Singing Line

An inpoverished young scientist from Greenwich, he took up the post of Goernment Astronomer and Superintendent of Telegraphs for South Australia. His mission? To string a telegraph wire across one of the last uncrossed colonial widernesses, and finally to connect Australia with Britain, a near-impossible task. With him went his young wife alice, a spirited and intrepid woman years ahead of her time, after whom Alice Springs would be named. In 1997, their great-great-granddaughter, also named Alice, embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, following their footsteps across the Great Australian…