This true story of life at the Alice at the turn of the century is not only a book of great historical interest, it reflects a deep love for the country and the people.
The town that is Alice was a telegraph station when Doris Bradshaw Blackwell moved there as a young girl in 1899. Her father, Thomas Bradshaw, was the officer in charge of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station from 1899 to 1908. This book captures the atmosphere of those early days.