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Water: the vital element. Hardcover
ISBN 9780646537245 / 0646537245
, 2010
. WATER: THE VITAL ELEMENT – 150 Years of Shepparton’s Growth – History – HCDJ. Features: 1St Edition. Modified Item: No. Special Attributes: 1St Edition. Subject: History. Book has been read but is in good condition. Dust Jacket has some shelfwear and indentations, faint marks and wear to edges. Inside is tightly bound and unmarked.. Up for offer is “Water: The Vital Element” HCDJ Book by Martin Summons 150 Years of Shepparton’s Growth This book is a reflection of Shepparton’s progress through 150 years since its gazettal as a humble hamlet of 30 people in 1860. Its flowing narrative, punctuated with anecdotes and stories, connects the 15 decades of its relentless march to major provincial town status, and highlights the interesting facets of the town’s growth. Water – and therein the virtues of the Goulburn River catchment – was selected as the theme for the story because without this ‘liquid gold’ many of the historical and vital advances made by Shepparton simply would t have transpired. This is not a history book in the pure sense but, rather, a book of history. It does not chronicle all of the facts and figures and table individuals, but is more of a connection of many of the happenings and people that made for a prodigious town. Book has been read but is in good condition.