Plan shewing the Adelaide and Port Darwin telegraph line [map] |
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| Title : | Plan shewing the Adelaide and Port Darwin telegraph line [map] |
![Plan shewing the Adelaide and Port Darwin telegraph line [map]](https://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/samemory/portAugusta/maps/35118003300547/zcm_35118003300547.jpg "Plan shewing the Adelaide and Port Darwin telegraph line [map]")
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| Source : | C 1090 | |||
| Date of creation : | 1872 | |||
| Additional Creator : | Ward, F.C. Brooks, J. Hardy, W.M. | |||
| Format : | Map | |||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | |||
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| Description : |
Map of the Northern Territory and northern South Australia showing the Overland Telegraph Line This map shows the area from Port Augusta to Palmerston. Details include named natural features (mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, creeks, springs), railway lines and stations The first pole of the southern section for the Overland Telegraph Line to Darwin was planted in Port Augusta 1 October 1870. This telegraph line which was completed in 1871 together with the submarine cable from Asia opened up direct telegraphic communication with Europe. Port Augusta was also the main supply point for both the southern and central sections of the OTL, with men and supplies passing through the town. |
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| Related names : | Port Augusta (S. Aust) |
| Coverage year : | 1872 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | Port Augusta |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | The centenary of the Adelaide-Darwin overland telegraph line: papers presented to a symposium sponsored by the Institution of Engineers, Australia and the Australian Post Office Sydney: Australian Post Office, 1972 Pownall, Eve The singing wire: the story of the Overland Telegraph Sydney: Collins, 1973 Taylor, Peter, An end to silence: the building of the Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin Sydney: Methuen Australia, 1980 Giles, Alfred, Exploring in the 'seventies and the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line Adelaide : Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1995 Cameron, A. R. The story of the Overland Telegraph Line: [a lecture] delivered 11.10.32 Adelaide: S.A. Postal Institute Lecture Society, [1932] |
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