Nature's line : : George Goyder : surveyor, environmentalist, visionary / / Janis Sheldrick.

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 underst...

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Place / Publishing House:Mile End, South Australia : : Wakefield Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 455 pages) :; illustrations, maps
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  • First published 2013.
  • Reprinted 2014.
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