Slow Catastrophes : Living with Drought in Australia.

Living with drought is one of the biggestissues of our times.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Rebecca
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Clayton, VIC : Monash University Publishing, 2017.
Series:Australian History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright and Imprint Information; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section 1: Drought Stories; The Hunters and the Brewers; Margaret McCann; William Pearse; Charles Coote; Charlie Grossman; The Falkiners; Lindsay and Margaret Bettison; Images; Section 2: Living with Drought; Chapter 1: Understanding the Conundrum of Drought; Chapter 2: Wild Harvesting and Self-sufficiency; Chapter 3: Moving; Chapter 4: The Feeling of Drought; Conclusion: Resilience to Drought?; Select Bibliography of Sources Cited.
  • Unpublished diaries, memoirs and personal papersInterviews conducted by the author; Other oral history interviews; Government reports; Land and Probate Files; Newspapers; Films; Published books, articles; Index; Back Cover.