Chaffey's Kingdom: The Sunraysia Story
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
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In the sun-scorched borderlands of Victoria and New South Wales, an ambitious visionary named William Benjamin Chaffey dared to transform an arid wilderness into one of Australia's most productive irrigated regions. Chaffey's Kingdom: The Sunraysia Story chronicles the remarkable saga of the Canadian-American irrigation pioneer whose audacious engineering schemes and entrepreneurial spirit gave birth to the townships of Mildura and Renmark, forever altering the agricultural destiny of the Murray River basin. Drawing on the grand traditions of colonial frontier history, the narrative details the triumphs and tribulations of a man who wrestled water from an unforgiving landscape, battling financial ruin, political opposition, and the relentless Australian drought to realise his extraordinary dream. This account stands as a vital document of Australian regional history, illuminating the broader themes of immigration, nation-building, and the enduring human impulse to impose order upon nature. The Sunraysia region's story is inseparable from Chaffey's own restless ambition, and this work presents the social, economic, and environmental consequences of his legacy with compelling authority. It raises the quietly provocative question of what truly defines a kingdom — the land itself, or the indomitable will of the person who shapes it.
Author: AUSTRALIAN DRIED FRUITS ASSOCIATION
Format: Paperback
Published: 1976, Macmillan
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the sun-scorched borderlands of Victoria and New South Wales, an ambitious visionary named William Benjamin Chaffey dared to transform an arid wilderness into one of Australia's most productive irrigated regions. Chaffey's Kingdom: The Sunraysia Story chronicles the remarkable saga of the Canadian-American irrigation pioneer whose audacious engineering schemes and entrepreneurial spirit gave birth to the townships of Mildura and Renmark, forever altering the agricultural destiny of the Murray River basin. Drawing on the grand traditions of colonial frontier history, the narrative details the triumphs and tribulations of a man who wrestled water from an unforgiving landscape, battling financial ruin, political opposition, and the relentless Australian drought to realise his extraordinary dream. This account stands as a vital document of Australian regional history, illuminating the broader themes of immigration, nation-building, and the enduring human impulse to impose order upon nature. The Sunraysia region's story is inseparable from Chaffey's own restless ambition, and this work presents the social, economic, and environmental consequences of his legacy with compelling authority. It raises the quietly provocative question of what truly defines a kingdom — the land itself, or the indomitable will of the person who shapes it.