In this history, the older of the two Chaffey brothers, George, becomes the subject of the authors research. In his investigations, he regularly draws upon an in-depth story already written: The Life of George Chaffey by J.A. Alexander in 1928. His own history includes not only developments in the Australian towns of Mildura (Victoria) and Renmark (South Australia), but also catalogues Ceorge's earlier time growing up in Brockville, Ontario (Canada), followed by his inventive years in the USA during the early 1880s, and again in the early 1900s. In this book, the author initially gives countless examples of young George Chaffey's inquisitive, engineering mind in his birth country, Canada, after which he describes George and his brother William Benjamin's inventiveness in the USA. Ship building, irrrigation and electricity were to fascinate this curious inventor from an early age.

Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and publisher's notice of publication for 'The Life of George Chaffey' by J. A. Alexander. Accompanied by article: 'Chaffey, the man Brockville forgot' by H. W. King (p. 4-6, ill. ; 29 cm.--Typescript, photocopy.--Published in: Riverlander.)

This volume brings together a set of key articles from the last 30 years pertaining to the environmental history of the Pacific basin. It aims to treat the islands and waters of the Pacific as well as the lands around the Rim, from New Zealand to Japan, to California, to Chile, and is the first work of environmental history to take this inclusive view of the Pacific basin. The focus is mainly on recent centuries but, as environmental history requires, at times the work also takes the very long view of millennia. Several of the articles seek to bring a broad Pacific perspective to bear on their subjects, while others use Pacific-basin examples to try to establish broader theoretical points of interest to all who are drawn to the study of the interactions between nature and culture. The book includes a bibliography of Pacific-basin environmental history and an introduction that aims to sketch the contours and possible future directions of the field.