The Ghan: The Story of the Alice Springs Railway

Aborigines Adelaide Afghan Alice Springs appears arrived Augusta and Government beasts became Bejah Beltana Birdsville border Brachina brakevan building built camp carriage cattle Centre colony Commissioner Commonwealth Railways construction contractors cost Darwin Department desert Dispatch district drivers earthworks engine extension Farina feet fettler Finke flood followed gangs gauge Ghan Government Gums Governor graziers Gums Railway Hergott Springs labour Lake Eyre land land-grant later Leigh Creek locomotive Marree ment miles moved narrow-gauge navvies Northern Railway Northern Territory occasion Oodna Oodnadatta opened outback Overland Telegraph Line party passed passengers perhaps Pichi Richi Pichi Richi Pass Pine Creek plain plate-laying Port Augusta proposed Queensland Quorn railhead rails reached region rolling-stock route Rumbalara seems settlement settlers situation sleepers South Australia South Australian Railways standard-gauge station Strangways Stuart survey terminus Terowie township track traffic train transcontinental railway travelling trucks wheat Willochra Wire Creek yards