Water Into Gold: The Taming of the Mighty Murray River by Ernestine Hill

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly to front cover right tail corner, now protected with book tape. Pages are sunned. Binding is still very good. Light foxing to foredges.

The dramatic and colourful story of how a waterless wasteland was transformed into Australia's most fertile garden. It is the story of the Murray Valley, now a sparkling land jewelled with orchards and vineyards. This was made possible by the faith and courage of a few hopeful people, by new scientific methods that developed cultivation and made great advances in combating pests and diseases, and by irrigation. (back cover)