Chapter 6
I Construction During The Settlement Years
II The Use Of Timber As A Structural Material
III Structural Steel
IV Concrete Technology
V Housing
VI Industrialised Pre-cast Concrete Housing
VII Ports And Harbours
VIII Roads
IX Heavy Foundations
X Bridges
XI Sewerage
XII Water Engineering
XIII Railways
XIV Major Buildings
XV Airports
XVI Thermal Power Stations
XVII Materials Handling
XVIII Oil Industry
i All Welded Storage Tanks
ii Insulated Fuel Oil Pipeline
iii Wartime Concrete Tanks
iv The Cobia 2 Sub-sea Completion
v Mackerel and Tuna Platforms
vi Snapper Post-Trenching Plough
vii The North West Shelf Project Plough
XIX The Snowy Mountains Scheme
XX The Sydney Opera House
XXI The Sydney Harbour Bridge
XXII Hamersley Iron
XXIII North West Shelf
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In just over one hundred years, the Oil Industry in Australia has grown from the distribution of four gallon tins of kerosine and other products imported from overseas, to the refining and distribution of a wide range of products, which in the main, now reach the consumer in bulk. Constantly expanding volumes and the desire to minimise costs, has led to developments based mainly on existing overseas technology. The principal developments have been associated with Bass Strait and the North West Shelf Oil Fields. Three interesting projects of a pioneering nature should also be mentioned.
People in Bright Sparcs - Gorrie, A. W.
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