Irrigation Nation or Pacific Partner? Visions for Postwar Australia

Jayne Regan

doi:10.5282/rcc/7908

Irrigation Nation or Pacific Partner? Visions for Postwar Australia

Jayne Regan

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In this article, Jayne Regan presents two contrasting postwar visions for the future of Australia. William Hatfield advocated large-scale hydroengineering projects that would irrigate the arid inland of the continent and bring prosperity and security to its rural inhabitants. Pacifist Flexmore Hudson promoted local knowledge of nature as part of an intellectual movement of world-mindedness. The article shows postwar Australia at a moment of global concern and reorientation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-57pp.
Journal	Rachel Carson Center (RCC) Perspectives
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc/7908
Publication status	Published - 2017

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