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Author Sheldrick, Janis M., author.

Title Nature's line : George Goyder : surveyor, environmentalist, visionary / Janis Sheldrick.

Publication Info. Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 455 pages) : illustrations, maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note First published 2013.
Reprinted 2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Goyder, G. W. (George Woodroffe), 1826-1898.
Surveyors -- Australia -- South Australia.
Architecture and climate -- Australia -- South Australia.
Environmentalists -- Australia -- South Australia.
Rain and rainfall -- Australia -- South Australia.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Sheldrick, Janis M. Nature's line : George Goyder : surveyor, environmentalist, visionary. Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2020 xiv, 455 pages 9781743054666 (DLC) 2017392934
ISBN 9781743054666
9781743054673 (e-book)

 
    
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