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100 YEARS OF PETROL POWER 
Series:   TRANSPORT, TRADE AND TRAVEL IN AUSTRALIA #5
Author:   John Nicholson    Author info     
RRP:   $29.99
Online Price :  $27.00
10+ Copy Price :  $25.50         
Format:   Hardback 
Type of Book:   Australian Information 
ISBN:   9781741750478
Published:   22/01/2009
Status:   Out Of Print
This title is no longer in print and is not in stock. You may still order this book and while it is not available currently, you can register an order. If it reprints within 2 years we will automatically supply your order. After 2 years your backorder for Out of Print titles will be deleted, unless you advise us otherwise.


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John Nicholson looks under the bonnet to find out when and how we became an oil-driven society. Starting with a Brisbane bicycle-seller's motorised bike, he introduces us to Tin Lizzie (or the Squatters Joy) - Henry Ford's T-model, with optional accelerator pedal and rear-vision mirror; home-grown Australian cars and the world's first ute; The Mack Bulldog and Mighty Antar trucks; the 'Little Grey Fergie' tractor, treasured by generations of farmers; ocean liners and bulk carriers; the heroes in flying suits who pioneered Australian aviation. In the fifth and final book in his impressive series, John Nicholson shows how the internal combustion engine superseded horse and steam power as the driving force in our modern economy. He leaves us with the question: where to after the oil runs out?



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