Carman-Brown, Kylie. <br/><br/>
Following the Water :  Environmental History and the Hydrological Cycle in Colonial Gippsland, Australia, 1838-1900. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (330 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- List of maps, figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction -- Making the circle round: Perceptions of hydrology through time -- The earth's thoughtful lords? Nineteenth-century views of water and nature -- 'Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather': The role of precipitation in the catchment -- 'Fair streams were palsied in their onward course': The desirability of flowing waters -- 'A useless weight of water': Responding to stagnancy, mud and morasses -- Between 'the water famine and the fire demon': Drying up the catchment -- Mirror, mirror? The reflective catchment -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Water reflects culture. This book is a detailed analysis of hydrological change in Australia's largest inland waterway in Australia, the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, in the first 70 years of white settlement. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781760462857 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hydrology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GB661.2 .C376 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.48