Paperback. John Showers first went to Roxby Downs when it was a lonely, isolated sheep station a long day's drive on rough bush tracks from Port Augusta and civilisation. Thirty years later, as a civil engineer with Western Mining Corporation, he returned and was intimately involved in establishing the infrastructure for the development of the Olympic Dam uranium mine and the new township of Roxby Downs. Return to Roxby Downs covers his participation in both these periods. Showers first went to Roxby Downs when it was an isolated sheep station a long day's drive on rough bush tracks from Port Augusta and civilisation. 30 years later he returned and was intimately involved in establishing the infrastructure for the development of the Olympic Dam uranium mine. This book covers his participation in both these periods. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Return to Roxby Downs (Paperback)
Publisher: Bookends Books, Unley, SA
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0646382187
ISBN 13: 9780646382180
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Story and outline of the author's first trip to the outback area of Roxby Downs and then when he went back again after 30 years as a Civil Engineer involved in establishing the infrastructure in support of the investigations and development of the Olympic Dam Mine and the township of Roxby Downs.

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