Foundation of Australias Capital Cities - Geology, Landscape, and Urban Character

The Foundation of Australia’s Capital Cities is the story of how the places chosen for Australia’s seven colonial capitals came to shape their unique urban character and built environments, resulting in development patterns than have persisted today.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Sandstone Harbor: Sydney, New South Wales, 1788
Chapter 2. On the Edge of the Graben: Hobart, Van Diemen's Land 1803-04
Chapter 3. Ridgelines and Waterways: Brisbane, Queensland, 1825
Chapter 4. Limestone and Lakes: Perth, Western Australia, 1829
Chapter 5. On the Edge of the Delta: Melbourne, Victoria, 1835
Chapter 6. The Woodland Plain: Adelaide, South Australia, 1836
Chapter 7. The Northern Outpost: Darwin, Northern Territory, 1869
Chapter 8. Geology, Landscape and Australian Cities

About the author

Anthony (Tony) Webster is adjunct senior lecturer of geology at the Centre for Ore Deposits and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania and honorary senior research fellow at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland.

Summary

The Foundation of Australia’s Capital Cities is the story of how the places chosen for Australia’s seven colonial capitals came to shape their unique urban character and built environments, resulting in development patterns than have persisted today.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Webster
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781498597951
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9795-1
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Australasian & Pacific history, Geology, geomorphology & the lithosphere, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Australasia, Australasian and Pacific history, Geology & The Lithosphere, Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa