Twenty to the mile : the overland telegraph line / Derek Pugh.
Twenty to the mile : the overland telegraph line / Derek Pugh.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
[Rapid Creek, Northern Territory] : Derek Pugh., 2022.
Call Numbers
H 2022/0182
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xxii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
[Rapid Creek, Northern Territory] : Derek Pugh., 2022.
Place of Publication
Northern Territory
Date Published
2022.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The greatest engineering problem facing Australia - the tyranny of distance - had a solution: the electric telegraph, and its champion was the sheep-farming colony of South Australia. In two years, Charles Heavitree Todd, leading hundreds of men, constructed a telegraph line across the centre of the continent from Port Augusta to Darwin. At nearly...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Twenty to the mile : the overland telegraph line / Derek Pugh.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
H 2022/0182
Record Identifier
74VKaLxVj3xb
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaLxVj3xb
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780648142195 paperback
MMS ID
991024432026902626
