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Militarisation and Urbanisation: The S econd W orld W ar, Public Housing, and the Shaping of Metropolitan A delaide
Author(s) -
Fort Carol
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/aehr.12057
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , urbanization , port (circuit theory) , economic geography , geography , world war ii , investment (military) , political science , regional science , economic growth , archaeology , economics , engineering , law , electrical engineering , politics
Adelaide entered the S econd W orld W ar with an industrial urban axis extending north‐west from the city to its port, and emerged from the W ar re‐aligned to the north. This article asks why the re‐alignment occurred. It argues that previous explanations for A delaide's north–south alignment are inadequate, and concludes that the orientation is the result of C ommonwealth G overnment investment in military–industrial development and accompanying urbanisation on a remote rural site to the north of A delaide's metropolitan area. These explanations are now hidden in the landscape and almost forgotten in historical accounts.