A case study of what began as one of the Whitlam Government's boldest ventures - to make a new city in the country so as to relieve the pressure on capital cities. This book explains what was involved in that venture - what went right and what went wrong.
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"'[Building cities] is far the most difficult, complex and majestic thing that [people] do. In this we come nearest in scale to what God does in creating the stars and the hills and the forests.' - Gough Whitlam quoting Howard Carver, Director of the Canadian Institute of Urban Research in the early 1970s."
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Höhe: 265 mm
Breite: 180 mm
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978-0-86840-944-3 (9780868409443)
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Dr Bruce Pennay is a regional historian who has completed history and heritage studies of several places in non-metropolitan New South and Victoria. He moved with Marie Pennay and their family to live in Albury-Wodonga in 1983, when the second phase of the growth centre project was flourishing, and, like many other newcomers at that time, has lived there ever since. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Charles Sturt University.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part one; Beginnings of the growth centre project; Chapter 1: Deciding on a national growth centre project; Chapter 2: Finding out about Albury and Wodonga; Part two; Developing the growth centre project: 1973-77; Chapter 3: Coordinating the project; Chapter 4: Planning physical development; Chapter 5: Putting the project on the ground; Chapter 6: Making it all happen; Chapter 7: Community concerns; Chapter 8: Political disquiet; Chapter 9: Changing the project; Chapter 10: Reviewing achievement and generating confidence; Part three; Developing a pilot project in selective decentralisation: 1977-1989; Chapter 11: Changes in the economic and political climate; Chapter 12: Changing the structure; Chapter 13: Relating to local government; Chapter 14: Encouraging economic development; Chapter 15: Managing physical development; Chapter 16: Fostering social development; Chapter 17: Reviewing the project; Part four; Redefining and winding up the project: 1989-2003; Chapter 18: Changing directions; Chapter 19: Winding up the project: 1995 and beyond; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Members of the Ministerial Council, 1973-2003; Appendix 2: Members of the Albury - Wodonga Development Corporation; Appendix 3: The Albury - Wodonga Development Corporation at work.
