In 1855 an impoverished young English scientist went to chance his luck in Australia - as Government Astronomer and superintendent of Telegraphs for the small colony of South Australia. With him went his young wife Alice - after whom Alice Springs would be named. Charles Todd was following a dream - the near impossible task of stringing a telegraph wire across the wilderness of the Australian outback. In 1997, Charles Todd's great-great-great-granddaughter, Alice, followed in his footsteps. Her plan was to track the telegraph - and her ancestors - from Adelaide over the thousands of miles of desert, outback, swamp and mountain that Charles Todd had crossed in the 1860s with his four hundred men. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Singing Line
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Author: Thomson, Alice
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780701166762
Details:
Author: Thomson, Alice
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Import
Number Of Pages: 302
Release Date: 02-11-1999
Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780701166762
