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Description: Provides a history of construction commencing with the needs of the first settlers in the infant colony. Includes examples of early structures. From the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 6, page 358 Technology in Australia 1788-1988 The story of bridge engineering in Australia is a fascinating one which begins with the needs of the first settlers in the infant colony and continues today with some of the most dramatic and advanced bridges in the world. Separating these two eras is the story of bridge development in this country -a story truly entwined with the history of the nation itself. For when the bridge builders were inhibited by the large rivers, gorges and estuaries, the expansion of the European settlement was contained and development was slow. But as soon as bridge technology enabled longer gaps to be crossed, the pace of expansion quickened and roads and railways grew outward apace to open up and develop more of this huge country.
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