The shrinkage of the Hume Weir dam, near Bethanga

A Thirsty Land

The decade-long dry that blights parts of southern Australia was recorded by some of the country's best documentary photographers. Their work will be on show in the exhibition Beyond Reasonable Drought in Canberra from July 5 to October 26

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