Roars from the mountain : : colonial management of the 1951 volcanic disaster at Mount Lamington / / R. Wally Johnson.

Mount Lamington broke out in violent eruption on 21 January 1951, killing thousands of Orokaiva people, devastating villages and destroying infrastructure. Generations of Orokavia people had lived on the rich volcanic soils of Mount Lamington, apparently unaware of the deadly volcanic threat that la...

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Place / Publishing House:Acton, Australian Capital Territory : : ANU Press,, [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxv, 356 pages) :; illustrations
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