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Helen Stagg is the grand daughter of one of the hundreds of men who worked on the mammoth engineering scheme to control the waters of the River Murray for irrigation and navigation. As a child, Helen heard her mother’s stories of growing up at the lock construction sites and Helen was keen to further explore the history of the workmen and their families. The book’s focus is on the first nine locks and weirs which were built by South Australia and tells the story of the ordinary workers, and the women and children who lived with them in the camps which sprang up along the river at each construction site.
Books can be purchased on the night - $45 cash only.
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