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Title: | Enterprise and Ingenuity | Contributor(s): | Henning, Graydon R (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9658 | Abstract: | New England, like similar parts of rural Australia, has a complicated pattern of independence and dependence on the outside world. This is especially obvious in the history of its town-based industries. The story is, at first sight, a simple one - of rise (in the second half of the nineteenth century) and decline (in the second half of the twentieth). During those three or four generations a complex body of skills was learned, handed down and adapted to continuous technological change, and is now largely - though not wholly - forgotten. A network of traffic and trade evolved, focused on local manufacturing, and a sense of collectivity and cooperation developed, sometimes with important political implications (see Chapter 20), all of which has now more or less passed away. Often the remains of buildings and machinery survive as relics of this vital period of New England's history, concealing stories that archaeology can partly uncover (see Chapter 21). The story is one of a triangular relationship, with the three parties being, first, Tamworth; second, the smaller towns of the region; and third, Sydney and Newcastle. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | High Lean Country: Land, people and memory in New England, p. 221-232 | Publisher: | Allen & Unwin | Place of Publication: | Crows Nest, Australia | ISBN: | 9781741750867 9781741761092 1741750865 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950503 Understanding Australias Past | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34284643 http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741750867 |
Editor: | Editor(s): Alan Atkinson, J S Ryan, Iain Davidson and Andrew Piper |
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