Emily O Gorman: 2 books
Flood Country
An Environmental History of the Murray-Darling Basin
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
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...
Climate, Science, and Colonization
Histories from Australia and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Offering new historical understandings of human responses to climate and climate change, this cutting-edge volume explores the dynamic relationship between settlement, climate, and colonization, covering everything from the physical impact of climate on agriculture and land development to the development of "folk" and government meteorologies.