South Australia - Transport
"Milestones by Road and Rail" is discussed in the Advertiser, 1 September 1936 (special edition), page 38.- Aeroplanes
- Horse Coaches
- Miscellany
- Motor Cars and Cycles
- Railways Miscellany
- Railways - Bob, The Railway Dog
- Roads
Roads
Also see Adelaide - Motor Cars.
Information on the "Great Overland Road" is in the Register,
4 September 1841, page 2e,
"Disgraceful State of the Only Turnpike Road in the Colony" on
2 July 1845, page 3c; also see
Chronicle,
2 October 1909, page 48d,
The News,
16 May 1928, page 10a and Barker, Mount.
"Unguarded Roads", an editorial on early colonial roads, etc, is in the Advertiser,
16 April 1926, page 12h.
Reminiscences upon roads in the early days are in the Observer,
3 January 1880, page 33d.
"The Prize Essay on Roadmaking" in South Australia is in the Register,
22 February 1850, page 4a; also see
1 March 1850, page 4a,
10 April 1850, page 3e,
26 July 1851, page 3a.
"Road-Making" is in the Register,
11 August 1855, page 2c,
"The New Tiers Road" on 31 October 1855, page 2e,
Observer,
3 November 1855, page 6g.
"Plank Roads" is in the Observer,
19 May 1855, pages 6f-7f,
2 August 1856, page 7f.
"Roads of the Colony" is in the Register,
28 July 1855, page 3b; also see
Observer,
11 August 1855, page 5c,
24 November 1855, page 4c.
"History of the Central Roads Board" is in the Register,
9, 11 and 20 August 1855, pages 3b, 2c and 2e.
"Roads and Bridges" is in the Observer,
2 February 1856, pages 3a-6c,
"The Maintenance of Roads" on
1 and 15 March 1856, page 1b (supp.) and 6b.
"Turnpikes" is in the Observer,
29 March 1856, page 6b,
"Colonial Roads" on
5 April 1856, page 6c,
28 June 1856, page 5f,
19 July 1856, page 6a,
"Country Roads" on
26 April 1856, page 5c,
"The New Roads Act" on
31 May 1856, page 5d,
7 June 1856, pages 5g-6c.
"Roads and the Road Board" is in the Observer,
12 July 1856, page 1b (supp.),
"Our Roads" on
11 October 1856, page 6f,
"Our Country Roads" on
25 October 1856, page 6e,
"Road Contractors" on
22 November 1856, page 1b (supp.),
"The New Roads Bill" on
25 July 1857, page 6a,
"Repairs of Main Roads" on
20 November 1858, page 6e.
"Finger Posts" is in the Observer,
20 June 1857, page 3d.
"Road-Breaking and Road-Making" is in the Register,
6 February 1858, page 2d.
"The Road Question" is in the Register,
3 and 14 August 1858, pages 2e and 2e.
An obituary of Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Central Board of Main Roads, is in the Register, 8 May 1860, page 3h.
"Dangers of the Road" is in the Register,
13 November 1860, page 2f,
"Road Accidents" on
27 January 1862, page 2g.
"Roads of the Colony" is in the Advertiser,
18 July 1859, page 4b.
"Dray Accidents" is in the Register,
11 December 1860, page 2h.
A trial of Appleton's Steam Stone Breaker is reported in the Observer,
22 August 1863, page 3g.
"Steam Upon the Roads" is in the Observer,
30 July 1870, page 9b.
"A Rhyme of the Roads" is in the Register,
20 August 1872, page 6a.
"Our Roads" is in the Register,
9 October 1856, page 2e,
Advertiser,
11 May 1883, page 6c.
"Road Accidents" is in the Observer,
5 November 1864, page 6a.
"Mr Sutherland's Road Bill" is in the Express,
10 July 1865, page 2c.
"The Central Road Board and Their Travelling Expenses" is in the Observer,
6 June 1868, page 12b.
"Fraudulent Contractors" is in the Chronicle,
24 March 1866, page 1e (supp.).
"Road Metal" is in the Express,
15 August 1866, page 2b,
"Road Making" on
21 July 1868, page 2b.
"Toll Bars" is in the Chronicle,
6 October 1866, page 1c (supp.).
"Road Boards, Tollbars and Ditches" is in the Observer,
8 February 1868, page 3b,
"Tolls" on
16 January 1869, page 3b,
"The Turnpike System" on
13 February 1869, page 9a.
"The Central Road Board and Their Travelling Expenses" is in the Observer,
6 June 1868, page 12b.
"The Chamber of Commerce and the Road Question" is in the Register,
19 May 1869, page 2c.
"The Prospects of a Road Tax" is in the Register,
19 August 1869, page 2d, 4 September 1869, page 2b,
Observer,
21 and 28 August 1869, pages 2g and 2f-13d,
4 September 1869, page 14f.
"Steam Upon the Roads" is in the Register,
1 August 1870, page 4f.
Information on "road steamers" is in the Observer,
22 October 1870, page 15d,
19 November 1870, page 7f.
A fatal accident on the Mount Barker road is reported in the Observer,
17 and 24 September 1870, pages 15g and 8b.
"How to Make Stone Roads" is in the Observer,
19 November 1870, page 9c,
"The New Road Bill" on
12 August 1871, page 12f.
"The Main Roads of the Province" is in the Observer,
14 March 1874, page 13f.
"The Main Roads Act" is in the Register,
12 June 1875, page 4e.
"Steam Road-Roller" is in the Observer,
27 April 1878, page 12a,
15 June 1878, page 19f.
"Our Roads" is in the Chronicle,
22 January 1881, page 5c.
"Travelling Stock Roads" is in the Chronicle,
24 March 1894, page 8g.
Biographical details of C.T. Hargrave, Inspector of Main Roads, are in the Register,
27 February 1900, page 5b,
7 March 1900, page 5e.
An obituary of T.H. Ayliffe is in the Register,
4 April 1900, page 5b,
Observer,
7 April 1900, page 32e,
of W. Walker, bridge and road contractor, on 28 November 1903, page 4d,
of Benjamin Watson, road maker, on 21 January 1905, page 34d.
