Oblong format. xii, 126 pages, including bibliographic references and index. Issued for the centenary of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. A series of articles dealing with the protection and usage of the Murray and Darling Rivers. Still unresolved over 10 years on. CONTENTS: 1. Protecting the future / Don Blackmore 2. Divided power, co-operative solutions / Sandford D. Clark 3. Managers for all seasons / David Dole 4. Our difficult bequest: the collision of biophysical and economic reality, cultural values and public policy / John Williams & Kevin Goss 5. The common good / Peter Cullen 6. Humility in the paddock / Sarah Ryan & Steve Morton 7. A winding road: an assessment of progress towards sustainability in the Murray-Darling Basin / David Yencken & Daniel Connell 8. Economics and natural resource management policy / Stephen Beare & Anna Heaney 9. Murray-Darling waterkeepers / Paul Sinclair 10. Sharing power and responsibility / Leith Boully & Stephen Dovers 11. Reflections on Unchartered Waters / Asa Wahlquist.