Iron roads in the outback : the legendary Commonwealth railways / Nick Anchen.
Iron roads in the outback : the legendary Commonwealth railways / Nick Anchen.
Iron roads in the outback : the legendary Commonwealth railways / Nick Anchen.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Melbourne Sierra Publishing, 2017.
Call Numbers
HQ 2017/1212
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
208 pages, 96 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps, colour facsimiles, portraits (some colour) ; 23 x 26 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Australian outback: -- Macarthur Job - outback aviator -- Peter Ralph - Central Australia 1956 -- Exploration of a continent -- Central Australia Railway: -- Transcontinental railway dream -- Railway to the back of beyond -- Wolf Markowski - CR Engineman 1951-1953 -- Legend of the Ghan -- Ray Ryan...
Publication information
Publisher
Melbourne Sierra Publishing, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2017.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The Iron Roads of the Australian Outback - the legendary Commonwealth Railways were built through some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. They were railways like no other, where men and women battled extreme temperatures, flash floods and maddening isolation to keep the trains running. This publication is the culmination of 25 years of Outback ex...
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Full title
Iron roads in the outback : the legendary Commonwealth railways / Nick Anchen.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Illustrations on end papers.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
HQ 2017/1212
Record Identifier
74VKVWNEx6BA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVWNEx6BA
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ISBN
9780992538828
DDC
385.5209942
MMS ID
991024139814502626
