George Goyder was the first European explorer to see great salt lakes in the inland in flood and to witness the amazing transformation that follows the breaking of drought. His experience put him decades ahead of his contemporaries - who satirised him as the discoverer of the inland sea - in understanding the Australian climate. When he attempted to adapt the pattern of settlement to climatic reality by defining the border of the zone of reliable rainfall, his repeated warnings about the threat of drought were scorned.
Shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize and the Queensland Literary Awards
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Janis Sheldrick is a lifelong resident of Melbourne who has always been strongly attracted to the landscapes of South Australia. She studied philosophy at the University of Melbourne, has a Graduate Diploma in Librarianship, and was awarded a PhD by Deakin University in 2000 for work on George Goyder and Goyder's Line. Working as an independent scholar, she completed the rest of the biography in the years that followed.
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CATEGORIES: Biography/Autobiography/True Stories, eBooks
IMAGES 60 greyscale images
PAGE COUNT 488
DIMENSIONS 234 x 156 mm