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    A Limited Express or Stopping All Stations? Railways and Nineteenth-Century New Zealand

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    Authors
    Brett, Andre
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Brett, A. 2013. A Limited Express or Stopping All Stations? Railways and Nineteenth-Century New Zealand. Journal of New Zealand Studies. 16: pp. 133-149.
    Source Title
    Journal of New Zealand Studies
    Additional URLs
    https://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3559/
    ISSN
    1170-4616
    Faculty
    Faculty of Humanities
    School
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88803
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Railways have been a significant part of New Zealand life, yet their treatment in historiography often does not reflect this. I argue for a greater appreciation of railways, focusing upon their role in shaping the developing colony in the nineteenthcentury. I introduce the existing literature to indicate contributions with which greater engagement is required and to identify directions requiring further research. The provincial ‘prehistory’ of railways preceding the Vogel boom of the 1870s requires particular emphasis; railways figured prominently in the settler imagination even though physical construction was minimal. I then show that the forces unleashed by Vogel were more than economic and offer tentative conclusions regarding the railway’s role within a range of fields. The railway was a site for contesting morality, it deepened the colonial project and identity, and it defined the contours of daily life.

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