Lost Waters - Erica Nathan

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Résumé :
Charts the history of waterscape change for a Moorabool River catchment near Ballarat in the central highlands of western Victoria since white settlement. In bringing a historical rather than scientific perspective to the issues of water allocation and river management, the author considers how people experienced the 'settlement' of water.

Biographie:
Erica Nathan has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a Masters of Applied Science from the University of Ballarat. She has a long-standing interest in horticultural and environmental issues and is an ongoing committee member of the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (CCMA). She has worked as a teacher in secondary schools and TAFE colleges, a research consultant on environmental matters and a land management planner. Her publications include 'Giving Salt some History and History some Salt', Australian Historical Studies (Oct. 2000) and 'Salinity on the Southeastern Dundas Tableland, Victoria', Australian Journal of Earth Science (2000).