Description
The River is a passionate account of the Pages River, a branch of the Hunter River that flows through the author’s property, Elmswood, near Scone, New South Wales. Besides participating in the river’s ups and downs, Patrice Newell follows the political, community and environmental twists and turns that are so crucial to the Pages’ survival. Delving into the river’s rich past geological, Aboriginal and settler, Newell’s account tackles a topic of great national relevance and concern: the deteriorating state of our waterways and, consequently, life on the land.