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Wadham: Scientist for Land and People.
by Humphreys, L. R. (Ross)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0522849342
- ISBN 13
- 9780522849349
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, old price marks. 225 pp. Samuel Wadham arrived from England in 1926 as Professor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. As man who ignored the heat, dust and flies, to talk to farmers in remote districts, Wadham defied the accepted image of a university educator. He analysed rural problems with rigour. Through government bodies he shaped soldier settlement, and endorsed the Snowy Mountains Scheme. His popular weekly talks on ABC radio stressed the importance of agricultural health. Humphreys skilfully documents Wadham's concerns and interests and - through access to the Wadham family papers - also reveals the complexities of his character and his family life.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14108
- Title
- Wadham: Scientist for Land and People.
- Author
- Humphreys, L. R. (Ross)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0522849342
- ISBN 13
- 9780522849349
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- australian biography, rural, agricultural scientists, education, academics, australian government, victoria
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...