Water Power in Dry Continent: The Transfer of Watermill Technology from Britain to Australia in the Nineteenth Century

Water Power in Dry Continent: The Transfer of Watermill Technology from Britain to Australia in the Nineteenth Century

This report presents the results of a study aiming to construct a model for the transfer and adaptation of watermills from Britain to Australia in the nineteenth century. It provides a model and a number of factors to consider when a country decides to import a technology from another country.

PEARSON, W. (1996): Water Power in Dry Continent: The Transfer of Watermill Technology from Britain to Australia in the Nineteenth Century. In: Australasian Historical Archaeology: Volume 14 , 46-62. URL [Accessed: 09.05.2019]