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Author Murray-Darling Basin Commission.

Title The Darling / edited by Roland Breckwoldt, Robert Boden, Jenny Andrew
Published Canberra : Murray-Darling Basin Commission, 2004

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 MELB  333.91009944 Bre/Dar  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 486 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Series MDBC Publication no. 69/04
New Items
Contents 1. A requited Darling / Jow Powell -- 2. The Aboriginal people of the Darling River / Jeanette Hope -- 3. The European explorers and settlers / Dayle Green, Libby Connors -- 4. Living west of the Darling / Guy Fitzhardinge -- 5. The geomorphology of the Barwon-Darling Basin / Martin Thoms, Steve Hill, Melissa Spry, Xiang Yang Chen, Trevor Mount, Fran Sheldon -- 6. Soils of the Darling catchment : their condition and their management / Peter Walker, Bruce Alchin -- 7. The vegetation of the Darling Basin / Martin Westbrooke, Janet Leversha, Miranda Kerr -- 8. Mammals of the Darling Basin / Christopher R. Dickman -- 9. Reptiles and amphibians of the Darling Basin / Danielle Y. Ayers, Terry M. Mazzer, Murray V. Ellis -- 10. Waterbirds and wetlands of the Darling River : 'a wide river with pelicans and other wildfowl' (Sturt 1829) / Richard Kingsford -- 11. Fish in the Darling River system / Peter Gehrke, John Harris -- 12. The Darling River corridors / Fran Sheldon, Martin Thoms -- 13. Water quality / Rod Oliver, Mike Grace, Jon Olley, Bruce Cooper -- 14. A hydrological perspective on the Darling Basin / Martin Thoms, Fran Sheldon, Peter Crabb -- 15. Environmental flows in the Darling River / Martin Thoms, Sheridan Maher, Peter Terrill, Peter Crabb, John Harris, Fran Sheldon -- 16. Conservation of terrestrial environments in the Darling River Basin / Bob Pressey, Giselle Whish, Stephen Wall -- 17. The Darling Basin : coping with the pressures of change? / Peter Crabb -- 18. The way ahead for the Darling / Kevin Goss, Jenny Mclellan
Summary Examines the attitudes and issues of the region, from a social and land use perspective. It contains scientific and technical information that is necessary for the management of the river and its catchments
Analysis Darling River
Natural resource management
Sustainable development
Biodiversity
History
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references : pages 446-474
Subject Darling River (N.S.W.)
Darling River Region (N.S.W.) -- History
Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- Darling River Region (N.S.W.)
Natural history -- Australia -- Darling River (N.S.W.)
Stream conservation -- Australia -- Darling River (N.S.W.)
Watershed management -- Australia -- Darling River
Conservation of natural resources -- Darling River Region (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Ecology -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Darling River
Water quality management -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Darling River
Natural history -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Darling River
Stream conservation -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Darling River
Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Darling River Region
Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Stream conservation -- Australia -- Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- Darling River Valley (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Natural history -- Australia -- Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- Darling River Region (Qld. and N.S.W.)
Conservation of natural resources -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Natural history -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Stream conservation -- Australia -- New South Wales.
SUBJECT Darling River (N.S.W.) -- Environmental conditions
Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002000111 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Darling River Valley (Qld. and N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003007690 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Darling River Region (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- History
Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006815
Darling River (N.S.W.)
Darling River Region (N.S.W.) -- History
Genre/Form History.
Author Breckwoldt, Roland, 1944-
Boden, R. (Robert)
Andrew, Jenny.
Murray-Darling Basin Commission.
LC no. 2006411927
ISBN 187683093X :