Just Add Water: Schemes and Dreams for a Sunburnt Country
Personal & national stories of Australia's struggle to manage water during the past 100 years.
Water, and the lack thereof, is the defining element of the Australian landscape. Its uses and abuses have had a crucial role in shaping Australian society. It's been pumped up from below the earth, held in dams, piped over the landscape and even dragged down from the clouds. In the process