Monopoly Control: Government Ownership and Control of Network Utility Industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988 (Paperback, 2023)

Part I: Setting the framework.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2:?Australian economic development and network utilities.- Part II:?The construction of the new infrastructure: the 19^th century.- Chapter 3:?Infrastructure development: industrialisation, institutions, private interests, and public capital investment.- Chapter 4:?The colonial post office.- Chapter 5:?Local supply networks: water and gas.- Chapter 6:?Railways: emergence and development.- Part III:?A new nation and its networks: 1901 to 1945.- Chapter 7:?Infrastructure provision for a new nation.- Chapter 8:?The development of telecommunications.- Chapter 9:?Urban amenities: electricity, gas, and tramways.- Chapter 10:?The railways: growth and decline.- Part IV:?The post-war era: 1945 to 1988.- Chapter 11:?The post-war world.- Chapter 12:?Telecommunications: extending the network.- Chapter 13:?Urban growth and change.- Chapter 14:?Transport: a new way forward.- Part V:?Conclusion.- Chapter 15:?Economic policy, service delivery, and productivity.