Overland Telegraph (book)

Overland Telegraph
AuthorFrank Clune
LanguageEnglish
Genrehistory
Publication date
1955
Publication placeAustralia

Overland Telegraph is a 1955 Australian book by Frank Clune about the construction of the Overland Telegraph. It is one of Clune's best known works.[1]

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "one of Mr Clune's best books" although he felt "the actual building of the O.T. becomes rather tedious in print and he must have realised it when he got into his book."[2]

The Daily Telegraph called it "one of Clune's better books".[3]

The Bulletin said the book was "so closely fastened to a piece of our essential folklore that one cannot but welcome it, cannot but recommend it—and cannot but wish it were infinitely better."[4]

Background

In 1939 it was announced Clune had written a script called Overland Telegraph which he had sold to Cinesound Productions. The story focused on Sir Charles Todd and his team who had to construct the telegraph.[5] It was to be "Australia's first epic film".[6] However Cinesound soon stopped feature filmmaking due to the war and no movie resulted. Clune later turned the material into a book.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 2 July 1955. p. 42. Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "What again, Mr Clune?". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 August 1955. p. 80.
  3. ^ "Books and Comment". The Farmer and Settler. Vol. L, no. 42. New South Wales, Australia. 8 July 1955. p. 20. Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "The Overland Telegraph", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 27 July 1955, nla.obj-693154221, retrieved 2 April 2024 – via Trove
  5. ^ "Native Actors in Epic Australian Film". News. Vol. XXXIII, no. 5, 090. South Australia. 16 November 1939. p. 20. Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "REFERENDUM MOVE TO ABOLISH STATE PARLIAMENTS". The Herald. No. 19, 502. Victoria, Australia. 16 November 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (25 May 1940), "Overland Telegraph", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1370569333, retrieved 2 April 2024 – via Trove

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