New England Australia - Stocktake on Transport Posts 24 October 06

This stocktake provides an overview of posts dealing with the development of transport within New England.

• 22 May 2006. On Travel Time and Our Sense of Space. Discussion of the way in which travel time affects our sense of space and our perception of the world, linking this to New England's geography and history.
• 27 May 2006. Geography of New England: Impact of Great Dividing Range. Examination of the impact of the range and especially the Eastern escarpment on transport and communication patterns in early New England.
• 16 June 2006. History of New England: the impact of transport costs. Combining Blainey's work with the earlier geographic analysis, looks at the impact of transport costs on settlement and activity in colonial New England.
• 18 June 2006. An aside: about Tenterfield. A short diversion looking at one New England town.
• 2 July 2006. Inland river transport - an aside. This and the following post look at inland river transport as an example of the way in which inter-colony rivalries affected economic patterns.
• 3 July 2006. Rise and fall of the paddle steamer -inland river transport
• 11 September 2006. New England Australia - Aviation. This post introduces the history of aviation in New England with a special focus on New England Airways.
• 12 September 2006. New England Airways - Postscript provides access to some rather nice historical photos on New England Airways.
• 14 September 2006. New England Australia Aviation - Don Shand introduces Don Shand, the founder of East West Airlines and another pioneer of New England Aviation.
• 1 October 2006. New England Australia - Railways Introduction provides an introduction to the construction of railways in New England.
• 14 October 2006. New England Airways - Follow Up deals with new material provided to me by the family of the founders of New England Airways.
• 17 October 2006. New England Australia Aviation Pioneers - the Virtues deals with another New England avaiation pioneer family also linked to New England Airways.

Previous Stocktakes

• 24 September 2006. Stocktake Food & Wine Posts up to 24 September 06
• History: Historical posts up to 7 September 06