Whispering Wire: Tracing the Overland Telegraph Line Through the Heart of Australia by Rosamund Burton
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781743059609
Book Condition: Good
Author: Rosamund Burton
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Place: Kent Town SA
Year: 2022
Format: Paperback
Pages: 266 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Stamp on inside page. Wear to edges and corners with tail edge now protected with book tape. Faint marks on foredges. Body text and binding are still very good.
The 3200-kilometre-long Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin was completed in 1872. It transformed Adelaide into Australia's communication hub, connecting the continent with the rest of the world and heralding the dawn of instant global communication.
One hundred and fifty years later, author Rosamund Burton traced the path of this largely forgotten strand of wire through the country's vast desert interior to the flood-prone Top End.
Struggling with a lack of experience and fitness, Rosamund and her friend cycle the first 800 kilometres from Adelaide through the Flinders Ranges to the deserted outback town of Farina, battling piercing winds and pelting rain, visiting sites and chatting with locals along the way. Climbing aboard a four-wheel drive with her husband, she continues along remote dirt tracks searching for derelict telegraph repeater stations, before completing the journey, from Alice Springs to Darwin, delivering an unwieldy campervan.
Whispering Wire: Tracing the Overland Telegraph Line Through the Heart of Australia by Rosamund Burton
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