A change in the weather : climate and culture in Australia / [edited by] Tim Sherratt, Tom Griffiths and Libby Robin
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- 3507139
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- Author:
- Robin, Libby, 1956-
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- Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press, 2005
- 216 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1876944285
- Summary:
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Climate plays a considerable role in the society and culture of Australia. This text is an interdisciplinary 'weather report' that draws together perspectives from the social sciences, the humanities, science and engineering to deepen our understanding of the relationship between climate and culture in Australia.
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- Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements iii
- ELEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS vi
- Chapter 1 Human elements 1
- Tim Sherratt
- Chapter 2 Climatic outlooks: from revolutionary science 18
- to orthodoxy
- Neville Nicholls
- CHANGE OF SEASONS 30
- Chapter 3 Rhythms, patterns, connectivities: 32
- Indigenous concepts of seasons and change
- Deborah Rose
- Chapter 4 Migrants and nomads: seasoning zoological 42
- knowledge in Australia
- Libby Robin
- THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN 54
- Chapter 5 Goyder's Line: the unreliable history of the line 56
- of reliable rainfall
- Janis Sheldrick
- Chapter 6 Rainmaking in CSIRO: the science and politics 66
- of climate modification
- R. W Home
- MAXIMUMS AND MINIMUMS 80
- Chapter 7 Managing climate for the Murray-Darling Basin 82
- (1850-2050)
- Daniel Connell
- Chapter 8 The curse of the tropics 92
- David Walker
- SUNNY PERIODS 102
- Chapter 9 'All just melted with heat': mothers, babies and 104
- 'hot winds' in colonial Melbourne
- Janet McCalman
- Chapter 10 Sunshine, social factors, solar energy 116
- and sustainability
- Ian Lowe
- THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK 126
- Chapter 11 Revolutionary weather: the climatic and economic 128
- crisis of 1788-1795 and the discovery of El Ninio
- Richard Grove
- Chapter 12 Climate change and human health: 141
- looking backwards, planning forward
- Tony McMichael
- WINDS RISING 150
- Chapter 13 The roaring forties 152
- Tom Griffiths
- Chapter 14 Cyclone Tracy: voices on the wind 165
- Bill Bunbury
- A CHANGE IS EXPECTED 174
- Chapter 15 Palaeoclimates: an archaeology of climate change 176
- M. A. Smith
- Chapter 16 The social psychology of climate change 187
- Clive Hamilton
- Notes 196
- Index 213.
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- Includes index.
- Music on end papers.
- Includes bibliographical references : p. 196-213.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Psychology - Non-Indigenous
- Indigenous knowledge - Ecology
- Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons
- Mythology - Theory and analysis
- Technology - Solar power
- Environment - Climate and weather - Climate change
- Habitation - Nomadism
- Subsistence and economy - Seasonality
- Environment - Resource management
- Animals - Birds
- Religion - Dreaming - Rainbow Serpent
- Attitudes
- Water supply - Rainwater
- Environment - Land management
- Health - Theory and criticism
- Archaeology
- Melbourne (Vic SJ55-05)
- Yarralin (Victoria River Downs North NT SE52-04)
- Lake Mungo / Walls of China (Willandra SW NSW SI54-08)
- Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04)
- South Australia (SA)
- Darling River (NSW SH55, SI54)
- River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
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- Climate and culture in Australia
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