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Whispering wire : tracing the Overland Telegraph Line through the heart of Australia / Rosamund Burton ; illustrations by Fleur Winten.

Whispering wire : tracing the Overland Telegraph Line through the heart of Australia / Rosamund Burton ; illustrations by Fleur Winten.
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ISBN 9781743059609
Author Burton, Rosamund (author)
Title Whispering wire : tracing the Overland Telegraph Line through the heart of Australia / Rosamund Burton ; illustrations by Fleur Winten.
Portion of title Overland Telegraph Line
Publisher and/or associated date/s Mile End, SA : Wakefield Press, 2022.
©2022.
Description xi, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary 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 as they go. 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.
Subjects Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S. Aust.)
Telegraph
Telegraph lines
Telegraph lines -- Northern Territory
Telegraph lines -- South Australia
Telegraph -- Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Winten, Fleur (illustrator)
Call number 2023.064
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