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Party of telegraph workers at Eucla

Evans, W. R., 1905, Photograph, B 54060/21

EUCLA: A West Telegraph party leaving to erect a new line to Coolgardie.

Eucla Telegraph Station worker

Evans, W. R., 1905, Photograph, B 54060/28

EUCLA: A Telegraph Station worker at home in his garden with his dog "Flip" and two wild turkeys.

Eucla Telegraph Station staff

Evans, W. R., 1905, Photograph, B 54060/58

EUCLA: Telegraph Station staff and their families.

Yardea Telegraph Station

Evans, W. R., 1905, Photograph, B 54060/86

YARDEA: Telegraph Station.

Eucla Telegraph Station

Evans, W. R., 1905, Photograph, B 54060/45

EUCLA: Telegraph Station thought to be W.R. Evans who took the photographs in ALB. B54060 reproduced in this collection.

Telegraph operator's home at Eucla

Evans, W. R., 1902, Photograph, B 54384

EUCLA: Interior view of the living room in a telegraph operator's home at Eucla.

Telegraph station workers

Evans, W. R., 1902, Photograph, B 54385

EUCLA: South Australian telegraph station staff at work in the operations room.

Telegraph workers in their tent

Evans, W. R., c. 1902, Photograph, B 54387

Two telegraph workers resting in their tent accommodation.

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station

1939, Photograph, B 54732

NORTHERN TERRITORY: The old Telegraph Station at Tennant Creek.

Darwin Telegraph and Cable Office

Barlow, William, c. 1875, Photograph, B 56553

DARWIN: The Telegraph and Cable Office.

Darwin Telegraph Station

Barlow, William, c. 1875, Photograph, B 56582

DARWIN: The Telegraph Station.

Remains of Eucla Telegraph Station

1958, Photograph, B 61175

EUCLA: The remains of Eucla Telegraph Station, 6 November 1958.

The Telegraph Station at Powell Creek

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61434

NORTHERN TERRITORY: The Telegraph Station at Powells Creek.

Telegraph Station at Alice Springs

Gillen, F. J., c. 1900, Photograph, B 61450

ALICE SPRINGS: General view of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station.

Telegraph equipment

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61453

GENERAL: Equipment used in a telegraph station, possibly at Alice Springs.

Telegraph equipment

c. 1895, Photograph, B 61454

GENERAL: Equipment used in a telegraph station, possibly at Alice Springs.

Telegraph station at Marree

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62533

MARREE: The premises of the telegraph station at Marree, South Australia.

Telegraph station at Charlotte Waters

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62538

CHARLOTTE WATERS: The premises of the telegraph station at Charlotte Waters, South Australia; staff and visitors stand outside by a small truck and a motor car.

Telegraph operators on a picnic

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62543

SIMPSONS GAP: A group of telegraph operators from Alice Springs on a picnic with friends at Simpsons Gap, Northern Territory; names not known.

Telegraph station, Alice Springs

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62544

ALICE SPRINGS: Premises of the observatory and meathouse at the telegraph station at Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Telegraph station equipment

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62545

ALICE SPRINGS: Telegraph station equipment at Alice Springs showing 'repeaters' on the Adelaide to Darwin copper line (automatic).

Telegraph station equipment

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62546

ALICE SPRINGS: Telegraph station equipment at Alice Springs showing 'repeaters' on the Adelaide to Darwin iron line (2,000 miles).

Telegraph station staff, Alice Springs

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62550

ALICE SPRINGS: Three men, thought to be on the staff of the telegraph station, sitting on deck chairs in the shade of a verandah; left to right: Simmons; Wheatman; Allchurch.

Telegraph operators leaving for Hermannsburg

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62571

ALICE SPRINGS: Telegraph operators from Alice Springs standing by their truck at the start of their journey to Hermannsburg Mission.

Barrow Creek telegraph station

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62581

BARROW CREEK: Distant view of Barrow Creek telegraph station, 1192 miles north of Adelaide, South Australia.

Memorial to telegraph workers, Barrow Creek

Brewer, Philip John, c. 1925, Photograph, B 62582

BARROW CREEK: A stone memorial to telegraph employees James L. Stapleton, stationmaster, and John Franks, linesman at Barrow Creek where they were killed by Aborigines in February 1874; the headstone bears a Masonic symbol.