Road Through the Wilderness the Story Of
Publisher: New South Wales University Pre
Published: January 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780868401409
Subjects: Railroads - General; Australasian & Pacific history: from c 1900 -; Australia; Trains & railways: general interest; Transportation
Description: This is the story of building a railway across Australia from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie. CONTENTS: Introduction The first express. Drawing lines. Promises...promises. 1912 raising the curtain. 1913 King O'Malley's man. 1914 Little Napoleon & Company. 1915 desert echo. 1916 the malcontents. 1917 the last spike. Beyond 1917... unfinished business.