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Telegraph Station [B 11608] • Photograph

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Summary

Telegraph station, Charlotte Waters showing the residence, telegraph repeater station, general store and post office. This is located close to the South Australian border with the Northern Territory. Surveyers McMinn and Knuckey located Charlotte Waters in 1871 during the construction of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line. It was named for Lady Charlotte Bacon. The station was nicknamed Bleak House as it stood on a treeless plain

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.4 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Photographer

Brown, H. Y. L

Collection

Part of Charlotte Waters Collection

Subject

Telegraph stations -- Northern Territory -- Charlotte Waters

Catalogue record

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General notes

Geospatial coordinates indicate an approximate location.

Digitisation information

Date

16/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,318 x 2,492 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

24.84 MB

Location

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