Railways and the Exploitation of Victoria's Forests, 1880s–1920s

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ID20437109
AutoresAndré Brett (0000-0001-9476-6549, University of Wollongong, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume59
Fascículo2
Páginas159-180
Data de publicação2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aehr.12158
OpenAlexW2891086275
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas18

Railways made a large contribution to the expansion of Victoria's economy, and in the process enabled and drove environmental change. This article focuses on one industry, forestry. It first examines railway demand for timber in construction and maintenance, particularly for sleepers. This demand caused tensions – a bitter dispute in the 1890s between the Railways Department and the Conservator of Forests, George Perrin, over timber cut on state land led to uneasy co‐existence after the turn of the century. Railways not only required timber but also carried commercial quantities in bulk, providing forest industries with access to profitable markets – in particular firewood, the significance of which has been underappreciated previously. Forest products contributed substantially to railway revenue, representing a more stable source of income than other major categories of freight such as wheat, wool, and coal

Agricultural economics · Business · Economics · Economy · Firewood · Natural resource economics · Revenue · Waste management · Australian History and Society · Canadian Identity and History · Engineering · Finance · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies