Review of how indigenous people managed for water in desert regions of Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-25

  Bayly, I A E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032734122     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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