Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Newcastle, a Pioneer of Australia's Bulk Materials Port Systems
- In
- Third International Conference on Bulk Materials, Storage, Handling and Transportation: Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1989, pp. 1-10
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858254662
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.648519971854816
- Description
National Conference Publication (IEAust) 89/9
- Abstract
This paper provides a brief history of the development of the Port of Newcastle. This history is set in the context of the development of a total Australian bulk materials ports system to handle coal, grain, sugar and iron ore. Space does not permit coverage of other important materials such as alumina, bauxite and woodchips.