Shelf Location |
MAGAZINE |
Author |
Simons, Margaret |
Title |
Cry me a river : the tragedy of the Murray-Darling basin / Margaret Simons. |
Alternate Titles |
Quarterly essay. Issue 77 2020 |
Publication Details |
[S.l.] : BLACK INC, 2020. |
Carlton, Vic. : Black Inc., [2020] |
Description |
150 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Quarterly essay issue 77 (2020) |
Notes |
"Correspondence: 'Red Flag' Amy King, David Walker, John West, Richard McGregor, Henry Sherrell, Wanning Sun, Caroline Rosenberg, Sam Roggeven, Peter Hartcher" -- Cover. |
The Murray-Darling Basin is the food bowl of Australia, and it's in trouble. What does this mean for the future - for water and crops, and for the people and towns that depend on it? In Cry Me a River, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the Basin, all the way from Queensland to South Australia. She shows that its plight is environmental but also economic, and enmeshed in ideology and identity. Her essay is both a portrait of the Murray-Darling Basin and an explanation of its woes. It looks at rural Australia and the failure of politics over decades to meet the needs of communities forced to bear the heaviest burden of change. Whether it is fish kills or state rivalries, drought or climate change, in the Basin our ability to plan for the future is being put to the test. |
Subject |
Essays |
Irrigation -- Environmental aspects -- Australia |
Water-supply -- Australia -- Management |
Water use -- Murray River Region (N.S.W.- S. Aust.) |
Water use -- Darling River Region (Qld. and N.S.W.) |
Watershed management -- Australia |
Rivers -- Environmental aspects -- Australia |
Rivers -- Environmental aspects -- Australia |
Ecology |
Rivers -- Environmental aspects |
Murray River Region (N.S.W.- S. Aust.) -- Environmental conditions. |
Darling River Region (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Environmental conditions. |
Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Environmental conditions. |
Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Environmental conditions. |
Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Environmental conditions. |
Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Environmental conditions. |
Australia |
Australia -- Darling River Watershed |
Australia -- Murray River Watershed |
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