A History of Commerce and Industry in Western AustraliaUniversity of Western Australia Press for the Education Committee of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations, 1979 - Business & Economics - 211 pages |
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agricultural Albany Amalgamated Arbitration Court Association basic wage Battye became began boom Building Society capital cent Chamber of Commerce Collie colony Commonwealth Coolgardie costs Council Crowley decline demand Depression director Dongara dustry early eastern economic employers engineering established export factories farmers federal Fremantle Geraldton Gibbney gold goldfields goldmining growth Hay Street History Ibid important increased industry iron John Scaddan Kalgoorlie Kwinana labour land later manager manufacturing Melbourne ment merchants million miners mining nickel operations P.O. Directories Padbury Party period Perth Building Society Perth Chamber Pilbara political post-war premier production profits prosperity railway retail Shenton shortages South Wales St Georges Terrace state's strike supply Swan River Swan River Colony timber tion tractors trade transport unions University of W.A. University of Western Wesfarmers West Australian Western Australia Western Australian Bank Westralian wheat wool workers Wundowie