Between the centre and the periphery: The development of port trade in Darwin, Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-288

  Wu, Jiaping ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gateway; Intermediacy; Landbridging; Location; Port of Darwin

Indexed keywords

CARGO; CARGO HANDLING; EXPORT; IMPORT; PORT OPERATION; PORT TRADE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 80052189549     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2011.595767     Document Type: Article

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