Transport

An Australian History

by Robert Lee

University of New South Wales Press, 2010, [First Edition], ISBN 9781742232133, colour and black and white photographs throughout text, illustrated endpapers, colour photographic frontispiece,  hardcover with illustrated boards

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear,  a little  rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, tear to front cover at spine, no inscriptions (see photographs)

“What did we do before modern transport?  Aborigines travelled by foot and used canoes made form large sheets of bark, but with European settlement new technologies emerged for crossing our vast country.  Transport brings together the stories of heroic, groundbreaking and everyday enterprises in shipping, roads, rail and aviation across Australia.
From saddle horse to the motorcar, form the inter-colonial steamship and express train services to the freedom of the skies offered by modern jet aircraft, transport is the backbone of our nation.  This fascinating book shows that the story of transport is the story of Australia.”