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    The development of the Port of Melbourne 1877-1971
    Yarnasarn, Sanay ( 1974)
    The main purpose of this study is to describe and explain the physical and commercial development of the Port of Melbourne in the period 1877-1971. The year 1877 has been selected for the beginning of the study because it was the year in which the Melbourne Harbor Trust was established. The port has been modified in several ways since then and is now one of the most modern and best-equipped in the world. In tracing the port's evolution for nearly a century, the writer has tried to examine those factors, both human and physical, which have influenced its growth - world economic and political conditions, economic activities in its hinterland, policy decisions of the port authority and the national government and site conditions. The study does not encompass merely the physical development of the port, but also changes and trends in its trade and shipping. In addition, an attempt has been made to investigate those problems connected with the port's development. The growth and expansion of the manufacturing industries in the port district have also been considered. As well as these, the physical setting of the port, the discovery of Port Phillip Bay, Hobson's Bay and the River Yarra, the geology of the Yarra Delta, the condition of the port before 1877 and the genesis of the Melbourne Harbor Trust have been briefly referred to.
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    The internal and external relations of the ports of Victoria with special reference to Melbourne
    Britton, John N. H ( 1964)
    This study, emphasising the prime position of the port of Melbourne in handling Victoria's imports and exports, aims to distinguish the functional characteristics of this "capital port". A study of the internal and external relations of Geelong and Portland has been added to that of Melbourne so that a comparison between its characteristics and those of smaller, and functionally-more-specialised, ports is possible. In addition, consideration of the three ports makes possible a regional port-geography; a study that seems fitting for this first detailed examination of the hinterlands and forelands of an Australian "capital port".