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dc.contributor.authorBrett, Andre
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-27T06:45:47Z
dc.date.available2022-06-27T06:45:47Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationBrett, A. 2013. A Limited Express or Stopping All Stations? Railways and Nineteenth-Century New Zealand. Journal of New Zealand Studies. 16: pp. 133-149.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88803
dc.description.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.

dc.relation.urihttps://ro.uow.edu.au/lhapapers/3559/
dc.subject4303 - Historical studies
dc.titleA Limited Express or Stopping All Stations? Railways and Nineteenth-Century New Zealand
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume16
dcterms.source.startPage133
dcterms.source.endPage149
dcterms.source.issn1170-4616
dcterms.source.titleJournal of New Zealand Studies
dc.date.updated2022-06-27T06:45:47Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities
curtin.contributor.orcidBrett, Andre [0000-0001-9476-6549]


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