Wood, RichardLenzen, ManfredForan, Barney2015-12-100967-7720http://hdl.handle.net/1885/54205This article presents an analysis of the material history of Australia in the period 1975-2005. The values of economy-wide indicators of material flow roughly trebled since 1975, and we identify the drivers of this change through structural decompositionKeywords: Industrial ecology; Input output analysis; Material flow analysis; Material flow analysis (MFA); Resource use; Structural decomposition analysis; Automobile drivers; Economic analysis; International trade; Materials; Natural resources management; Pulsatil Industrial ecology; Input-output analysis (IOA); Material flow analysis (MFA); Mining; Resource use indicators; Structural decomposition analysis200910.1111/j.1530-9290.2009.00177.x2016-02-24