Title: Road Through the Wilderness the Story Of
First published: January 1991
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.
Subjects: History, Railroads, Trans-Australian Railway