Author: Searl and sons, Sydney
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Author: Katie Holmes
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522851150
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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"Whether a small plot in the backyard of an inner-urban home or a capital city's sprawling botanic garden, Australians have long desired a patch of dirt to plough or enjoy. 'Reading the garden' explores our deep affection for gardens and gardening and illuminates their numerous meanings and uses from European settlement to the late twentieth century."--Cover.

Author: Patrick Troy
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921313846
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Australian cities have traditionally relied for their water on a 'predict-and-provide' philosophy that gives primacy to big engineering solutions. In more recent years privatised water authorities, seeking to maximise consumption and profits, have reinforced the emphasis on increasing supply. Now the cities must cope with the stresses these policies have imposed on the eco-systems from which they harvest water, into which they discharge wastes, and on which they are located. Residents are having to pay more for their water, while the cities themselves are becoming less sustainable. Must we build more dams and desalination plants, or should we be managing the demand for urban water more prudently? This book explores the demand for urban water and how it has changed in response to shifting social mores over the past century. It explains how demand for centralised provision of water might be reshaped to enable the cities to better cope with expected changes in supply as our climate changes. And it discusses the implications of property rights in water for proposals to privatise water services.

Author: Richard Aitken
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
ISBN: 0522857507
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 131

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The Garden of Ideas tells an inspiring and engaging story of Australian garden design. From the imaginings of emigrant garden-makers of the late eighteenth century to the concerns of twenty-first-century gardeners, this book charts its way across four centuries through a handsome and satisfying fusion of images and text. The Garden of Ideas is embellished with an unparalleled array of images - paintings, drawings, prints, plans, and photographs - each richly evocative of their time and most never previously published. Unearthed from around Australia, and many from overseas, these images carry the story of Australian garden style down the years, in the process criss-crossing social and cultural history across the wide extremes of our continent. Richard Aitken, whose book Botanical Riches was published in 2006 to popular and critical acclaim, brings a lifetime of experience to The Garden of Ideas. He achieves fresh insights and presents our passion for garden-making with wit and flair. The Garden of Ideas is a valuable source book for the sophisticated gardener and an indispensable companion for the garden lover.

Author: Holly Kerr Forsyth
Publisher: Miegunyah Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Presents the story of Elizabeth, Edna and six other women whose passions for their gardens and for garden making have shaped our relationship with the Australian landscape. Through personal records and public archives, the author brings to life these women's experiences.

Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 794

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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 676

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Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1016

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Author: Canberra College of Advanced Education. Library
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 710

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