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Richly illustrated exposé of development scandals and political corruption in NSW. Looks close up at:   —railways and tramways of Sydney;  —colourful characters who ran NSW;  —shifting political factions that delivered their power;  —the developers who financed Henry Parkes and other government leaders;  — the Sydney suburbs laid out to suit their interests;  —dismal planning failures of the late 1870s and 80s that haunt Sydney still. A meticulous account of late colonial times when NSW was governed to suit developers and greedy politicians, no less than in the 21st century. The massive transformation of Sydney and its outskirts from then on is startling; the old flaws of the NSW government—even more so. 

Introduction                                                                     Setting the Scene: 1872-1873
Politicians and Platforms, 1874-1876
Jousting Knights and City Railways, 1877
The Rise and Fall of James Squire Farnell, 1877-1878
‘A Vigorous Prosecution of Public Works’, 1879-1880
Pedestrians become passengers, 1880-1882
A New Sydney, 1882-1883
Jobbery and Criminal Extravagance 1884-1886
Centennial slide, 1887-1895
Who’s Who OR Shady Acres Connections
Bibliography
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