TY - BOOK ID - 61122408 TI - Following the water : environmental history and the hydrological cycle in colonial Gippsland, Australia, 1838-1900 AU - Carman-Brown, Kylie AU - Australian National University Press. PY - 2019 SN - 1760462853 1760462845 9781760462857 PB - Acton, ACT : Australian National University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Hydrology. KW - Aquatic sciences KW - Earth sciences KW - Hydrography KW - Water KW - Hydrology KW - Gippsland Lakes (Vic.) KW - History. KW - Gippsland Lakes Region (Vic.) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61122408 AB - Water reflects culture. This book is a detailed analysis of hydrological change in Australia's largest inland waterway in Australia, the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, in the first 70 years of white settlement. Following air, water is our primal need. Unlike many histories, this book looks at the entire hydrological cycle in one place, rather than focusing on one bit. Deftly weaving threads from history, hydrology and psychology into one, Following the Water explores not just what settlers did to the waterscape, but probes their motivation for doing so. By combining unlikely elements together such as swamp drainage, water proofing techniques and temperance lobbying, the book reveals a web of perceptions about how water 'should be'. With this laid clear, we can ask how different we are from our colonial forebears. ER -