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Too Long in the Bush - Brossura

Beadell, Len

 
9781864367195: Too Long in the Bush
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ISBN 10: 1864367199 ISBN 13: 9781864367195
Casa editrice: New Holland Publishers, 2001

Sinossi

TOO LONG IN THE BUSH is the story of how, from 1956 to 1958, Len Beadell and his team made the first road to cross Central Australia from east to west, 1500 kilometres from the Alice Springs road to Carnegie homestead 650 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie. On the way he surveyed and built the Giles Meteorological Station and aerodrome before moving on to skirt the edge of the infamous Gibson Desert. Beadell, using astronomical observations, world survey up to 400 kilometres of the projected road entirely alone, often in country then known only to small groups of Aborigines. Returning to his construction team, he would supervise operations as the road was pushed slowly forward through the heat and dust, over sandhills and desert, rounding the desolate salt lakes. In the telling of their adventures, Beadell's happy nature keeps his tale bubbling along with humorous touches that made this remarkable journey one that every armchair traveller will enjoy.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Len Beadell, who has been called the last of the true Australian explorers, was born on a farm at West Pennant Hills, NSW, in 1923. As a surveyor and road builder he has worked all over the Australian outback from Arnhem Land to the Gibson Desert. In 1958 he was awarded the British Empire Medal for his work in building the Gunbarrel Highway across Central Australia. In 1987 he was made a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Mining Surveyors (Aust.) and the following year was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.

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Editore
New Holland Publishers
Data di pubblicazione
2001
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1864367199
ISBN 13 
9781864367195
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
192
Contatto del produttore
NEW HOLLAND
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