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.

BendigoMedia

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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Albury/WodongaMedia

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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MediaShepparton

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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Albury/WodongaMedia

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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Albury/WodongaMedia

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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Albury/WodongaMedia

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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Albury/WodongaMedia

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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