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Whispering wire : tracing t...
"The 3200-kilometre-long 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. One-hundred-and-fifty years later, author Rosamund Burton traced the path of this largely forgotten strand of wire through the country's vast desert interior to the flood-prone 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 four-wheel 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. The author moves across the continent, storytelling, sharing its sometimes brutal history and listening to those who live in this harsh but beautiful country. This quest for connection with the land and an understanding of its people is also an exploration of what it means for the author, being Irish born, to belong in Australia." -- Wakefield Press
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monografia Rebiun39626269 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun39626269 m o d cr un|---munuu 221214t20222022xra eob 000 0deng c 1743059604 9781743059609 electronic bk.) AUNED 000073137635 AUNED eng rda AUNED N$T YDX AUNED OCLCO OCLCQ anuc u-at-sa u-at-no 919.4204 23/eng/20220103 Burton, Rosamund author Whispering wire tracing the Overland Telegraph Line through the heart of Australia Rosamund Burton ; illustrations by Fleur Winten ; edited by Julia Beaven, Wakefield Press Whispering wire Mile End, South Australia Wakefield Press 2022 Mile End, South Australia Mile End, South Australia Wakefield Press 2022 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) illustrations, maps 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) Cartographic Image cri rdacontent Still Image sti rdacontent Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF 2.4MB Includes bibliographical references National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries. Online access with authorization. star. AU-CaNED "The 3200-kilometre-long 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. One-hundred-and-fifty years later, author Rosamund Burton traced the path of this largely forgotten strand of wire through the country's vast desert interior to the flood-prone 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 four-wheel 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. The author moves across the continent, storytelling, sharing its sometimes brutal history and listening to those who live in this harsh but beautiful country. This quest for connection with the land and an understanding of its people is also an exploration of what it means for the author, being Irish born, to belong in Australia." -- Wakefield Press Burton, Rosamund- Travel- Northern Territory Burton, Rosamund- Travel- South Australia Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.) Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.)- History Travel & holiday Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.) Travel. Northern Territory- Description and travel South Australia- Description and travel Territoire du Nord- Descriptions et voyages Australie-Méridionale- Descriptions et voyages Northern Territory. South Australia. travelog (performed works genre) History. Travel writing. Travel writing. Récits de voyages. Beaven, Julia editor Winton, Fleur illustrator