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Telegraph Station, Pine Creek [B 11498] • Photograph

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Summary

Telegraph Station, Pine Creek. By 1873 a telegraph repeater station and police camp had been established at Pine Creek. Prior to the this, during the construction of the Overland Telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin, gold was discovered triggering another gold rush. The town rapidly grew and by the 1890s up to fifteen mines were operating in the area. The photograph shows the wooden building with its iron roof set in a garden of banana palms and other tropical plants

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.6 cm x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1873

Collection

Part of Pine Creek Collection

Subject

Telegraph stations -- Northern Territory -- Pine Creek

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Digitisation information

Date

12/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,375 x 2,427 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.61 MB

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