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Author: Rosemary Broomham, Hardbound, ISBN: 9781864480085, 254 Pages, First Edition, 1996 - **Second-Hand book in excellent condition **
A little over three-quarters of a century ago, a group of farsighted individuals foretold the future of the motor car in Australia.
They went on to create the National Roads and Motorist's Association. By providing assistance at roadside emergencies, the NRMA became the motorists' greatest friend.
In growing to meet other needs even remotely connected with motoring, the NRMA came to exercise a major influence on private and public transport and the shape of Australian cities.
As it grew, it progressed from being an organisation struggling to attract members to becoming the most successful organisation of its type in the world, now delivering to over two million members a range of services which far outstrips original ambitions.
On the Road is more than the story of one institution.
Written by a historian with a particular interest in technological change, it is also an account of the major social and economic transformations wrought by the motor car and the personal mobility it fostered.
Rosemary Broomham is a consultant historian—archaeologist with a lifelong interest in the social effects of technology, and is a founding member of the Professional Historians Association, NSW.
Among her many publications are First Light, a history of the Australian Gas Light Company, Mortlake 1886-1986, a history of an industrial suburb, and Steady Revolutions, the story of the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers.