"Bad Roads" is in the Advertiser,
1 August 1905, page 4d.
"The Advertiser's Road Map" is in the Advertiser,
9 November 1907, page 9g.
"Modern Roadmaking - How Money is Saved" is in the Observer,
2 December 1911, page 51a.
"Road Reform - The South Australian System" is in the Advertiser,
22 and 29 June 1912, pages 8a and 7g.
Roads Problem" is in the Observer,
12 October 1912, page 46d.
"Better Roads" is in the Express,
12 January 1914, page 2b.
"Over Tracks of Long Ago", the reminiscences of Norman Richardson, is in the Register,
23 and 24 August 1915, pages 7a and 10c.
A complaint about roadside advertising is discussed under the heading "Scenery and Soap" in the Register,
19 September 1916, page 4c;
also see 4 October 1916, page 8g.
A cartoon is in The Lantern,
7 September 1889, page 21.
The removal of road-side "Ads" is discussed in the Register,
9 November 1923, page 8d,
23 February 1924, page 8e,
5 April 1924, page 8h,
Advertiser,
19 and 22 February 1926, pages 14c and 12b,
13 April 1926, page 7e,
1 May 1926, page 14c,
The News,
30 April 1926, page 1d,
Register,
20 April 1926, page 9h,
1 and 4 May 1926, pages 10c and 13f,
Observer,
8 May 1926, page 47b,
"Roadside Hoardings - First Test Case" in the Register,
20 August 1926, page 10d,
14 and 17 September 1926, pages 10e and 8d,
4 December 1926, page 13a;
also see Advertiser,
7, 8 and 12 October 1937, pages 20d, 30b and 19f ,
The News,
23 November 1937, page 4c.
Also see under "Adelaide - Miscellany."
"Roads and Directing Posts" is in the Register,
14 February 1918, page 4c.
The fourth annual general meeting of the Good Roads Association is reported in the Observer,
16 March 1918, page 48e.
"A Rocky Road [Glen Osmond to Eagle-on-the-Hill]" is in the Register,
19 and 21 February 1920, pages 4g and 9g,
Observer,
28 February 1920, page 39e;
also see 11 September 1920, page 29a.
"The Concrete Road" is in the Advertiser,
17 May 1920, page 6i.
"Roads of the State" is in the Register,
9 June 1920, page 5g.
"Romance of the Road" in early South Australia is in the Register
on 10 December 1920, page 9g.
"A Mountain Road [Torrens Gorge]" is in the Express,
6 January 1921, page 1e,
20 January 1922, page 3b.
"Torrens Gorge Road - Beautiful Scenery" is in the Observer,
10 March 1923, page 9c.
"The Roads of the State" is in the Advertiser,
11 May 1922, page 6e,
"Road Construction" on
30 August 1922, page 8e,
"The Roads Problem" in the Chronicle,
7 October 1922, pages 42-43.
"The Modern Highway - Crying Country Need" is in the Advertiser,
2 June 1924, page 13a.
"Our Country Roads - Beautifying Proposals" is in the Observer,
5 July 1924, page 61a.
The introduction of railway motor buses from Adelaide to Victor Harbor is reported in the Advertiser,
6 February 1925, page 14c.
Also see under Transport - Miscellany.
"Roadside Treeplanting" is in the Advertiser,
11 September 1924, page 9e,
"Problem of the Roads" on
16 October 1924, page 10c,
"Road Dangers" on
19 February 1925, page 8d,
"The Value of Good Roads" on
22 January 1926, page 12e.
"The State's Highways" is in the Register,
26 August 1925, pages 8e-10a.
"The Roads Problem" is in the Observer,
29 August 1925, page 28a,
"State Roadmaking" on
3 April 1926, page 19e.
Road Development" is in the Register,
12 March 1926, page 10g.
"Money for Roads" is in the Advertiser,
26 March 1926, page 12e,
"Bituminous Roads" on
29 March 1926, page 8e,
"Road Problems" on
23 July 1926, page 12h,
"Motorists and Road Signs" on
4 February 1927, page 12g,
"Road Signs" on
6 June 1927, page 12d.
"Cold Bitumen" is in the Observer,
5 June 1926, page 39d.
"Country Roads - Construction and Maintenance" is in the Observer,
27 November 1926, page 5a.
"Road Transport - Reasons for Increase" is in the Register,
2 October 1926, pages 5e-14e.
A "safety first" campaign is discussed in the Observer,
19 March 1927, page 18a.
"White Lines for Motorists - Why Not Mt Barker Road" is in the Register,
14 May 1927, page 10b.
"Railways versus Roads" is in the Register,
1 September 1927, page 8d.
"Building Good Roads" is in The News,
27 September 1927, page 24d.
"Motor Transport or Railways" is in the Observer,
14 April 1928, page 51a.
Also see under Transport - Miscellany.
Photographs of the opening of the road to Victor Harbor are in the Chronicle,
19 May 1928, pages 18 and 41.
"Suburban Roadmaking - How the Metal is Procured" is in the Register,
3 August 1928, page 13h.
"New Process of Road Construction" is in the Chronicle,
20 October 1928, page 54.
"The Old and New of Roadmaking" is in The Mail,
18 November 1933, page 18,
"Trials of South Australia's Early Roadbuilding" on
17 February 1934, page 2.
