122 pages. Hard cover with dust jacket. First edition published in Australia by New South Wales University Press Ltd in 1978.
Size: 19 cm x 26.7 cm.
The front flyleaf reads:
" By world standards the Murray is a puny river. It lacks both the volume of the Amazon and the sheer power of the Congo, and cannot boast of the dependability of the Nile or the navigability of the Mississippi. Yet it is our greatest river, and in the world's driest continent has sustained human life for tens of thousands of years, and transformed thousands of hectares of dry Mallee into lush pastures and rich orchards. It is an intimate part of our folklore.
But the river is now under threat. We have dammed, dredged and diverted it. We have used it for irrigating our crops and transporting our sewage. And, increasingly, as we enter the leisure age, we are using it for pleasure.
Many Australians now realize that the river has only limited powers of self-renewal, and to preserve it we must control those who use it. If we don't, the Murray is likely to deteriorate into a series of saline, stagnant pools.
Dr Peter Davis, author of Man and the Murray, is an Australian passionately concerned for the river. He has explored it from its source in the eastern high country to its mouth in South Australia. He knows its history, geological and man-made, and understands its moods.
In this book, which arose out of a four-part series on A.B.C. Television, he examines the relationship of Man to the River, and explains why the Murray is unique.
In Man and the Murray the words and photographs complement each other because they were both created by the one man, Peter Davis. This beautiful book will delight, provoke and haunt you. .
Every Australian should read it, savour it."
In good condition. Please see the photos - they form part of the description.
Some scuffing, creasing & shelf wear to the dust jacket. The boards are very good, with some shelf wear to the bottom edge. The binding is excellent. The pages are yellowing due to age. The pages are clean. No creased, torn or missing pages.
This is a used item to be sold "as is". I have described it as well as I can.
This book will be posted free with tracking number in Australia via Australia Post.
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