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The Great Boomerang

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The Great Boomerang
1949 edition
AuthorIon Idriess
LanguageEnglish
Genrenon-fiction
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1941
Publication placeAustralia

The Great Boomerang is a 1941 non-fiction book by Ion Idriess.

It contains his plans for developing the north of Australia.[1] Idriess proposed diverting rivers from Queensland to create an inland sea.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "THE "DEAD HEART" COUNTRY". Cairns Post. No. 12, 426. Queensland, Australia. 18 December 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 16 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Inter-Basin Water Transfer: Case Studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China and India by Fereidoun Ghassemi, Ian White, Cambridge University Press, 11 Jan. 2007 p 147