The urban hierarchy of the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales

Abstract

This thesis is an inquiry into the geography of a group of urban settlements on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. I have endeavoured to investigate significant factors which have influenced the general location and the particular siting of the settlement; examine the urban aspect, evolution, morphology and function of some representative centres; provisionally determine their hierarchical ranking; and discuss the interrelations between neighbouring towns in the area. Empirically, I have attempted to throw some light on the character of the Australian town, which, though it plays a most important part in the life of the continent, is as yet as almost unknown quantity: few attempts have been made to examine it geographically, and in particular, the study of the interrelations between neighbouring towns has been almost wholly neglected in Australia <…>