Description
A richly illustrated expose of development scandals and political corruption in NSW, focused on the:
- railways and tramways of Sydney, including the Illawarra Line
- colourful characters who ran NSW and their shifting political factions
- the developers who financed Henry Parkes and other government leaders
- the Sydney suburbs laid out to suit their interests, including St George’s train stations, especially Rockdale, Kogarah, and Hurstville
- dismal planning failures of the late 1870s and 80s that haunt Sydney still
A meticulous account of late colonial times when NSW was governed to suit developers and greedy politicians, no less than in the 21st century. The massive transformation of Sydney and its outskirts from then on is startling; the old flaws of the NSW government even more so.
Length: 303 pages; Hardback; Published: 2016.
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