Towns and settlement of the South Coast, New South Wales

Abstract

As announced in its 'Introduction', this study tries to explain why South Coast development advanced more slowly than that of neighbouring regions, mainly by attempting to trace the course of the region's urban evolution from 1822 to the present time. Focal

attention is directed at the gradual accretion of urban functions

and their localization in particular towns a particular periods. The 'Introduction'also defends the choice of such a region by arguing that the effects of increasing isolation from Sydney are more readily observed in a South Coast context than in other regions of New South Wales. Why so long a period and so comprehensive a suite of town functions are considered is also explained. Whereas Part One considers the region as a whole, Part Two contains discrete studies of six towns.