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Book

Author
Chambers, Don (Donald)
Title
Wooden wonders : Victoria's timber bridges
Imprint
Hyland House, Flemington, Vic., 2006, 207 pp
ISBN/ISSN
186447100X
Description

Published for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).
Includes Bibliography, illustrations, maps.

Abstract

From fords and punts to timber bridges; Footbridge Flumes; Specs and spans : demystifying the technology; Some of the engineers; Opening the west by road and rail; Linking mines and markets in the golden triangle; The Goulburn - riverboats to irrigation; The Murray - bridging the colonies; By rail through Gippsland's swamps and forests; Railways and tall timbers in the Upper Murray; Gippsland and the CRB.

Includes photographs, illustrations, maps, references and index.

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Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
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Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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