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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent
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'The Water Dreamers is the story of the settlement of Australia: of the scarcity of water and the need to fill an imagined silence with the sounds of civilisation. From the moment the First Fleeters stepped ashore, water determined progress. The Tank Stream that flowed through what is now the Sydney CBD provided fresh water until settlers and their livestock fouled it. Then water from a nearby swamp was piped into the growing settlement. When it ran dry sights were set further afield.

'The Water Dreamers is an illuminating account of the ways people have imagined and interpreted Australia while struggling to understand this continent and striving to conquer its obstacles. It's an environmental history and a cultural history with an unmistakable sense of how, today, we are part of that continuing story.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2009 .
      Extent: 327p., [8]p. of platesp.
      Description: col. illus., maps
      Note/s:
      • Includes index
      • Bibliography: p. [301]-319.
      • Publication date: 3 August 2009.
      ISBN: 9781921520648 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent [Book Review] Bev Phelts , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Northern Territory History , no. 21 2010; (p. 103-105)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink Lindsay Simpson (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: LiNQ , December vol. 37 no. 2010; (p. 177-182)
Spaces of Hybridity : Creating a Sense of Belonging through Spatial Awareness Lesley Hawkes , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 93-107)
Untitled Adi Wimmer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien , no. 24 2010; (p. 148-153)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
Silent Sea Rosaleen Love , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 315 2009; (p. 44-45)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
The Tyranny of Dryness Simon Caterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 August 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
Briefing Books Stephen Matchett , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 August 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
Untitled Luke Stegemann , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 355 2009; (p. 36)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
We're Not Only Here for the Beer J. B. Hirst , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , September vol. 4 no. 8 2009; (p. 11-12)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
An Insatiable Thirst Turns Our Dreams into Lust Ashley Hay , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 September 2009; (p. 26-27)

— Review of The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent Michael Cathcart , 2009 single work prose
Historical Element Shane Strange (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 54)
Spaces of Hybridity : Creating a Sense of Belonging through Spatial Awareness Lesley Hawkes , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature 2010; (p. 93-107)
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink Lindsay Simpson (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: LiNQ , December vol. 37 no. 2010; (p. 177-182)
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