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Page 113
The Big Wet was down , telegraph poles washed out of the holes , telegraph parties on hilltop islands . Under the arch of an inky sky , bogged horses were helpless to cover three miles a week . The Roper was not a river but a sea .
The Big Wet was down , telegraph poles washed out of the holes , telegraph parties on hilltop islands . Under the arch of an inky sky , bogged horses were helpless to cover three miles a week . The Roper was not a river but a sea .
Page 117
Charles Todd was Sir Charles Todd , K.C.M.G. With time signals from Greenwich he fixed the 141st meridian , border of New South Wales and South Australia , and found new worlds to conquer in Overland Telegraph Number Two , to circle the ...
Charles Todd was Sir Charles Todd , K.C.M.G. With time signals from Greenwich he fixed the 141st meridian , border of New South Wales and South Australia , and found new worlds to conquer in Overland Telegraph Number Two , to circle the ...
Page 118
But women played a small part in Overland Telegraph history . That was a fidelity surpassing love of women . The first telegraphists of those incredibly lonely outposts , at 8s . a day and rations , gave their lives to the Line .
But women played a small part in Overland Telegraph history . That was a fidelity surpassing love of women . The first telegraphists of those incredibly lonely outposts , at 8s . a day and rations , gave their lives to the Line .
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Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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| Title | The Territory |
| Author | Ernestine Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson, 1955 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 27 Aug 2021 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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