Kiwitown's port
the story of Oamaru harbour
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Author
Publication
2008 - Otago University Press, Dunedin, N.Z, New Zealand
Language
English
Word Count
37,500 words, Guess
Page Count
150 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101877372633
- ISBN-139781877372636
- Library of Congress Control Number2009482071
- OCLC Control Number273853245
- Better World Books9781877372636
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL23949723M
Classifications
- DDC387.1099391
- LCCDU430.O23 M339 2008
Description
A politician inspecting Oamaru's first wharves prophesied that its docks would one day rival those of London. The 'progress industry' of the late nineteenth century, fuelled by the frozen meat trade, was reshaping New Zealand's destiny. Oamaru built its entire port from scratch, bankrupting itself in the process and being condemned by the Financial Times in London for constructing 'works quite beyond the needs of their business... in the true colonial way.' In this beautifully illustrated book, the author revisits his hometown. He shows how its tempestuous history demonstrates our dependence on the sea. The need for a sheltered port ('breakwaters or bust!'), the need to dredge ever-deeper harbours as ships increased in size, the need to attract 'Home' boats loading cargo for London, the need to pay for it all, have given way to a region now based on viticulture, dairying and tourism. As the author says, 'Today's heritage object is yesterday's developer's dream.'
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