(Source: 2000s Australian Drought.)ĭuring this most recent drought period, I lived in Melbourne and travelled throughout Victoria training and supporting rural support workers, such as psychologists, social workers, financial counselors, addiction counselors (drugs/alcohol/gambling), bush fire counselors, etc. Worst in Australian history 2010-2011: La Niña finally breaks the drought. If you don’t live here and want to understand a bit more about the context of Harper’s story, here’s a timeline of our most recent Victorian drought: 1996-2000: patchy rainfall in the south-east 2001-2005: El Niño brings on strong drought conditions 2006-2007: extreme dry and hot conditions in the Murray–Darling basin 2008-2009: continuing hot and dry conditions 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires – Also, we are not currently in drought conditions (though bush fire season approaches and is taken seriously by all of us), and we are not running a farm or dependent on farmers as our customer base. I lived for ten years in Melbourne before moving with my husband to a rural Australian town, and we love it here, but it’s in the central highlands of Victoria and a very beautiful place. It’s a fine book! But you could forgive someone who, having read The Dry, Wake in Fright, and/or Drylands decided never under any circumstances to visit a rural Australian town. This is such an Australian book, so embedded in local culture that it amazes me it’s popular outside the country. Book Review: The Dry, by Jane Harper td Whittle Posted on November 11, 2017
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