Yarra : a diverting history
Otto, Kristin2009
Book
It was John Wedge, Batman's private surveyor, who named the Yarra Yarra. In September 1835, he was at the Turning Basin with some Kulin and heard them identify the river as it came over the falls as, he wrote ' Yarrow Yarrow'. It was only some months later that Wedge discovered they had been referring to the pattern and movement of water over the falls, not the river itself. And ever since, it has been the Yarra's fate to be misunderstood; maligned for its muddiness, ill-used as a sewer and tip, scooped, sculpted, straightened and stressed. In Kristin Otto's superbly entertaining new history, the whole sorry tale is laid bare. From the creation stories of Kulin owners and geologist blow-ins (and Robert Hoddle's bad-tempered expedition to the headwaters) to the twenty-first-century waterside building boom, Otto traces the course of Melbourne's murky river. Erudite, affectionate and witty, with more meanders and diversions than the river itself, Yarra is both a fascinating read and a fitting tribute to the 'noble stream'.
Main title:
Yarra : a diverting history / Kristin Otto.
Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2009, c2005.
Collation:
245 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published: 2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781921520006
Dewey class:
551.483099452551.483994.51
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
200266
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Local History Non Fiction | LH 551.483 OTTO | Available |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -History | HISTORY 994.51 OTTO | Available, if not on loan or reserved (Set: 02 Jan 2024) |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 551.483 OTTO | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 551.483 OTTO | Not for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017) |
| Southbank Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 551.483 OTTO | On loan - Due: 15 Jul 2026 |