Harnessing the River Murray - Stories of the People Who Built Locks 1 To 9, 1915 ? 1935

Helen Stagg; Geoffrey Blainey (Foreword by); Brayden Dykes (Cover Design by)

This book celebrates the lives of those who were involved in the works which flowed from the River Murray Waters Act of 1915. The focus is on the first nine locks and weirs which were built by South Australia over a period of twenty years. Combining oral history and archival research, Helen Stagg shares...