There was enormous public and media speculation about which group would be first to cross the continent's interior: the Victorian-backed Burke and Wills party or South Australia's Stuart exped

The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.

The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.

The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.

The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.