Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- The Post War Project in Western Australia: A Discussion About Two Case Studies into Australian Engineering Development During the Second Half of the 20th Century
- In
- Eleventh National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Federation Engineering a Nation; Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2001, pp. 213-222
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1740922155
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.521014549534954
- Abstract
This paper discusses the history of post-World War II development of Western Australia focussing on roads and electricity supply as a case study in the engineering development of Australia in the post-war period. It suggests that what happened in Western Australia may have happened elsewhere in Australia because of the effect that the war had on Australian planning for post-war development and the experience that politicians, planners and engineers had had during the war when the country was mobilised to achieve unified goals.
Related Published resources
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- Eleventh National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Federation Engineering a Nation; Proceedings edited by Baker, Keith (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2001), 262 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.1740922155. Details