At the End of the River: The Coorong and Lower Lakes

Abstract

This is a marvelous text (29 cm X 23 cm, 247 pp) on the Coorong and other waters at the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia, their social and environmental values, and the problems which beset them. The Coorong itself is an unusual 110 kilometers long but narrow lagoon, running southeast along the coast from the Murray mouth. Authored principally by Associate Professor David Paton of the University of Adelaide, the text also contains vignettes by 22 other contributors. Its ten chapter are illustrated by 150 colour photographs (no less than 35 photographers contributed) and 35 are so delightful sketches. Almost 300 references are included, plus 50 tables and diagrams.