TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sinclair,Paul
TI  - The Murray: a river and its people 
SN  - 0522849407 :
AV  - DU180.M8 S56 2001
U1  - 333.7845/09944 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Carlton South, Vic.
PB  - Melbourne University Press
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)
KW  - History
KW  - Environmental degradation
KW  - Murray River Region (N.S.W.-S.A.)
KW  - Australia
KW  - Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.)
KW  - Murray River Region (N.S.W.-S. Aust.)
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references : ( p. 270-295) and index; 1. Two visions -- 2. The unregulated and regulated river -- 3. An elusive and ancient river -- 4. Along the oven roads -- 5. Practical forgetfulness -- 6. Harnessing the Murray waters -- 7. Keeping the river under control -- 8. From swimming holes to swimming pools -- 9. A natural or unnatural river? -- 10. The meaning of Murray cod -- 11. Square hooks -- 12. The importance of remembering fish -- 13. The European carp invasion -- 14. Ideas to understand a new world -- 15. Selling the river experience -- 16. Turning away from the river -- 17. The big picture
N2  - A picture of Australia's major river, the Murray. The focus is on shifts and changes: the heyday of the riverboats and their transformation into a tourist attraction; the decline of the Murray cod; the alteration of flow patterns and species; and the changing fortunes of the river towns
ER  -