disasters, which have led to major engineering schemes. Flood Country explores the contested and complex history of this region, examining the different ways in which floods have been understood and managed and some of the long-term consequences for people, rivers and ecologies. The book examines many tensions, ranging from early exchanges between Aboriginal people and settlers about the dangers of floods, through to long running disputes between graziers and irrigators over damming floodwater, and conflicts between residents and colonial governments over whose responsibility it was to protect townships from floods. Flood Country brings the Murray-Darling Basin's flood history into conversation with 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 Australia, exploring how people, rivers and floods have re-made each other.

Download or read book The Murray written by Norman Mackay and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Form and flow of the river - Groundwater - Salinity - River salinity - Water quality - Wetlands - Red gum forests - Floodplain vegetation - Phytoplankton - Waterplants - Crayfish - Mussels - Waterbirdsds__

Download or read book River Murray Charts written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River Murray Charts - Renmark to Yarrawonga was revised during a seven week trip from Yarrawonga to Renmark in March and April 2013. The new book contains up to date information and navigation charts. Other changes to this edition include colour pages, historical photographs and aboriginal legends. River Murray Charts is a book of 47 pages of navigation charts, designed very much as they were in the days of the Murray paddle steamers. The book was first sold in 1975 and since then River Murray Charts has become the bible of the river between Yarrawonga in Victoria and Renmark in South Australia. It contains all you need to know for an extended river trip, or just for a good read.

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Incorporated written by Royal Society of South Australia and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia written by Royal Society of South Australia and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia Incorporated written by Royal Society of South Australia and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia Incorporated written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management The Murray Darling River Basin Australia written by Anjali Bhat, William Andrew Blomquist and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "The authors describe and analyze a nongovernmental, multi-stakeholder, consensus-based approach to river basin management in the Fraser River basin in Canada. The Fraser River drains 238,000 km2 of British Columbia, supporting nearly 3 million residents and a diverse economy. Water management issues include water quality and allocation, flood protection, and emerging scarcity concerns in portions of the basin. The Fraser Basin Council (FBC) is a locally-initiated nongovernmental organization (NGO) with representation from public and private stakeholders. Since evolving in the 1990s from earlier programs and projects in the basin, FBC has pursued several objectives related to a broad concept of basin "sustainability" incorporating social, economic, and environmental aspects. The NGO approach has allowed FBC to match the boundaries of the entire basin, avoid some intergovernmental turf battles, and involve First Nations communities and private stakeholders in ways governmental approaches sometimes find difficult. While its NGO status means that FBC cannot implement many of the plans it agrees on and must constantly work to maintain diverse yet stable funding, FBC holds substantial esteem among basin stakeholders for its reputation for objectivity, its utility as an information sharing forum, and its success in fostering an awareness of interdependency within the basin. This paper--a product of the Agricultural and Rural Development Department--is part of a larger effort in the department to approach water policy issues in an integrated way. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project "Integrated River Basin Management and the Principle of Managing Water Resources at the Lowest Appropriate Level: When and Why Does It (Not) Work in Practice?""--World Bank web site.

Download or read book The River written by Chris Hammer and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The River, Chris Hammer takes us on a journey through Australia's heartland, following the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin, recounting his experiences, his impressions, and, above all, stories of the people he meets along the way. It's a journey punctuated with laughter, sadness and reflection. The River looks past the daily news reports and their sterile statistics, revealing the true impact of our rivers' decline on the people who live along their shores, and on the country as a whole. It's a tale that leaves the reader with a lingering sense of nostalgia for an Australia that may be fading away forever.