Title Overland telegraph : the story of a great Australian achievement and the link between Adelaide and Port Darwin / Frank Clune

Published Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1955

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	621.387840994 Clu/Ott		AVAILABLE
MELB	621.387840994 Clu/Ott		AVAILABLE

Description xviii, 238 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm Summary Planning and construction of telegraph; role of C. Todd; encounters with Aborigines while building line Notes Bibliography: p. 235-238 Map on endpapers Bibliography Includes bibliography Event [1955] Subject Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826-1910 Overland Telegraph Line (Australia) Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.) -- History. Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.) Telecommunication -- Australia. Telegraph lines -- Design and construction -- Australia. Telegraph lines -- Australia -- Design and construction -- History. Telegraph lines -- Australia. Telegraph -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1851-1891 Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238

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