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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Whispering wire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Rosamund Burton ; illustrations by Fleur Winten

Sub title

tracing the Overland Telegraph Line through the heart of Australia

Summary

The 3200kilometrelong 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. Onehundredandfifty years later, author Rosamund Burton traced the path of this largely forgotten strand of wire through the country's vast desert interior to the floodprone 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 fourwheel 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

Target audience

adult

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Overland Telegraph Line

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