Interplay of American and Australian Ideas for Development of Water Projects in Northern Victoria 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8375825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Rutherford (The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-106 |
| Publication date | 1964-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1964.tb00476.x |
| OpenAlex | W2062981713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
STUDIES of the Australian scene reveal a variety of ways in which its development has been affected by American precept and, in many cases, by the participation of Americans themselves. To some this appears a late innovation associated with the inflow of overseas capital for secondary industry. However, recent research is exposing much earlier influences, particularly on large schemes for water development so vital in Australia because of nationwide problems of aridity. Nowhere is this to be seen more than in northern Victoria, the cradle of large irrigation schemes in the continent, which has led other regions with important irrigated elements of the nation's dried fruits, canning fruits, dairying, and fat lamb industries. Progress in water resources law, and its implementation for enabling works and land settlement schemes throughout northern Victoria, owe much to American ideas; these in turn have greatly affected water development in the other states. This paper seeks to explore a number of related elements of the evolution of water projects in northern Victoria. In the main, it traces the impact of American influences on the local scene, having regard to two vital features of its history: first, the comparatively early start made by Victoria in the promotion of large-scale water conservation and irrigation schemes with a high and increasing level of state participation; secondly, the factors that have helped to condition state policies relating to the location of projects and the systems of water supply and land settlement encouraged by them. Not only are these matters relevant to an understanding of the geography of water development in northern Victoria, but they present numerous examples of American influence molded to local circumstances
Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Settlement (finance) · State (computer science) · Water conservation · Water resources · Water supply · Water trading · Australian History and Society · Ecology · Engineering · Law
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2018 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |