Mr Todd's Marvel (PB): How one man telegraphed Australia to the modern world Wildlife (Children's / Teenage) Inside of this book

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Mr Todd's Marvel (PB): How one man telegraphed Australia to the modern world Wildlife (Children's / Teenage) Inside of this bookIn 1855 talented astronomer and scientist Charles Todd had a dream to build a telegraph line across Australia to connect it to the world. This dream was a bold one and he would have to wait for technological advances to catch up with his ideas. By 1870, however, Singapore and Indonesia were joined to the world's growing telegraph network and it was Australia's turn. Todd and his men would have to erect thousands of telegraph poles across the entire