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Militarisation and Urbanisation: The Second World War, Public Housing, and the Shaping of Metropolitan Adelaide

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type="main"> Adelaide entered the Second World War with an industrial urban axis extending north-west from the city to its port, and emerged from the War re-aligned to the north. This article asks why the re-alignment occurred. It argues that previous explanations for Adelaide's north–south alignment are inadequate, and concludes that the orientation is the result of Commonwealth Government investment in military–industrial development and accompanying urbanisation on a remote rural site to the north of Adelaide's metropolitan area. These explanations are now hidden in the landscape and almost forgotten in historical accounts.

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  • Carol Fort, 2015. "Militarisation and Urbanisation: The Second World War, Public Housing, and the Shaping of Metropolitan Adelaide," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 55(1), pages 42-61, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:55:y:2015:i:1:p:42-61
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