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Technology in Australia 1788-1988Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
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Chapter 12

I The First Half Century - The Initial Struggle

II The Second Fifty Years - The Start Of Expansion

III The Third Fifty Years - Federation And The First World War
i General Conditions
ii Some Early Innovative Approaches
iii Concrete Pipes
iv Cement-fibre Pipes
v Concrete Products
vi The Birth of the Iron and Steel Industry

IV The Fourth Period - Second World War To The Present

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1 A demonstration to Water Board Engineers of the centriline process of cement lining water pipes in the early 1950s. (Courtesy Monier Ltd.)

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