Vol. 9, no. 2

Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).South Australian claim -- Jinx dogs settlement -- Founding of Darwin -- Queensland's bid for the O.T. line -- Telegraph line to the Gulf -- South Australia chosen -- An intolerable burden -- First settlers in Darwin -- Primitive social life -- Construction begins -- Northward the wagons -- At the Northern end -- John Ross -- Ross presses northward -- The telegraph poles march northward -- Disaster in the north -- Against great odds -- Onset of the wet season -- Five months to complete line -- To save the line -- The wet sets in -- Tenacity and courage -- The line crawls south to Daly Waters -- Alice Springs a lonely outpost -- The 'pony express' -- Aborigines attack -- Success at last -- Additional work -- Pioneers' lifeline -- Vital role in settlement -- Cattle trek ends in tragedy -- Forrest's expedition -- Pioneers honoured -- Centenary of Alice Springs -- Memorials at Darwin -- Map in bas-relief -- BibliographyExcerpt from: Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, Volume 9 issue 2 pp.95-133. (Read at the meeting of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, by the President, Commander N. S. Pixley, F.R.Hist.S.Q.