Too Long in the Bush, 9781864367195
Paperback
First road across Australia: heat, dust, and desolate adventure.

Too Long in the Bush

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    31 May 2001

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Summary

Too Long in the Bush: Forging a Road Through the Heart of Australia

From 1956 to 1958, Len Beadell and his team embarked on an extraordinary feat: constructing the first road across Central Australia, stretching 1500 kilometers from the Alice Springs road to Carnegie homestead, 650 kilometers north of Kalgoorlie.

This is the story of that monumental undertaking. Beadell not only carved a path through the unforgiving landscape but also surveyed and built the Giles Meteorologi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781864367195
ISBN-10:1864367199
Author:Len Beadell
Publisher:New Holland Publishers
Imprint:New Holland Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:31 May 2001
Weight:210g
Dimensions:13mm x 136mm x 240mm
About The Author

Len Beadell

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 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Len Beadell is the author of six best-selling books.

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