Journal article
John Baillie Henderson: A Hydrologist in Colonial Brisbane
International Review of Environmental History, Vol.4(1), pp.69-92
2018
Abstract
John Baillie Henderson, Queensland Government Hydraulic Engineer (1883-1914), influenced the development of hydrology in south-east Queensland by successfully combining state imperatives with an understanding of the local environment. Science became entwined with nation-building where the applied nature of hydrological engineering fostered development and addressed local concerns in a region characterised by drought and flood. Henderson, as part of a global scientific community, appreciated the importance of local climatic variation and substantially increased hydrological knowledge in Queensland at the turn of the twentieth century.
Details
- Title
- John Baillie Henderson: A Hydrologist in Colonial Brisbane
- Authors
- Margaret Helen Cook (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- International Review of Environmental History, Vol.4(1), pp.69-92
- Publisher
- Australian National University
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.22459/IREH.04.01.2018.06
- ISSN
- 2205-3204
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2018 The Author. This article is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450945002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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