Author Event: David Dufty - Newcastle (City) Library
Schedule
Thu Oct 10 2024 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC+10:00Location
Newcastle (City) Library, 15 Laman Street, Newcastle, NSW, 2300 | Newcastle, NS
The year was 1870, and mail took six weeks to get to England by sea. Australians hungered for the speedy communication a telegraph connection would bring. Engineer Charles Todd promised that he could string up wires on poles from Adelaide over 3,000 kilometres to an undersea cable in Darwin harbour in just eighteen months. This is the extraordinary story of the building of the Overland Telegraph, a feat of engineering and a wild gamble that nearly went terribly wrong.
Drawing on original letters and journals, historian David Dufty has uncovered never-before-published details about this groundbreaking project. This is a tale of obsession and heroism, violence and tragedy, and above all, it's a totally compelling yarn.
Cost: Free
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Where is it happening?
Newcastle (City) Library, 15 Laman Street, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: