Motor cars and freeways measures of a South Australian love affair
Peter Donovan
This essay first appeared as chapter 10, pp.201-21, in Bernard O’Neil, Judith Raftery & Kerrie Round eds, Playford’s South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968 Association of Professional Historians, Adelaide 1996,
Peter Donovan is managing partner of a consulting firm established in 1980 that specialises in commissioned history and heritage assessment. Projects have been undertaken throughout Australia and include more than 50 books and many unpublished reports.
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Arbury Park,
Aunger Murray,
Australian Grand Prix,
Australian Hillclimb Championship,
Birtles Francis,
Blueline,
Blunden W.R.,
Buttfield Nancy,
cars,
churches,
Collingrove,
Coulter Dr John,
Crafers,
Downer Alexander,
drive-in cinemas,
Duncan Richard,
Electricity Trust of South Australia,
Elizabeth,
Engineering and Water Supply Department,
F.H. Faulding & Co,
Ferguson Sidney,
freeway,
General Motors Holden (GMH),
Great Depression,
Harrison Sir Eric,
Highways Department,
Holden,
Hutton Harry,
Jackman Frank,
Jude Norman,
Keswick,
League of South Australian Wheelmen,
Mallala,
Metropolitan Adelaide Transportation Study (MATS),
Metropolitan Plan,
Milne E. Kenneth,
Playford Tom,
Port Wakefield,
rationing,
Royal Automobile Association,
Smith Robert Albert,
South Australian Housing Trust,
South Australian Pastoral Board,
South-Eastern Main Road,
Sporting Car Club of South Australia,
Stirling,
Stretton Hugh,
supermarkets,
T.J. Richards & Sons,
Thomson Ben,
vehicle costs,
vehicle registrations,
Whyalla,
Woodville,
World Wars
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