Media
Examining newspapers, as well as other media formats, we seek to interrogate the role the media has played in both reflecting and shaping public understandings of drought as a cultural and institutional, as well as natural, phenomenon, and in moulding ways of thinking about and depicting drought-affected landscapes, people and communities. We will also conduct oral history interviews with media practitioners across radio, print, TV and online.
Inigo Jones’s Forecast
‘Inigo Jones’s Forecast,’ Wodonga and Towong Sentinel, 26 January 1940, 2. Transcript: In a forecast bulletin issued by Mr Inigo Jones… the prediction is ...
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RAINFALL FIGURES DOWN: Lowest For Five Years
Border Morning Mail, March 1938. Transcript: POSITION BECOMES DISTURBING. The first two months of 1938 have produced almost drought conditions and records on the rain ...
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DROUGHT DESOLATION SEEN ABOUT ALBURY
Border Morning Mail. 26 May 1945, 8. Transcript: DROUGHT DESOLATION SEEN ABOUT ALBURY. Federal Officer Says We May Get More Wheat. When Mr S. Hodgson, ...
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Drought: A challenge to every Australian
Border Morning Mail. 10 October 1944, 2. Transcript: We spill out our wealth and sacrifice young lives to win a war and are joyous over ...
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Scarcity of Water
Bendigo Independent, 12 March 1901, p. 2 Story: This extract from the Bendigo Independent illustrates failing water supply in Bendigo in the later years of ...
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The Drought
‘The Drought,’ Australian Star, 29 April 1902, 6. Transcript: The continued drought has caused the Albury station yard to have quite an animated appearance ...
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An Irrigation Contrast
J L Dow, ‘Goulburn Valley Farming: An Irrigation Contrast,’ Leader, 15 February 1902, 6. Transcript: On the other side of the Goulburn, where the ...
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