Cry Me a River; QE77 by Margaret Simons LAW From the instruments that floated

From the instruments that floated ashore at Sydney Cove in the late eighteenth century to the resurrection of derelict heirlooms in the streets of twenty-first-century Melbourne

Correspondence discussing Quarterly Essay 44

’ Paul Cleary

A very Australian story of heroism and healing

ethnicities and experiences

Cry Me a River; QE77 by Margaret Simons LAW From the instruments that floatedThe MurrayDarling Basin is the food bowl of Australia, and its in trouble. What does this mean for the future for water and crops, and for the people and towns that depend on it? In Cry Me a River, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the Basin, all the way from Queensland to South Australia. She shows that its plight is environmental but also economic, and enmeshed in ideology and identity. Her essay is both a portrait of the