| Table of Contents 
 Chapter 6
 
 I Construction During The Settlement Years
 
 II The Use Of Timber As A Structural Material
 
 III Structural Steel
 
 IV Concrete Technology
 
 V Housing
 
 VI Industrialised Pre-cast Concrete Housing
 
 VII Ports And Harbours
 
 VIII Roads
 
 IX Heavy Foundations
 
 X Bridges
 
 XI Sewerage
 
 XII Water Engineering
 
 XIII Railways
 i Factors Impeding Developments
 ii Railway Sleepers
 iii Rail Tracks
 iv Some Interesting Railway Projects
 v Tarcoola-Alice Springs Railway
 vi The Conversion to Standard Gauge
 vii Railways in the Pilbara
 viii Railways in the Coal Fields of Queensland
 ix The Melbourne Underground Railway Loop
 
 XIV Major Buildings
 
 XV Airports
 
 XVI Thermal Power Stations
 
 XVII Materials Handling
 
 XVIII Oil Industry
 
 XIX The Snowy Mountains Scheme
 
 XX The Sydney Opera House
 
 XXI The Sydney Harbour Bridge
 
 XXII Hamersley Iron
 
 XXIII North West Shelf
 
 Sources and References
 
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