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.