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Darwin [B 16] • Photograph

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Summary

[On back of photograph] 'Landing the cable at Port Darwin. From Captain Sweet's negative.' [General description] A large group of men are holding the cable, whilst officials look on. Two draught horses are present indicationg that horse power had been used to assist. Further out from shore men in small boats can be seen supporting the cable above the water. In the distance is the ship 'Hibernia'. This is in preparation for the connection to overland telegraph on the 7th November 1871. See Hodder's History of SA, v. 2, p. 26 and SA Register February 10, 1872, 3E. Both photographs held show Sweet anchor symbol, and the copy in Sweet Collection folder 5 has additional Sweet number (Sweet Adelaide [602?]).

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Physical description

Photograph; 25.4 cm x 19.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

1871

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White

Collections

Part of Darwin and Palmerston Collection
Part of Sweet Collection

Subject

Hibernia (Ship)
Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S.A.)
Telephone cables -- Northern Territory -- Darwin

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General notes

Geospatial coordinates indicate an approximate location.

Digitisation information

Date

14/02/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,000 x 2,351 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.18 MB

Location

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