Navigation v. irrigation |
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Title : | Navigation v. irrigation |
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Source : | Quiz, 6 February 1903, p. 3 | ||
Date of creation : | 1903 | ||
Format : | Newspaper | ||
Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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Description : |
Cartoon depicting South Australia as a small boy wanting to float his toy paddle-steamer in the River Murray waters while Victoria fills its watering can for irrigation schemes. Cartoonists often represented South Australia as a defenceless child being preyed upon by the ruthless eastern states. |
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Coverage year : | 1903 |
Period : | 1884-1913 |
Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
Further reading : | Davis, Peter S and Phillip J Moore (eds.). Who owns the Murray? : a South Australian perspective Magill, S. Aust. : River Publications, 1985 The Observer, 1 April 1905, p. 40, 'Murray waters' |