Wheels of Progress: History of the Road Transport Industry in Western Australia 1829-1983 by Dennis Hancock
SKU TBM9780949795106
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780949795106
Author: Dennis Hancock
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Access Press
Place: Perth WA
Year: 1983
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 150 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Some edgewear at book spine. Slight sunning of pages. Dust jacket has creasing at top and tail. Tear to top back cover fixed with book tape. Inscribed by author.
No task was more vital for Western Australia's European colonisation that a communication system to open up a vast, empty land with harsh terrain and extremes of climate.
It was tackled over the years by horse, camel and donkey teams, by stage-coach drivers and eventually by motor truck operators.
Commission by the West Australian Road Transport Association (Inc)
Wheels of Progress: History of the Road Transport Industry in Western Australia 1829-1983 by Dennis Hancock
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