A History Of Road Trains In The Northern Territory by John Maddock
SKU: B-000761

A History Of Road Trains In The Northern Territory

Author: John Maddock
Special Features: Illustrated, Inscribed
Condition: A name inscribed on the front paper. Clean and tidy pages. From a smoke free home. In good condition.

Transport & Engineering History Australiana

True Stories Australia Australian History Transport Technology Northern Territory

John Maddock’s illustrated paperback A History Of Road Trains In The Northern Territory charts the rise of the Territory’s monster road-trains, from wartime haulage experiments to the triple-trailer rigs that now thunder across the Outback. Packed with archival photos and first-hand accounts, this 1988 Kangaroo Press title is a must for transport buffs, Australian history lovers and anyone fascinated by the machinery that built the Top End.

The 175-page narrative blends biography and engineering detail, showing how drivers, mechanics and entrepreneurs conquered distance, heat and flood to keep freight moving. Maddock’s interviews with old-timers give the book a true-story feel rarely found in transport histories.

This copy is clean and tidy, free of smoke or storage smells, and carries a neat previous-owner inscription on the front endpaper—no other marks inside. A solid, reader-friendly example of an increasingly scarce Australian transport classic.

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