Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Foundries, Federation and Free Trade
- In
- Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. 2, no. 1, 2004, pp. 27-44
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.479463023629168
- Description
Paper presented at the National Engineering Heritage Conference (11th: 2001 : Canberra).
- Abstract
This paper provides a case study of the impact of Federation on Victoria's engineering development between 1901 and the First World War. By 1900, engineering accounted for 25% of the Victorian manufacturing workforce following fifty years of strong growth stimulated by vigorous domestic demand, preferential government tendering and a protective import tariff. After 1901, influences on Victorian engineering development included the introduction of Commonwealth import tariff & patent legislation, the rise of .new protectionism, and the freeing up of interstate trade. The momentum gained during the colonial period helped Victoria develop the largest interstate and export machinery trade of any Australian state by 1915 and would shape much of Victoria's industrial development during the 20th century.
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- '11th National Engineering Heritage Conference - Selected Papers (2001 : Canberra)', Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering, 2 (1) (2004), https://search.informit.org/toc/ajmde/2/1. Details