Report of the Murray Valley Resources Survey Committee On

Resources and Development of the Murray Valley

Volume Two - Maps

Department of National Development, 1953, large A2 size, colour maps throughout, paperback

Fair Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing, bumping to edges and corners, some foxing and marking to introductory pages and overs, small tears to edges, age toned pages, corner torn away on title page, weakened insect holes in title page, discolouration to covers and introductory pages, folds and creases, folds to book in general, tears to one or two pages (see photographs)

“In this Murray Valley series an attempt is made to provide a comprehensive but relatively detailed pictures of the major economic resources of the region.  The thirty-eight separate maps of this atlas presented on twenty sheets demonstrate the potentialities of the area and, at the same time, indicate the Limitations imposed by the environmental and other developmental factors. 
Some of the sheets have been prepared with a view to more direct planning applications: and the series, as a whole, should prove useful in guiding decisions on the location of developmental works, amenities, business or industrial premises, new farming or mining ventures.
This series of resources maps is a unique amongst Australian economic geography publications.  Apart from the Atlases published by the Regional Boundaries Committee, Victoria (1944) and the State Economic Planning Authority, Tasmania (1947) which cover the whole state, no region in Australia has been treated so fully hitherto, a treatment which the largest and most important river basin obviously merits….”