Publication Name: PESA Journal
Authors: Rick Wilkinson
Publication Issue: 4
Date Published: March 1984
Number of Pages: 2
Reference Type: Journal Article
Abstract:
In 1959 McGraw Hill published a book entitled The Greatest Gamblers by Ruth Sheldon Knowles. This is a history of oil exploration in the USA; it is exciting, and it was an instant success. Now we have just such a work in A Thirst for Burning. In this book Rick Wilkinson lovingly and carefully describes the growth of the industry in Australia from Roma in 1899 -- "Strewth! It's gas" -- to the Jabiru discovery, which he hopes will prove wrong the curious remark that "Bass Strait is like the cow you milk once, but that has no calves."