- 1 The writer acknowledges valuable discussions on the subject of this note with Professor O. H. K. Spate and Dr. G. J. R. Linge, of the Department of Geography, Australian National University.
- 2 Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 352–74.
- 3 Ibid., pp. 360, 362.
- 4 Ibid., p. 362. Italics mine.
- 5 Commonwealth Yearbook, No. 6 (Melbourne, 1913), pp. 1114–5.
- 6 Referred to as the “Riverina.”
- 7 “Return to an Order No. 2 …,” Australian Federation Convention Proceedings, March, April, and May, 1897, in Papers Presented to Parliament, Legislative Assembly of Victoria, 1897, Vol. 2, Paper No. 25, pp. 1287–1476. A line from Melbourne to Echuca (on the Victoria–N.S.W. border) was opened for traffic in 1864, Victorian Railways Report (Melbourne, 1864–65), p. 11.
- 8 N.S.W. Railways Report (Sydney, 1899–1900), Appendix 11, p. 25.
- 9 Incidentally, this led to actual Victorian claims to the ownership of the Riverina.
- 10 See Return to an Order … Differential Rates,”Votes and Proceedings, Legislative Assembly of N.S.W., 1888–89, Vol. 2, pp. 805 890 (1 Nov., 1888). Also, “Return to an Order No. 2 …,” in Australian Federation Convention Proceedings, op. cit.
- 11 Maps (Exhibits) C and D, in “Return to an Order No. 2 …,”ibid.
- 12 Victorian Railway Report (Melbourne, 1904–05), pp. 12–13; N.S.W. Railways Report (Sydney, 1904–05), p. 5.
- 13 The Victorian Railways offer considerably lower rates for general merchandise to stations located on the Victorian–New South Wales border than to stations within Victorian territory. (Private Communication, Commercial Department, Victorian Railway Dept., July, 1959).
- 14 Votes and Proceedings, Legislative Assembly of N.S.W., 1930–31–32, Vol. 1, p. 203 (21 May, 1931). The legislation of N.S.W. and similar legislation in the other states, made it necessary for interstate carriers to obtain permits from the states through which they planned to operate; state transport departments used the permit system to protect their own railways, either by simply not granting a permit, or by charging disastrously high permit and registration fees.
- 15 Report of the (N.S.W.) Commissioner for Motor Transport (Sydney, 1954–55), p. 16.
- 16 Conducted by the writer in March, 1959.
- 17 This preliminary statistical analysis is based on tonage figures from a five-day systematic random sample of the 261 week days of 1957–58. This initial study will be supplemented by a more complete enquiry based on a 29-day systematic random sample of the year July 1959-June 1960.
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