Books
To find books on the topic, do a keyword search on the library catalogue using relevant keywords, or try the search strategies below using the Advanced keyword search option:
| transport* or rail* or roads or automobiles | AND |
| australia* | AND |
| history |
The asterisk(*) is a truncation symbol. For example, the term transport* above will find words like transport, transportation. The or is used to combine alternative terms. The and connects the main concepts.
Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Some useful subject headings are:
| Railroads -- Australia -- History |
| Roads -- Australia -- History |
| Transportation -- Australia -- History |
Internet resources
| Website | Location/ Description |
|---|---|
| AusLink | http://www.auslink.gov.au/index.aspx AusLink provides a planning framework and funding for the Australian Government's investment in land transport infrastructure. |
| Australian transport statistics | http://www.btre.gov.au/info.aspx?NodeId=5 From the website of the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics |
| IBISWORLD reports | http://www.ibisworld.com.au/reports/openreports.aspx Only 40 IBISWorld reports are available to QUT students and staff, browse to see if these are relevant |
| Themes - Transport | http://www.abs.gov.au/Websitedbs/ c311215.nsf/20564c23f3183fdaca25672100813ef1/ fc5d6c7d14d9a8abca256fb9000ee7e0!OpenDocument From the Australian Bureau of Statistics |