Yarra : A Diverting History of Melbourne's Murky River.
by Otto, Kristin
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
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- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1920885781
- ISBN 13
- 9781920885786
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Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 245 pages, indexed, illustrated. The pages are tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid. Appears unread. "It was John Wedge, Batman's private surveyor, who named the Yarra Yarra. In September 1835 he was at the Turning Basin with some Kulin and heard them identify the river as it came over the Falls as, he wrote, 'Yarrow Yarrow'. It was only some months later that Wedge discovered they had been referring to the pattern and movement of water over the Falls, not the river itself. And ever since, it has been the Yarra's fate to be misunderstood: maligned for its muddiness, ill-used as sewer and tip; scooped, sculpted, straightened and stressed, 'cleaned up' to the detriment of its natural inhabitants; built-over, under and beside; worked mercilessly and then bridged almost to maritime extinction. In Kristin Otto's superbly entertaining new history, the whole sorry tale is laid bare. From the creation stories of Kulin owners and geologist blow-ins (and Robert Hoddle's bad-tempered expedition to the headwaters) to the twenty-first-century waterside building boom, Otto traces the course of Melbourne's murky river. Erudite, affectionate and witty, with more meanders and diversions than the river itself, Yarra is both a fascinating read and a fitting tribute to the 'noble stream'." (publisher)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-240) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020742
- Title
- Yarra : A Diverting History of Melbourne's Murky River.
- Author
- Otto, Kristin
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1920885781
- ISBN 13
- 9781920885786
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Yarra River Melbourne
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