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Nature's line : George Goyder : surveyor, environmentalist, visionary
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Title
Nature's line : George Goyder : surveyor, environmentalist, visionary / Janis Sheldrick.
ISBN
9781743054666
9781743054673 (e-book)
Publication
Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 455 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Notes
First published 2013.
Reprinted 2014.
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Summary
George Goyder was the first European explorer to see great salt lakes in the inland in flood and to witness the amazing transformation that follows the breaking of drought. His experience put him decades ahead of his contemporaries - who satirised him as the discoverer of the inland sea - in understanding the Australian climate. When he attempted to adapt the pattern of settlement to climatic reality by defining the border of the zone of reliable rainfall, his repeated warnings about the threat of drought were scorned.
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Print version: Sheldrick, Janis M. Nature's line : George Goyder : surveyor, environmentalist, visionary. Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2020
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 29, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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