
Australia is an arid island where lacks of permanent water resources. In 1884, the New South Wales surveyor general, Mr P Adam, told a Royal Commission, “any permanent system of irrigation in the colony would have to be drawn from snow waters”.

Australia is an arid island where lacks of permanent water resources. In 1884, the New South Wales surveyor general, Mr P Adam, told a Royal Commission, “any permanent system of irrigation in the colony would have to be drawn from snow waters”.