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Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, old price marks. 225 pp. Samuel Wadham arrived from England in 1926 as Professor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. As man who ignored the heat, dust and flies, to talk to farmers in remote districts, Wadham defied the accepted image of a university educator. He analysed rural problems with rigour. Through government bodies he shaped soldier settlement, and endorsed the Snowy Mountains Scheme. His popular weekly talks on ABC radio stressed the importance of agricultural health. Humphreys skilfully documents Wadham's concerns and interests and - through access to the Wadham family papers - also reveals the complexities of his character and his family life.
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- Title Wadham Scientist for Land and People
- Author Ross Humphreys
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- Pages 248
- Publisher Melbourne University Publishing, Carlton South, Victoria
- Date October 1, 2000
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Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Victoria, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 650 g; XVI, 228t pages, last three pages blank, chapter notes, index, chronology, 18 pages of black-and-white photography, Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Samuel Wadham arrived from England in 1926 As Professor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. A man who was prepared to ignore heat, dust and flies to talk to farmers in remote districts, Wadham defied the then accepted image of a university educator. He was unpretentious in dress and manners, and antisocially in all surroundings. Ross Humphreys skilfully documents the broad panorama of Sir Samuel Wadham's concerns and interests and, through access to the Wadham family papers, also reveals the complexities of his character and his family life. -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s).…
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Carlton South, Melbourne University Press first edition - h/c in d.j. Wadham analysed rural problems with rigour. Through government bodies he shaped soldier settlement, endorsed the Snowy Mountains Scheme and helped scuttle plans to settle European migrants on peasant farms. His popular weekly talks on ABC radio stressed the importance of agricultural health to Australia's well-being. 244 x 163mm., pp. xv, 225, b/w plates, notes, index. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. no tears. FINE/FINE ISBN: 0522849342
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