New Frontiers by Alan Farrelly and Ron Morrison

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine, now enclosed in protective sleeve.

This is a first-hand account of the widespread and fast-moving mining and primary industry developments across Australia in the early 1970s.

Having travelled extensively throughout the country, the authors detail the ‘new frontier’ that was opening up at that time with the production of iron ore, nickel, bauxite, wool, beef, wheat, cotton, and power stations.

They viewed most of the exciting major development projects underway including iron ore mining in the Pilbara and the Ord River development in the Kimberley and interviewed hundreds of people, collating a fascinating snapshot of Australia’s way of life and the shape of things to come.

The book is illustrated with dozens of photographs featuring bauxite mining at Weipa, shipbuilding at Whyalla, sugar, tobacco growing and oil in Queensland, space tracking stations and communications and the building of power stations in Australia.