Grandiose plans, but insignificant outcomes: The development of colonial ports at Twofold Bay, New South Wales

Australian Geographer

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-218

  Waitt, Gordon ^a   Hartig, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Historical geography; New South Wales; Port development; Transport; Twofold Bay

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ECONOMY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PORT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORT HISTORY; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, TWOFOLD BAY;

EID: 0031423029     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189708703193     Document Type: Article

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