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4. The Colonial Post Office

verfasst von : Malcolm Abbott, Bruce Cohen

Erschienen in: Monopoly Control

Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

The first network-based government enterprise to be established in Australia after the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788 was a postal service. Even today the postal service in Australia is still under government ownership, long after many other businesses have been privatized. From the earliest days of the New South Wales colony the postal service played a crucial role in the colony’s development, and later was followed by equivalents in each of the other colonies. These enterprises were also important in that to a large degree they provided the model for the other government-owned businesses that followed.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Infrastructure Development: Industrialization, Institutions, Private Interests, and Public Capital Investment

Nächstes Kapitel Local Supply Networks: Water and Gas

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Titel: The Colonial Post Office
verfasst von: Malcolm Abbott
Bruce Cohen
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Buch: Monopoly Control
Print ISBN: 978-981-9927-25-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9927-26-5

Copyright-Jahr: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2726-5_4