Presented by Mildura and District Historical Society.

Compiled by Ann Ziguras & Sue Kelly for Mildura Rural City Council Library.100 years ago

IRRIGATIONIST FATHERS: It was just on 35 years ago that the late Alfred Deakin, the first real exponent of irrigation for arid Australia, induced W.B. and George Chaffey to leave their American domiciles and take up the role of irrigationist fathers ...