Port Augusta : current information 1950s |
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| Title : | Port Augusta : current information 1950s |
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| Source : | Port Augusta : current service information | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Publisher : | S.A. Government Tourist Bureau | ||
| Date of creation : | 1954-61 | ||
| Additional Creator : | South Australian Government Tourist Bureau | ||
| Format : | Ephemera | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
As transport networks expanded including rail, roads and shipping, improved tourism developed. After the Second World War there came a period of prosperity which created the foundations for the rise of mass tourism. Economic growth, accompanied by rising incomes, longer annual leave, long service provisions, and job security, made it possible for many more Australians to take a holiday. This simple tourism brochure was issued alerting people to the facilities and activities available to the tourist visting Port Augusta. |
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| Related names : | Port Augusta (S. Aust) |
| Coverage year : | 1954 |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Place : | Port Augusta |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Anderson, R. J. Solid town: the history of Port Augusta [Port Augusta, S. Aust.]: R.J. Anderson, 1988 Richardson, John, A history of Australian travel and tourism , Melbourne: Hospitality Press, 1999 |
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