1977, Photograph, B 69062
Photograph of participants in a ceremony to commemorate the centenary of the Adelaide-Perth Telegraph Line, held at North Road Church of England cemetery, Collinswood, 8 December 1977. From left: Ross R. Knuckey, Robert R. Knuckey, J.D. Wood (partially obscured), R.G. Thomson, C.K. Knuckey, J.W. Thomson, S.W. Marchant, C. Davis (partially obscured), D.L. Beames (back to camera), H.W. Johnson, Mrs Vivienne Johnson (nee Marchant), F.S.W. Gubbins, F.P. O'Grady, K.F. Work, M.J. Gooley, J.A. Johinke, K.G.Herbert, G.C. Gaskin, A.T. Booth. Plot 3664, Path 23 North, the men are standing facing Richard Randall KNUCKEY's grave (white tablet seen in bottom left hand corner of photo) Knuckey was appointed as Overseer of Section A of the Overland Telegraph Line from Port Augusta to Darwin in 1870. He was overseer of the construction of telegraph line from Port Augusta to Eucla in WA. [Source: North Road Cemetery historian]