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-: Rigby, 1978. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. used hardcover in dust jacket. Shelfwear along the edges, corners/edges bumps and slightly worn; dust jacket has edgewear, and shallow chipping/closed tears at the corners. Previous owner's name in pen to the first blank page, else binding and pages remain solid, with no marks to text.
Conquest of the Ranges. North Queensland's Mountain Railway and the Early Days of Cairns and Port Douglas. by Pike, Glenville - 1984
by Pike, Glenville
Conquest of the Ranges. North Queensland's Mountain Railway and the Early Days of Cairns and Port Douglas.
by Pike, Glenville
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
Mareeba, North Queensland.: Pinevale Publications., 1984. viii, 79pp + un-numbered pages with over 100 bw photos, map. Pictorial card. Some foxing to edges and prelims. The building of a railway over the coastal mountains behind Cairns a century ago was one of the great engineering feats in Australia in colonial days, comparable to the better known Zig-Zag over the Blue Mountains. In fact, due to the extreme remoteness it was even more remarkable. Without this railway Cairns would not have become a city of importance, and its rich hinterland could not have been developed. This book tells of the work of the railway builders, the explorations in search of a route, and of the rivalry between Cairns, Port Douglas and Innisfail. Illustrated with 100 historical photographs.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (AU)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Pinevale Publications.
- Place of Publication Mareeba, North Queensland.
- Date Published 1984
- Size 8vo
- Keywords Queensland Railway Railroad Cairns Port Douglas Atherton Tableland Range
- Size 8vo