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Conference Paper

Author
Taylor, C. J.
Title
Australian railway history
In
200 years of transport - what future?: a mini symposium, Brisbane. 28 September 1988
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia. Queensland Division, Brisbane, Queensland, 1988, p. 7
Abstract

Railways were not invented in Australia. Like many other things, we have adopted successfully (or partly successfully) something first tried overseas. We have repeated some of the same mistakes, and have adapted some of the successes. The purpose of my brief review is to highlight some of the more significant steps in our railway history, and to assess their significance for the future, since history is of little other than academic value if we do not learn from it.

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