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Item Details
Title:
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THE RAILWAYS OF VICTORIA 1854-2004
150TH ANNIVERSARY |
By: |
Robert Lee |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£40.50 |
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ISBN 10: |
0522851347 |
ISBN 13: |
9780522851342 |
Publisher: |
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 2007 |
Pages: |
352 |
Description: |
Illustrated with more than 150 images and 5 maps, this book traces the history of Victoria's railways and the social history and development of traffic in metropolitan and regional areas. |
Synopsis: |
Traces the history of Victoria's railways and the social history and development of traffic in metropolitan and regional areas. Contents include: Introduction: Victoria and the Railway Age Marvellous Melbourne and its Early Railways, 1854-1878 Rails to the Goldfields The Higinbotham Era: Coloured Lines, Light Lines and Borders Breached Climax and Denouement: Victorian Railways in the 1880s and 1890s The Twilight of the Developmental Railway: Victorian Railways from Federation to the 1920s The End of Domination: The Clapp Era (1920-1939) and the Transformation of Traffic From War to Peace: Victoria and the Beginnings of National Railway Planning, 1939-1970 The Struggle for Relevance: The Country Railway transformed in the Motor Age, 1970-2004 |
Illustrations: |
150illustrations, 5 maps |
Publication: |
Australia |
Imprint: |
Melbourne University Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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