{"product_id":"9781921776854","title":"Yarra: The History of Melbourne's Murky River","description":"Erudite, affectionate and witty, with more meanders and diversions than  the river itself, Yarra is both a fascinating read and a fitting tribute  to the 'noble stream'. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In September 1835 surveyor John Wedge misheard  the local Kulin identify the river as 'Yarrow Yarrow'. It was only some  months later that Wedge discovered they had been referring to the  pattern and movement of water over the Falls, not the river itself. And  ever since, it has been the Yarra's fate to be misunderstood: maligned  for its muddiness, ill-used as sewer and tip; scooped, sculpted,  straightened and stressed, 'cleaned up' to the detriment of its natural  inhabitants; built-over, under and beside; worked mercilessly and then  bridged almost to maritime extinction. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Kristin Otto's superbly  entertaining new history, the whole sorry tale is laid bare. From the  creation stories of Kulin owners and geologist blow-ins to the  twenty-first-century waterside building boom, Otto traces the course of  Melbourne's murky river.","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175709819120,"sku":"9781921776854","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921776854_p0.jpg?v=1763631788","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921776854","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}