New Frontiers
By Alan Farrelly
Published by Rigby Limited: Melbourne 1970 1st Edition
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New Frontiers is a sweeping and vividly written portrait of Australia at the threshold of modern industrial power, capturing the optimism, ambition, and upheaval of the late 1960s. Drawing on extensive travel across the continent, Alan Farrelly chronicles the transformation of remote landscapes into centres of mining, energy production, science, and infrastructure, from the iron-rich Pilbara and the oil and gas fields to emerging industrial cities and space-tracking installations. His narrative blends reportage with economic and social analysis, revealing how minerals, power, transport, agriculture, and technology were reshaping Australia's national identity and global standing.
Complemented by Ron Morrison's striking photographic record, the book conveys both the scale and the human dimension of this transformation: workers, engineers, scientists, financiers, and politicians driving change amid dust, steel, and vast distances. At once a document of its time and a prescient examination of growth, resources, and national purpose, this 1970 first edition stands as an important visual and historical record of Australia's post-war expansion, appealing particularly to collectors of Australian history, industrial heritage, economic development, and 20th-century documentary photography."
Light wear to dustjacket and covers. A nice clean copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
