Town planning and infrastructure
Title
Town planning and infrastructure
Description
The town planning collection contains a selection of publications relating to the early development of town planning in Australia. Included are a series of lectures and papers from the first and second Australian Town Planning conferences. The exhibition The Birth of Town Planning in Australia provides a detailed examination of the subject.
Subject
Architecture, design and town planning
Items in the Town planning and infrastructure collection
An introduction to the study of town planning in Australia
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Town planning : reprint of papers relating to metropolitan Melbourne
Contributed by Victorian members of the first Australian Town Planning Conference, held in Adelaide, in October, 1917 ; including notes on town planning organization and control. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special…
Volume of proceedings of the Second Australian Town Planning Conference and Exhibition : (under the official recognition of the Queensland government), Brisbane (Queensland), 30th July to 6th August, 1918
The conference was held in the Examination Hall, George St., Brisbane 30th July to 6th August, 1918; the exhibition took place in the Exhibition Concert Hall, Bowen Park, and in the adjoining annexe and grounds of the National Agricultural and…
Burnie, Tasmania : deep water port, rich agricultural district, tourist resort, industrial centre
A comprehensive information booklet on Burnie, Tasmania. Topics include amenities, dairying, paper manufacture from eucalypts, potato industry, proposed port development, the Australian Titan Products Pty. Ltd. among others.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway
This pamphlet from 1923 illustrates the history of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the City Railway including the financial considerations, structural features, population and traffic growth.
Water Conservation and Irrigation in New South Wales : Points of Information
A pamphlet about water conservation and irrigation in rural NSW from 1943.
The factory in a garden
"When Cadbury Brothers moved their factory from Birmingham, in 1879, what is now known as Bournville had no existence. A few cottages were built near to the newly erected works, but the surrounding district retained its rural character. It was in…
Report to the state government of Victoria upon the wool manufacturing industry of Victoria, upon the educational requirements of this industry and upon textile research and trade standardization
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books.
Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners architectural drawings: Corio Quay
Contents:
Corio Quay freezing works : elevations of boiling down works ; levels shewn above low water at ordinary spring tide. Summary: Architectural drawings depicting the meatworks and associated freezer works to be built on the Corio Quay. The…
Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners maps: Sparrovale
Contents:
Sparrovale Homesteam subdivision (A colour map showing the Sparrovale subdivision in detail with the buildings, paddocks use including the number of cows to be assigned to them and where gates are located (1 inch = 1 chain))
Plan…
Plan of portion of southern foreshore: soundings reduced to low water, ordinary spring tides
A map showing part of the foreshore of Geelong, including where jetties are and the depth of water in fathoms near to the shore.Scale 2 chains: 1 inch
Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners: Moorabool Pier buildings
A sheet showing 2 elevations of the Moorabool Pier, the West elevation and North Elevation, overlooking the harbor.Scale 8 feet : 1 inch
Power and heat : Victoria's national scheme of electricity & briquette production
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection.Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Some notes on the state of the Melbourne water supply
Reprinted from Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, vol. xlii. Read before the Engineering section of the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, July 15, 1908. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet…
The subsidence of a rockfill dam and the remedial measures employed at Eildon Reservoir, Australia
Excerpts from the Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1937-1938. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Alfred Deakin Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
The Goulburn Irrigation System : use of Eildon and Cairn Curran Water
Address to the Irrigation District Advisory Boards' Conference, Marysville, 23rd June, 1955. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Alfred Deakin Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality…
The future of water supply in Victoria : objectives and problems of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Alfred Deakin Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Victoria place-names and their origin
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Telephone facilities in country districts
"C.12766/50"Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.