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SECONDHAND BOOK
From 1788 Australians have been interested in opening up the country for farming and for further settlement, and the stories of exploration have been recorded many times by now.
But even more immediate a problem in all the fledgling colonies, and a problem that has remained and will remain, was that of urban transport… getting around town. While the continent was being opened up, and its coasts charted, settlers in the townships had to find the best ways of moving the comparatively short distance from home to other homes or work.
In Getting Around Town Brian Carroll has written the first comprehensive history of Australian urban transport, from the earliest horses and carts to Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs Railway (opened 106 years after it was first mooted) and Melbourne’s Underground, which is scheduled to begin operation in 1982.
In between, Carroll describes a wide variety of transport systems, both major and minor: hansom cabs, steam and electric trains to the suburbs, trams powered by horses, steam, cables and electricity, ferries, cars, taxis, buses and even the once-popular bicycle which is coming back into favour.
As well, there are chapters on bridges, Australian oil, transport strikes, and, of course, the Holden.
In 35 profusely illustrated chapters, Brian Carroll shows the many and varied ways that Australians have chosen to come to terms with the perennial problem of getting around town.
Specifications:
Condition: Good – minor wear to edges of dustjacket, pages yellowed.
Publisher: Cassell Australia
Year: 1980
Format: Hardback, with dustjacket
Pages: 176pp
ISBN: 072691388
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