Road through the Wilderness : The Story of the Transcontinental Railway – The First Great Work of Australia’s Federation

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. xxiii, 280 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm. Includes index.

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