Monopoly Control : Government Ownership and Control of Network Utility Industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988

Part I: Setting the framework -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Australian economic development and network utilities -- Part II: The construction of the new infrastructure: the 19th century -- Chapter 3: Infrastructure development: industrialisation, institutions, private interests, and public capital investment -- Chapter 4: The colonial post office -- Chapter 5: Local supply networks: water and gas -- Chapter 6: Railways: emergence and development -- Part III: A new nation and its networks: 1901 to 1945 -- Chapter 7: Infrastructure provision for a new nation -- Chapter 8: The development of telecommunications -- Chapter 9: Urban amenities: electricity, gas, and tramways -- Chapter 10: The railways: growth and decline -- Part IV: The post-war era: 1945 to 1988 -- Chapter 11: The post-war world -- Chapter 12: Telecommunications: extending the network -- Chapter 13: Urban growth and change -- Chapter 14: Transport: a new way forward -- Part V: Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Economic policy, service delivery, and productivity.