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Report

Author
Lay, M. G.
Title
History of Australian Roads
Imprint
Australian Roads Research Board, December 1984, 35 pp
ISBN/ISSN
0869101641
Description

Special Report 29
Also available online, April 2019, through the ARRB Knowledge Base.
https://www.arrb.com.au/national-interest-services

Abstract

This report reviews the whole range of the history of Australian roads. It discusses the stages in which these roads developed and then reviews such topics as pre European aboriginal routes, the first roads (at Sydney), the move of roads beyond Sydney and the physical barriers encountered, the early bridges and the early road administration. It discusses the separate developments in Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria, Western And South Australia. The report reviews the development of national highways from explorers' routes, methods of pavement construction and the development of bridges. A study is given of Australian transport history, beginning with early transport, carts and wagons and stage coaches and buses, taxis and trams. A special section is devoted to the development of the car, beginning with cycling, the first car, locally produced cars and imported cars and car travel. The report ends with a review of national administrative developments since the first world war.

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