Taming the tyrant
Subtitle: the first one hundred years of Australia's international communication services
By: Edgar Harcourt.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Sydney; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Telecommunication systems -- Australia -- History.
Description: How Australia overcame the tyranny of distance when a copper wire connection with Britain - via Asia and the Middle East landed in Darwin in the 1870's.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 387-395.
Includes index.